Air Purging Of The Piping And Indoor Unit - Midea MSQ-07CR Service Manual

8.4 Air purging of the piping and indoor unit

Hexagonal wrench; adjustable wrench; torque wrenches, wrench to hold the joints and gas leak detector.
The air in the indoor unit and in the piping must be purged. If air remains in the refrigeration piping, it will affect the compressor, reduce
Be sure, using a torque wrench to tighten the service port cap (after using the service port), so that it prevents the gas leakage from the
Procedure
1. Recheck the piping connections.
2. Open the valve stem of the 2-way valve counterclockwise
approximately 90', wait 10 seconds, and then set it to closed
position.
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Be sure to use a hexagonal wrench to operate the valve
stem
3. Check for gas leakage.
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Check the flare connection for gas leakage
4. Purge the air from the system.
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Set the 2-way valve to the open position and remove the
cap from the 3-way valve's service port.
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Using the hexagonal wrench to press the valve core pin,
discharge for three seconds and then wait for one
minute.
5. Use torque wrench to tighten the service port cap to a torque
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Note:
the cooling capacity, and could lead to a malfunction of unit.
refrigeration cycle.
of 1.8 kg.m. (18n.m)
6. Set the 3-way valve to the opened position.
7. Mounted the valve stem nuts to the 2-way and 3-way valves.
8. Check for gas leakage.
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At this time, especially check for gas leakage from the
2-way and 3-way stem nuts, and from the service port.
Caution:
If gas leakage is discovered in step (3) above, take the
following measures.
If the leaks stop when the piping connections are tightened
further, continue working from step (4).
If the gas leaks do not stop when the connections are
retightened, repair the location of the leak, discharge all of the
gas through the service port, and then recharge with the
specified amount of gas from a gas cylinder.