Refrigerant Safety - LG MULTI V ARNU363DDA4 Installation Manual

R410A Refrigerant
R410A refrigerant has a higher operating pressure in comparison to R22 refrigerant and, therefore, all piping system materials installed must
have a higher resisting pressure than the materials traditionally used in R22 systems.
R410A refrigerant is an azeotrope of R32 and R125, mixed at 50:50, so the ozone depletion potential (ODP) is 0.
Do not place the refrigerant cylinder in direct sunlight. Refrigerant cylinder may explode causing severe injury or death.
Note:
• Because R410A is a combination of R32 and R125, the required additional refrigerant must be charged in its liquid state. If the refrigerant is
charged in its gaseous state, its composition changes and the system will not work properly.
• Do not heat piping more than necessary during installation. Piping may become soft and fail when pressurized.
• Do not use any piping that has not been approved for use in high-pressure refrigerant systems. Piping wall thickness must comply with
the applicable local, state, and federal codes for the 551 psi design pressure of R410A. Inadequate piping may fail when pressurized.
Refrigerant Safety Standards
Verify that the maximum refrigerant concentration in the space where the unit will be mounted meets the concentration limit allowed by ASHRAE
Standards 15-2010 and 34-2010. There is danger of asphyxiation from oxygen displacement.
ASHRAE Standards 15-2010 and 34-2010 offer guidelines that address refrigerant safety and the maximum allowable concentration of
refrigerant in an occupied space. Refrigerant will dissipate into the atmosphere, but a certain volume of air is required for this to occur safely.
For R410A refrigerant, the maximum allowable concentration of refrigerant is twenty-six (26) lbs. per 1,000 cubic feet of an occupied space.
Buildings with twenty-four (24) hour occupancy allow half of that concentration.
ASHRAE Standards 15 and 34 assume that if a system develops a leak, its entire refrigerant charge will dump into the area where the leak
occurs. To meet ASHRAE Standards 15 and 34, calculate the refrigerant concentration that may occur in the smallest room volume on the
system, and compare the results to the maximum allowable concentration number.

refrigerant safety.

Information about ASHRAE Standard 15-2010 / 34-2010 and addenda current as of the date of this publication.
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