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Section E - Refrigeration System
N OTICE
Instructions given here are furnished as a guide. Persons attempting to use these
instructions to make repairs to the sealed refrigeration system should have a working
knowledge of refrigeration and previous training on sealed system repair, and an EPA
certification for servicing refrigeration systems.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Effective July 1, 1992, the United States clean air act governs the disposal of
refrigerants such as R-134a. Therefore, when discharging or purging the sealed system,
use an epa approved refrigerant recovery system as outlined in the final rule on the
protection of stratospheric ozone and refrigerant recycling, which was published in the
Federal Register May 14, 1993.
N OTE
Electrolux Home Products, Inc. does not permit the use of recovered refrigerant in the
servicing of our products for in-warranty and out-of-warranty repairs, or for products
covered by service contracts. Therefore, only new refrigerant or refrigerant that has
been reclaimed back to new specifications by a refrigerant manufacturer is to be used.
DEFINITIONS
Recovery:
To remove refrigerant in any condition from a system and store it in an external
container without necessarily testing or processing it in any way.
Recycling:
To clean refrigerant for reuse by oil separation and single or multiple passes
through devices, such as replaceable core filter-driers, which reduce moisture,
acidity and particulate matter. This term usually applies to procedures implemented
at the field job site or at a local service shop.
Reclaim:
To reprocess refrigerant to new product specifications by means which may
include distillation. Will require chemical analysis of the refrigerant to determine that
appropriate product specifications are met. This term usually implies the use of
processes or procedures available only at a reprocessing or manufacturing facility.
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