
SiME281906E
Maintenance Inspection
Part 6 Service Diagnosis
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1.3 Refrigerant Recovery Method
Make sure to recover the refrigerant when replacing components of the refrigerant system. The
procedure for refrigerant recovery is as follows.
Note that care must be taken to ensure the temperature does not increase too much during
refrigerant recovery for models with a fusible plug. (The fusible plug ejects refrigerant at
temperatures of 60°C and over)
Refrigerant recovery procedure
1. Refrigerant recovery from gas pipe (Approximately 1 min)
Close gas stop valve (liquid stop valve: open) and recover refrigerant from gas stop valve port.
2. Refrigerant recovery from liquid pipe (Approximately 1 min)
Recover refrigerant from liquid stop valve port.
3. Refrigerant recovery from outdoor unit (Approximately 2-3 min)
Recover refrigerant from outdoor unit refrigerant recovery port (1).
If refrigerant recovery port (1) pressure becomes lower than gas stop valve port pressure,
refrigerant will be recovered simultaneously from the gas stop valve port. Open gas stop valve
(2), and open the gas stop valve port (3) gradually to avoid pressure from rising rapidly.
Indoor
Unit
Gas
stop valve
Charge
hose
Ref.
recovery
port
Ref. recovery
machine
Tank
Pressure gauge
Liq.
stop valve
Outdoor
Unit
Liq. pipe
Gas pipe
CLOSE
CLOSE
OPEN
OPEN
Indoor
Unit
Gas
stop valve
Ref.
recovery
port
Ref. recovery
machine
Tank
Pressure gauge
Liq.
stop valve
Outdoor
Unit
Liq. pipe
Gas pipe
CLOSE
CLOSE
OPEN
OPEN
Indoor
Unit
Gas
stop valve
Ref.
recovery
port
Ref. recovery
machine
Tank
Pressure gauge
Liq.
stop valve
Outdoor
Unit
Liq. pipe
Gas pipe
CLOSE
CLOSE
OPEN
OPEN
OPEN
(3)
(2)
(1)
OPEN