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2.
Braze the liquid line to the liquid valve at the outdoor
unit. Be sure to wrap the valve body with a wet rag. Allow
the nitrogen to continue flowing.
3.
Carefully remove the rubber plugs from the evaporator
liquid and vapor connections.
4.
Braze the liquid line to the evaporator liquid connection.
The nitrogen should now be flowing through the evaporator
coil.
5.
Slide the grommet away from the vapor connection at
the coil. Braze the vapor line to the evaporator vapor
connection. After the connection has cooled, slide the
grommet back into original position.
6.
Protect the vapor valve with a wet rag and braze the
vapor line connection. The nitrogen flow should be exit-
ing the system from the vapor service port connection.
After this connection has cooled, remove the nitrogen
source from the liquid fitting service port.
7.
Evacuate the vapor line, evaporator and the liquid line, to
500 microns or less.
8.
Leak test all refrigerant piping connections including the
service port flare caps to be sure they are leak tight. DO
NOT OVERTIGHTEN (between 40 and 60 inch - lbs.
maximum).
NOTE: Do not use the system refrigerant in the outdoor unit to
purge or leak test.
9.
Do not remove the flare caps from the service ports
except when necessary for servicing the system.
10. Release the refrigerant charge into the system. Open
both the liquid and vapor valves by removing the plunger
cap and with an allen wrench back out counter-clockwise
until valve stem just touches retaining ring. Release the
refrigerant charge into the system. See “Precautions Dur-
ing Brazing Angle Valves" on page 6.
11. If the refrigerant tubing, indoor evaporator coil or outdoor
condensing unit has developed a leak during shipment,
or was, for any other reason, opened to the atmosphere
for more than four (4) minutes, it is necessary to evacu-
ate the system down to at least 500 microns to eliminate
contamination and moisture in the system.
If a leak is suspected, leak test to locate the leak. To verify
the leak, close the valve to the vacuum pump suction to iso-
late the pump and hold the system under vacuum. If the
micron gauge indicates a steady and continuous rise after a
few minutes, it's an indication of a leak. If the gauge shows a
rise, then levels off after a few minutes and remains fairly
constant, its an indication that the system is leak free, but still
contains moisture and may require further evacuation if the
reading is above 1000 microns.
See "System Start Up" section for checking and recording
system charge.
FIGURE 5 : HEAT PROTECTION
If visual verification of the valve stem reaching the
retaining ring is impossible, stop backing out the.valve
stem when the slightest increase in resistance is felt.
Because of the small size and therefore the reduced
resistance, back out the liquid valve 5 turns maximum
to prevent going past the retaining ring.
The evaporator is pressurized.
Do not connect manifold gauges unless trouble is
suspected. Approximately 3/4 ounce of refrigerant will
be lost each time a standard manifold gauge is con-
nected.
Never attempt to repair any brazed connections while
the system is under pressure. Personal injury could
result.
