Instruction 0019-9210
7
The Informant Refrigerant Leak Detector
Technical Characteristics
Power .......................................... Four ‘AA’ Alkaline Batteries
Warm-Up Time .......................... 10 seconds
Refrigerants Detected ................ All CFC, HCFC and HFC refrigerants
including: R-12, R-22, R-123, R-134a and
blends R-404A, R-408A, R-409A, and R-410A
(i.e., any refrigerant containing Chlorine,
Fluorine or Bromine gas)
Sensor:
Type ......................................... Heated Diode, Dispersive Electron, Plug-In
Life
Expectancy
....................... Typically 150 hours or 1 year of normal use
Probe ........................................... Flexible gooseneck, 20 inch (508 mm) maxi-
mum [reduces to 3 inches (76 mm) when
wrapped around instrument], includes inte-
gral sensor,
fi
lter, and LED. Probe tip is 0.2"
(5 mm) in diameter and 1" (25 mm) long.
Battery Life ................................ 4–5 hours, under typical intermittent opera-
tion
Visual and Audible Indicators:
Power On ................................. Green LED
Low
Battery
............................. Red LED
Low Sensitivity Mode ............. Amber LED
Relative Refrigerant Level ..... The detector responds to an increasing
change in refrigerant level by activating its
visual and audible indicators as follows:
Visual
– Dual LED bar-graphs (located on
the top and rear of the detector) begin to
progressively glow in series. In addition,
an LED located in the probe tip begins to
increase its blink rate from an idle rate of
once-per-second.
Audible
– The audible indicator’s tick rate
begins to increase from its idle rate of one-
tick-per-second.
Sensor Failure ......................... The middle refrigerant-level LED on both
displays glows steady.
Technical Characteristics