Britec ELEGANCE BA26 - Commissioning, Maintenance, and Repair Processes

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the housing. Switching off the appliance or opening of the enclosure has a significant effect
on the safety. Care should be taken to ensure a sufficient ventilation before.
Ventilated room – (see Clause GG.5) Safety of the appliance depends on the ventilation of
the room. Switching off the appliance or opening of the housing has no significant effect on
the safety. The ventilation of the room shall not be switched off during repair procedures.
Information about the concept of sealed components and sealed enclosures according to
IEC 60079-15:2010.
Information about the correct working procedures:
a) Commissioning
• Ensure that the floor area is sufficient for the refrigerant charge or that theventilation
duct is assembled in a correct manner.
• Connect the pipes and carry out a leak test before charging with refrigerant.
• Check safety equipment before putting into service.
b) Maintenance
• Portable equipment shall be repaired outside or in a workshop specially equipped
for servicing units with flammable refrigerants.
• Ensure sufficient ventilation at the repair place.
• Be aware that malfunction of the equipment may be caused by refrigerant loss and
a refrigerant leak is possible.
• Discharge capacitors in a way that won’t cause any spark. The standard procedure
to short circuit the capacitor terminals usually creates sparks.
• Reassemble sealed enclosures accurately. If seals are worn, replace them.
• Check safety equipment before putting into service.
c) Repair
• Portable equipment shall be repaired outside or in a workshop specially equipped
for servicing units with flammable refrigerants.
• Ensure sufficient ventilation at the repair place.
• Be aware that malfunction of the equipment may be caused by refrigerant loss and
a refrigerant leak is possible.
• Discharge capacitors in a way that won’t cause any spark.
• When brazing is required, the following procedures shall be carried out in the right
order:
– Remove the refrigerant. If the recovery is not required by national regulations,
drain the refrigerant to the outside. Take care that the drained refrigerant will not
cause any danger. In doubt, one person should guard the outlet. Take special
care that drained refrigerant will not float back into the building.
– Evacuate the refrigerant circuit.
– Purge the refrigerant circuit with nitrogen for 5 min.