● Donotperforminstallationwork,refrigerantpipingwork,condensatepump,orcondensatepipingand
electricalwiringconnectionwithoutreferringtotheinstallationmanual.Iftheinstructionsarenotfollowed,
itmayresultinawaterleakage,electricshockorafire
●
Usethespecifiednon-flammablerefrigerant(R410A)fortheoutdoorunitintherefrigerantcycle. Charge
onlyR410Aintotheunit.Donotchargeothermaterialsintotheunitsuchashydrocarbon refrigerants
(propane),oxygen,flammablegases(acetylene)orpoisonousgaseswheninstalling, maintainingand
movingtheunit.Theseflammablesareextremelydangerousandmaycausean explosion,afire,or
injury.Asoriginallymanufactured,thisunitcontainsrefrigerantinstalledbyHisense/HITACHI. Hisense/
HITACHIusesonlyrefrigerantsthathavebeenapprovedforuseintheunit’sintended countryormarket.
Hisense/HITACHI’sdistributorssimilarlyareonlyauthorizedtoproviderefrigerants that havebeen
approvedforuse inthecountriesormarketstheyserve.Therefrigerantusedinthisunit is identifiedon
theunit’sfaceplate and/orintheassociatedmanuals.Anyadditionsofrefrigerantintothis unitmust
complywiththecountry’s requirementswithregardtorefrigerantuseandshouldbeobtained from
Hisense/HITACHIdistributors.Useof unapprovedrefrigerantsubstituteswillvoidthewarranties andcan
causeinjuryordeath.
● Donotpourwaterintotheindoororoutdoorunit.Theseunitsareequippedwithelectricalparts.
Exposuretowatermaycauseaseriouselectricalshock.
● DonotopentheservicecoveroraccesspanelfortheindoororoutdoorunitswithoutturningOFFthemain
powersupply.
● Donottouchoradjustsafetydevicesinsidetheindoorunitoroutdoorunits.Ifthesedevicesaretouched
orreadjusted,itmaycauseaseriousaccident.
●
Carefullycheckforescapingrefrigerantgas.Ifthereissignificant leakage,itcancausedifficulty in
breathing.TurnOFFthemainswitch,andcontactyourservicecontractorif
refrigerantleakageoccurs.
●
Makesurethattherefrigerantleakagetestisperformed.
Refrigerant(fluorocarbon for
thisunitisincombustible,non-toxicandodorless.
Howeveriftherefrigerantisleakedandcomesincontactwithfire toxicgaswillgenerate.
Becausefluorocarbon isheavierthanair,thefloo surfacewillbefilled withit,whichcouldcause
suffocation.
● Theinstallerandsystemspecialistshallsecureagainstrefrigerantleakageaccordingtolocalregulations
orstandards.
●
UseaEarthLeakageBreaker(ELB).
In
theeventoffault,thereisdangerofanelectricshockorafire ifitisnotused.
DANGER
SAFETY SUMMARY
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