Fig. 7-1
Table 7-1
Fig.7-2
CN15
pin#
Lead
wire
Driving state
White
Yellow
Orange
Blue
Operation mode
• To drive the expansion valve, use the B-12 V output. Use a 4-phase coil and feed power to the phases
1 and 2, then switch over the filed poles to control the opening of the valve.
• The reference between conducting phase switch over direction and the open/close direction are
shown in Table 7-1. When the power is turned on, approx. 0.9 V is applied to the CN15 and the pins
(①to ④) and when no power is supplied, 12 V is applied. When the power is reset, the expansion
valve starts initial operation for 5 to 10 seconds.
• During the initial operation, measure each pin of the CN15 (①to ④) with a multimeter. If no change
is found around 0.9 V or 12V in this step, the expansion valve or the microcomputer has failure.
• The logic waveform during the operating of the expansion valve is shown in Fig. 7-2.
7. Electric expansion valve control circuit
④
③
②
①
1→2→3→4→5→6→7→8VALVECLOSE
8→7→6→5→4→3→2→1VALVEOPEN
④
③
②
①
12V
0.9V
50ms. 75ms.
200ms.
1
ON
OFF
OFF
OFF
2
ON
ON
OFF
OFF
3
OFF
ON
OFF
OFF
4
OFF
ON
ON
OFF
5
OFF
OFF
ON
OFF
6
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
7
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON
8
ON
OFF
OFF
ON
IC2
3
2
4
1
R221
R220
R219
29
30
34
R222
32
5V
R412
R411
PQ401
PQ402
PQ403
PQ404
6
5
4
3
2
1
R219
R220
122R
R424
45
46
47
48
8
31
21
1
01
61
51
41
9
4
7
6
5
3
2
1
1
R418
B−0V
B−12V
IC11
C401
CN15
ELECTRIC
EXPANSION
VALVE
13
14
15
16
VALVE2
VALVE3
VALVE4
VALVE1
MICRO
COMPUTER
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