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SM-18003
Refrigerant Precautions
Toī˜ƒreduceī˜ƒtheī˜ƒriskī˜ƒofī˜ƒseriousī˜ƒinjuryī˜ƒorī˜ƒdeath,ī˜ƒtheī˜ƒfollowingī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒ
precautionsī˜ƒmustī˜ƒbeī˜ƒfollowed.
ā— Asī˜ƒoriginallyī˜ƒmanufactured,ī˜ƒthisī˜ƒunitī˜ƒcontainsī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒinstalledī˜ƒbyī˜ƒJohnsonī˜ƒControls.ī˜ƒJohnsonī˜ƒ
Controlsī˜ƒusesī˜ƒonlyī˜ƒrefrigerantsī˜ƒthatī˜ƒhaveī˜ƒbeenī˜ƒapprovedī˜ƒforī˜ƒuseī˜ƒinī˜ƒtheī˜ƒunitā€™sī˜ƒintendedī˜ƒhomeī˜ƒcountryī˜ƒ
orī˜ƒmarket.ī˜ƒJohnsonī˜ƒControlsī˜ƒdistributorsī˜ƒsimilarlyī˜ƒareī˜ƒonlyī˜ƒauthorizedī˜ƒtoī˜ƒprovideī˜ƒrefrigerantsī˜ƒthatī˜ƒ
haveī˜ƒbeenī˜ƒapprovedī˜ƒforī˜ƒuseī˜ƒinī˜ƒtheī˜ƒcountriesī˜ƒorī˜ƒmarketsī˜ƒtheyī˜ƒserve.ī˜ƒTheī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒusedī˜ƒinī˜ƒthisī˜ƒunitī˜ƒ
isī˜ƒidentiīšæedī˜ƒonī˜ƒtheī˜ƒunitā€™sī˜ƒfaceplateī˜ƒand/orī˜ƒinī˜ƒtheī˜ƒassociatedī˜ƒmanuals.ī˜ƒAnyī˜ƒadditionsī˜ƒofī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒintoī˜ƒ
thisī˜ƒunitī˜ƒmustī˜ƒcomplyī˜ƒwithī˜ƒtheī˜ƒcountryā€™sī˜ƒrequirementsī˜ƒwithī˜ƒregardī˜ƒtoī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒuseī˜ƒandī˜ƒshouldī˜ƒbeī˜ƒ
obtainedī˜ƒfromī˜ƒJohnsonī˜ƒControlsī˜ƒdistributors.ī˜ƒUseī˜ƒofī˜ƒanyī˜ƒnon-approvedī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒsubstitutesī˜ƒwillī˜ƒvoidī˜ƒ
theī˜ƒwarrantyī˜ƒandī˜ƒwillī˜ƒincreaseī˜ƒtheī˜ƒpotentialī˜ƒriskī˜ƒofī˜ƒinjuryī˜ƒorī˜ƒdeath.
ā— Ifī˜ƒinstalledī˜ƒinī˜ƒaī˜ƒsmallī˜ƒroom,ī˜ƒtakeī˜ƒmeasuresī˜ƒtoī˜ƒpreventī˜ƒtheī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒfromī˜ƒexceedingī˜ƒtheī˜ƒmaximumī˜ƒ
allowableī˜ƒconcentrationī˜ƒinī˜ƒtheī˜ƒeventī˜ƒthatī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒgasesī˜ƒshouldī˜ƒescape.ī˜ƒTheī˜ƒinstallationī˜ƒshouldī˜ƒ
meetī˜ƒtheī˜ƒrequirementsī˜ƒinī˜ƒASHRAEī˜ƒStandardsī˜ƒ15ī˜ƒandī˜ƒ34.ī˜ƒIfī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒgasī˜ƒhasī˜ƒleakedī˜ƒduringī˜ƒtheī˜ƒ
installationī˜ƒwork,ī˜ƒventilateī˜ƒtheī˜ƒroomī˜ƒimmediately.
ā— Checkī˜ƒtheī˜ƒdesignī˜ƒpressureī˜ƒforī˜ƒthisī˜ƒproductī˜ƒisī˜ƒ601ī˜ƒpsiī˜ƒ(4.15MPa).ī˜ƒTheī˜ƒpressureī˜ƒofī˜ƒtheī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒ
R410Aī˜ƒisī˜ƒ1.4ī˜ƒtimesī˜ƒhigherī˜ƒthanī˜ƒthatī˜ƒofī˜ƒtheī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒR22.ī˜ƒTherefore,ī˜ƒtheī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒpipingī˜ƒforī˜ƒ
R410Aī˜ƒshallī˜ƒbeī˜ƒthickerī˜ƒthanī˜ƒthatī˜ƒforī˜ƒR22.ī˜ƒMakeī˜ƒsureī˜ƒtoī˜ƒuseī˜ƒtheī˜ƒspeciīšæedī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒpiping.ī˜ƒIfī˜ƒnot,ī˜ƒtheī˜ƒ
refrigerantī˜ƒpipingī˜ƒmayī˜ƒraptureī˜ƒdueī˜ƒtoī˜ƒanī˜ƒexcessiveī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒpressure.ī˜ƒBesides,ī˜ƒpayī˜ƒattentionī˜ƒtoī˜ƒ
theī˜ƒpipingī˜ƒthicknessī˜ƒwhenī˜ƒusingī˜ƒcopperī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒpiping.ī˜ƒTheī˜ƒthicknessī˜ƒofī˜ƒcopperī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒpipingī˜ƒ
differsī˜ƒdependingī˜ƒonī˜ƒitsī˜ƒmaterial.
ā— Theī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒR410Aī˜ƒisī˜ƒadopted.ī˜ƒTheī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒoilī˜ƒtendsī˜ƒtoī˜ƒbeī˜ƒaffectedī˜ƒbyī˜ƒforeignī˜ƒmattersī˜ƒsuchī˜ƒ
asī˜ƒmoisture,ī˜ƒoxideī˜ƒīšælm,ī˜ƒ(orī˜ƒfat).ī˜ƒPerformī˜ƒtheī˜ƒinstallationī˜ƒworkī˜ƒwithī˜ƒcareī˜ƒtoī˜ƒpreventī˜ƒmoisture,ī˜ƒdust,ī˜ƒorī˜ƒ
differentī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒfromī˜ƒenteringī˜ƒtheī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒcycle.ī˜ƒForeignī˜ƒmatterī˜ƒcanī˜ƒbeī˜ƒintroducedī˜ƒintoī˜ƒtheī˜ƒcycleī˜ƒ
fromī˜ƒsuchī˜ƒpartsī˜ƒasī˜ƒexpansionī˜ƒvalveī˜ƒandī˜ƒtheī˜ƒoperationī˜ƒmayī˜ƒbeī˜ƒunavailable.
ā— Toī˜ƒavoidī˜ƒtheī˜ƒpossibilityī˜ƒofī˜ƒdifferentī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒorī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒoilī˜ƒbeingī˜ƒintroducedī˜ƒintoī˜ƒtheī˜ƒcycle,ī˜ƒtheī˜ƒ
sizesī˜ƒofī˜ƒtheī˜ƒchargingī˜ƒconnectionsī˜ƒhaveī˜ƒbeenī˜ƒchangedī˜ƒfromī˜ƒR407Cī˜ƒtypeī˜ƒandī˜ƒR22ī˜ƒtype.ī˜ƒItī˜ƒisī˜ƒnecessaryī˜ƒ
toī˜ƒprepareī˜ƒtheī˜ƒappropriateī˜ƒtoolsī˜ƒbeforeī˜ƒperformingī˜ƒinstallationī˜ƒwork.
ā— Useī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒpipesī˜ƒandī˜ƒjointsī˜ƒwhichī˜ƒareī˜ƒapprovedī˜ƒforī˜ƒuseī˜ƒwithī˜ƒR410A.
ā— Aī˜ƒcompressor/unitī˜ƒcomprisesī˜ƒaī˜ƒpressurizedī˜ƒsystem.ī˜ƒNeverī˜ƒloosenī˜ƒthreadedī˜ƒjointsī˜ƒwhileī˜ƒtheī˜ƒsystemī˜ƒisī˜ƒ
underī˜ƒpressureī˜ƒandī˜ƒneverī˜ƒopenī˜ƒpressurizedī˜ƒsystemī˜ƒparts.ī˜ƒ
ā— Beforeī˜ƒinstallationī˜ƒisī˜ƒcomplete,ī˜ƒmakeī˜ƒsureī˜ƒthatī˜ƒtheī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒleakī˜ƒtestī˜ƒhasī˜ƒbeenī˜ƒperformed.ī˜ƒIfī˜ƒ
refrigerantī˜ƒgasesī˜ƒescapeī˜ƒintoī˜ƒtheī˜ƒair,ī˜ƒturnī˜ƒOFFī˜ƒtheī˜ƒmainī˜ƒswitch,ī˜ƒextinguishī˜ƒanyī˜ƒopenī˜ƒī›€amesī˜ƒandī˜ƒ
contactī˜ƒyourī˜ƒserviceī˜ƒcontractor.ī˜ƒRefrigerantī˜ƒ(Fluorocarbon)ī˜ƒforī˜ƒthisī˜ƒunitī˜ƒisī˜ƒodorless.ī˜ƒIfī˜ƒtheī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒ
shouldī˜ƒleakī˜ƒandī˜ƒcomeī˜ƒintoī˜ƒcontactī˜ƒwithī˜ƒopenī˜ƒī›€ames,ī˜ƒtoxicī˜ƒgasī˜ƒcouldī˜ƒbeī˜ƒgenerated.ī˜ƒAlso,ī˜ƒbecauseī˜ƒtheī˜ƒ
ī›€uorocarbonsī˜ƒareī˜ƒheavierī˜ƒthanī˜ƒair,ī˜ƒtheyī˜ƒsettleī˜ƒtoī˜ƒtheī˜ƒī›€oor,ī˜ƒwhichī˜ƒcouldī˜ƒcauseī˜ƒasphyxiation.
ā— Whenī˜ƒinstallingī˜ƒtheī˜ƒunit,ī˜ƒandī˜ƒconnectingī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒpiping,ī˜ƒkeepī˜ƒallī˜ƒpipingī˜ƒrunsī˜ƒasī˜ƒshortī˜ƒasī˜ƒ
possible,ī˜ƒandī˜ƒmakeī˜ƒsureī˜ƒtoī˜ƒsecurelyī˜ƒconnectī˜ƒtheī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒpipingī˜ƒbeforeī˜ƒtheī˜ƒcompressorī˜ƒstartsī˜ƒ
operating.ī˜ƒIfī˜ƒtheī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒpipingī˜ƒisī˜ƒnotī˜ƒconnectedī˜ƒandī˜ƒtheī˜ƒcompressorī˜ƒactivatesī˜ƒwithī˜ƒtheī˜ƒstopī˜ƒ
valveī˜ƒopened,ī˜ƒtheī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒcycleī˜ƒwillī˜ƒbecomeī˜ƒsubjectedī˜ƒtoī˜ƒextremelyī˜ƒhighī˜ƒpressure,ī˜ƒwhichī˜ƒcanī˜ƒ
causeī˜ƒanī˜ƒexplosionī˜ƒorī˜ƒīšære.
ā— Tightenī˜ƒtheī˜ƒī›€areī˜ƒnutī˜ƒwithī˜ƒaī˜ƒtorqueī˜ƒwrenchī˜ƒinī˜ƒtheī˜ƒspeciīšæedī˜ƒmanner.ī˜ƒDoī˜ƒnotī˜ƒapplyī˜ƒexcessiveī˜ƒforceī˜ƒtoī˜ƒtheī˜ƒ
ī›€areī˜ƒnutī˜ƒwhenī˜ƒtightening.ī˜ƒIfī˜ƒyouī˜ƒdo,ī˜ƒtheī˜ƒī›€areī˜ƒnutī˜ƒcanī˜ƒcrackī˜ƒandī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒleakageī˜ƒmayī˜ƒoccur.ī˜ƒ
ā— Whenī˜ƒmaintaining,ī˜ƒrelocating,ī˜ƒandī˜ƒdisposingī˜ƒofī˜ƒtheī˜ƒunit,ī˜ƒdismantleī˜ƒtheī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒpipingī˜ƒafterī˜ƒtheī˜ƒ
compressorī˜ƒstops.
ā— Whenī˜ƒpipesī˜ƒareī˜ƒremovedī˜ƒoutī˜ƒfromī˜ƒunderī˜ƒtheī˜ƒpipingī˜ƒcover,ī˜ƒafterī˜ƒtheī˜ƒinsulationī˜ƒworkī˜ƒisī˜ƒcompleted,ī˜ƒ
coverī˜ƒtheī˜ƒgapī˜ƒbetweenī˜ƒtheī˜ƒpipingī˜ƒcoverī˜ƒandī˜ƒpipesī˜ƒbyī˜ƒaī˜ƒpackingī˜ƒ(īšæeld-supplied).ī˜ƒIfī˜ƒtheī˜ƒgapī˜ƒisī˜ƒnotī˜ƒ
covered,ī˜ƒtheī˜ƒunitī˜ƒmayī˜ƒbeī˜ƒdamagedī˜ƒifī˜ƒsnow,ī˜ƒrainī˜ƒwaterī˜ƒorī˜ƒsmallī˜ƒanimalsī˜ƒenterī˜ƒtheī˜ƒunit.
ā— Doī˜ƒnotī˜ƒapplyī˜ƒanī˜ƒexcessiveī˜ƒforceī˜ƒtoī˜ƒtheī˜ƒspindleī˜ƒvalveī˜ƒatī˜ƒtheī˜ƒendī˜ƒofī˜ƒopening.ī˜ƒī˜ƒOtherwise,ī˜ƒtheī˜ƒspindleī˜ƒ
valveī˜ƒī›€iesī˜ƒoutī˜ƒdueī˜ƒtoī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒpressure.ī˜ƒī˜ƒAtī˜ƒtheī˜ƒtestī˜ƒrun,ī˜ƒfullyī˜ƒopenī˜ƒtheī˜ƒgasī˜ƒandī˜ƒliquidī˜ƒvalves,ī˜ƒ
otherwise,ī˜ƒtheseī˜ƒdevicesī˜ƒwillī˜ƒbeī˜ƒdamaged.ī˜ƒ(Itī˜ƒisī˜ƒclosedī˜ƒbeforeī˜ƒshipment.)
ā— Ifī˜ƒtheī˜ƒarrangementī˜ƒforī˜ƒoutdoorī˜ƒunitsī˜ƒisī˜ƒincorrect,ī˜ƒitī˜ƒmayī˜ƒcauseī˜ƒī›€owbackī˜ƒofī˜ƒtheī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒandī˜ƒresultī˜ƒinī˜ƒ
failureī˜ƒofī˜ƒtheī˜ƒoutdoorī˜ƒunit.
ā— Theī˜ƒrefrigerantī˜ƒsystemī˜ƒmayī˜ƒbeī˜ƒdamagedī˜ƒifī˜ƒtheī˜ƒslopeī˜ƒofī˜ƒtheī˜ƒpipingī˜ƒconnectionī˜ƒkitī˜ƒexceedsī˜ƒ+15
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