GD Midea Refrigerant Equipment Co. Ltd                                 Service manual for Electrolux split Series 
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on the indoor unit connection or outdoor unit 
connections using a soft brush to check for 
leakage of the connecting points of the piping. 
2. If bubbles come out, the pipes have leakage. 
Note: 
A: Lo stop valve 
B: Hi stop valve 
C and D: connections to the indoor unit. 
 
2.7.2.3 Evacuation 
●  Connect the charge hose end described in the 
preceding steps to the vacuum pump to evacuate 
the tubing and indoor unit. Confirm the "LO" knob 
of the manifold set is open. Then run the vacuum 
pump. The operation time for evacuation varies 
with tubing length and capacity of the pump. The 
following table is a guide for evacuation times. 
Times are dependent on tubing length and pump 
capacity. 
Pipe Length (L) 
Air Purge 
Method 
Timer required
(min) 
<5m 
Use Vacuum 
Pump 
25 
5~10m 
Use Vacuum 
Pump 
30 
●  When the desired vacuum is reached, close 
the "LO" knob of the manifold set and stop the 
vacuum pump. 
Indoor unit
Outdoor unit
Manifold set
Pressure
gauge
Vac u um pu mp
Open
Close
 
2.7.2.4 Finishing the job 
●  With a service valve wrench, turn the valve 
stem of liquid side valve counter-clockwise to fully
 
open the valve. 
●  Turn the valve stem of gas side valve 
counter-clockwise to fully open the valve. 
●  Loosen the charge hose connected to the gas 
side service port slightly to release the pressure, 
then remove the hose. 
●  Replace the valve cap on the gas side service 
port and fasten the cap securely. 
●  This process is very important to prevent 
leakage from the system. 
●  Replace the valve caps at both gas and liquid 
side service valves and fasten them tightly. 
●  This completes air purging with a vacuum 
pump. The air conditioner is now ready to test run.