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CONTENTS
1 PREMISE...........................................................................................................65
2 DESCRIPTION...................................................................................................66
2.1 Intended Use...............................................................................................66
2.2 Kit content list ............................................................................................. 66
2.3 Principal specifications...................................................................................67
3 INSTALLATION .................................................................................................68
3.1 Installation on Konfort units...........................................................................68
3.2 Flushing program activation...........................................................................69
3.3 Setup of flushing timing ................................................................................70
3.4 Flushing program deactivation........................................................................ 72
4 SAFETY .............................................................................................................74
4.1 General Safety Rules.....................................................................................74
4.2 Guidelines for Handling Refrigerants................................................................75
4.2.1 Glossary of Terms...................................................................................75
4.2.2 Precautions for refrigerant storage ............................................................75
4.2.3 Conditions of the refrigerant and the system...............................................75
4.2.4 Recycling Capacity ..................................................................................75
4.2.5 General Notions......................................................................................76
4.3 Safety Devices.............................................................................................76
4.4 The Work Environment.................................................................................. 76
5 INTRODUCTION TO FLUSHING WITH REFRIGERANT ........................................77
5.1 What is Flushing? .........................................................................................77
5.2 Why Flushing is important?............................................................................77
5.3 When do you flush the A/C system?................................................................78
5.4 Examples of system contamination .................................................................78
5.5 Components sensible to contamination............................................................79
6 FLUSHING METHOD WITH ACKF01 KIT.............................................................81
6.1 Preleminary measures...................................................................................81
6.2 Konfort unit preparation for flushing................................................................83
6.3 Installation of bridges and adapters ................................................................85
6.4 Examples of adaptors and connections for flushing............................................ 87
6.5 Flushing systems with expansion valve............................................................90
6.5.1 Flushing the evaporator side.....................................................................90
6.5.2 Back-flushing the evaporator side..............................................................91
6.5.3 Flushing the condenser side......................................................................92
6.5.4 Back-flushing the condenser side ..............................................................93
6.6 Flushing systems with orifice tube...................................................................94
6.6.1 Flushing the evaporator side.....................................................................94
6.6.2 Back-flushing the evaporator side..............................................................95
6.6.3 Flushing the accumulator-compressor junction............................................ 96
6.6.4 Back-flushing the accumulator-compressor junction..................................... 97
6.6.5 Flushing the condenser side......................................................................98
6.6.6 Back-flushing the condenser side ..............................................................99
6.7 Monitoring flushing process.......................................................................... 100