How to charge and discharge JCB excavator air conditioning refrigerant



Note: The procedures for refrigerant charging and

discharging must only be carried out by qualified service

personel who have received specialist training on the air

conditioning system.

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! WARNING

The air conditioning system is a closed loop system and

contains pressurised refrigerant. No part of the system

should be disconnected until the system has been

discharged by a refrigeration engineer or a suitable

trained person. You can be severely frostbitten or injured

by escaping refrigerant.

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Evacuating (Vacuuming)

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This procedure follows on from the ‘Recovery’ process and

is necessary to ensure proper refilling of the system with

refrigerant.

To avoid leakage in the vacuum system itself, DO NOT use

extensions to the yellow hose (use standard 2 metre length).

1

Recover all refrigerant from the system as described in

Refrigerant Recovery.

2

Close all valves and connect the manifold as shown.

Connect the blue hose to the system low pressure port

and the red hose to the high pressure port.

3

Connect the yellow hose to the vacuum pump.

4

Open manifold valves.

5

Switch on the vacuum pump until 740mm (29 in)

mercury vacuum reads on both gauges.

6

Maintain suction for approximately 30 minutes.

7

Close valves and remove equipment.

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Service Procedures

Notes:

If the vacuum falls rapidly the system is leaking. Check all

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Notes:

If the vacuum falls rapidly the system is leaking. Check all

connections and reseal. If the point of leakage is not

obvious, recharge the system and test again. Refer to

Service Procedures, Air Conditioning – Leak Testing.

Achievable vacuum will vary with altitude. Maximum gauge

reading will be 25mm (1 in) less for every 305 metres ( 1000

feet) above sea level.