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SAFETY OPERATION MAINTENANCESETUP
Workpiece and Work Area Set Up
1. Designateaworkareathatisclean
andwell-lit.Theworkareamustnot
allowaccessbychildrenorpetsto
preventdistractionandinjury.
2. Vehicleexhaustfumesandaccumulated
refrigerantgascankillyou.Donotoperate
vehicle’sengineorserviceairconditioner
inenclosedorpoorlyventilatedarea.
3. Routethepowercordalongasaferoute
toreachtheworkareawithoutcreatinga
trippinghazardorexposingthepowercord
topossibledamage.Thepowercordmust
reachtheworkareawithenoughextralength
toallowfreemovementwhileworking.
4. Setthevehicle’sparkingbrake,
blockthetires,andsetthevehicle’s
transmissiontoneutralorpark.
General Operating Instructions
TO PREVENT SERIOUS INJURY AND DEATH FROM EXPLOSION:
Service of air conditioning systems must be done only by trained
and experienced technician to avoid overfilling.
Technicians opening refrigeration circuit in automotive air conditioning systems MUST be
certified in refrigerant recovery and recycling procedures in compliance with section 609 of
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. For additional information regarding ozone depletion
and air conditioning service regulations, visit EPA’s website: www.epa.gov/ozone
1. BeforeoperatingtheVacuumPump,
checktheoillevelasexplainedunder
Tool Set Uponpage7.
2. UseonlyoneInletFittingatatime.Keep
theotherFittingcappedwhilenotinuse.
3. Turnthevehicle/appliance
andACsystemOFF.
4. Asappropriate,attachtheR-12,
R-22,orR-134AmanifoldtotheAC
drainportofthevehicle/appliance.
Thisisa“quickrelease”fitting.Thedrain
portisgenerallythelowerofthetwomanifold
portsandwillbelocateddownstreamfrom
thecompressorinthevehicle/appliance.
Refertothevehicle/applianceowner’s
manualforvehicle-specificinformation.
5. AttachanACrefrigerantrecovery
systemanddraintherefrigerant.
6. Afterreaching26to28in/hgvacuum,
stopanddisconnecttherecoverysystem.
7. AttachthisVacuumPumpandrun
for10minutestofurtherraisethe
vacuumlevelinsidetheACsystem.
8. TurntheSwitchON.
9. Thevacuumwillbuildforapproximately
2minutesbeforereachingfullpower.
AllowthePumptooperateforapproximately
10minutestothoroughlyremoveall
moistureandgasfromthesystem.
10.TheGauge(notincluded)shouldshow
negativepressureandmaintainthatreading
for10minutes.If,duringthattimethe
pressurereadingrisesbacktoward“0”,
theremaybealeakinthesystem.
11.CloseallvalvesontheManifold
(soldseparately),andturntheSwitchOFF
beforedisconnectingthehose
fromthevacuumfitting.
12.Topreventaccidents,unplug
thePowerCordafteruse.
13.AllowtheVacuumPumptocompletely
coolbeforewipingdownandstoring
indoorsoutofchildren’sreach.
NOTE:Theprocessisthesameforbothvehicleandotherrefrigerationsystems.