INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS CONT'D.
E. REMOTE CONDEWSERS
Remote condensers should be installed above the ice machine in a
leva1 configuration.
by
copper tubing and line valves.
is
mounted qn,tbe ice making unit and the remote condenser. The
female half is soldered on the tube ends when tubing kits are
provided with the machine.
If
tubing kits are not provided, the
female half
of
the line valves will be provided in
a
valve kit
and the installer will mount them on the tubing he provides.
They are connected to the ice making unit
The
male half of the line valve
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING IN REGARD
TO
REMOTE CONDENSER INSTALLATION:
WHEN MAKING LINE VALVE CONNECTIONS, LUBRICATE RUBBER SEAL IN
MALE
HALF
WITH REFRIGERATION OIL.
TOGETHER BY
HAND
TO INSURE PROPER MATING OF THREADS.
PROPER SIZE WRENCHES (ON COUPLING BODY
HEX
AND TIGHTEN UNTIL COUPLING BODIES "BOTTOM" OR A DEFINXTE
RESISTANCE
IS
FELT. USING
A
MARKER
OR
INK
PEN,
biARK
A
LINE
LENGTHWISE FROM
THE
COUPLING
HEXT
TO THE BULKHEAD. THEN
TIGHTEN
AN
ADDITIONAL
1/6
TO
1/4
TURN. THE MXSALICNMENT
OF
THE
LINE
WILL
SHOW THE DEGREE
OF
TIGHTENING.
THIS
FINAL
TURN
IS
NECESSARY TO INSURE
THAT
THE KNIFE EDGE
METAL
SEAL
BITES
INTO
THE BRASS SEAT OF
THE
COWLING HALVES FORMING THE
LEAKPROOF JOINT. IF TORQUE WRENCH
IS
USED, TORQUE TO
35
FOOT POUNDS.
I
A LOW VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL CONTROL CIRCUIT MUST
BE
FIELD
WIRES
BETWEEN THE ICE MACHINE AND THE REMOTE CONDENSER RELAY. THOSE
WIRES
SHOULD BE RUN WITH THE TUBING DURING INSTALLATION. REFER
TO APPLICABLE WIRING DIAGRAMS.
THE REMOTE ,CONDENSER REQUIRES A SEPARATE POWER SUPPLY FROM
THE
ICE MAKING UNIT. REFER TO THE REMOTE CONDENSER ON
WIRING DIAGRAM.
WHEN VERTICAL LINES
ARE
INVOLVED IN THE INSTALLATION, FOLLOW
STANDARD REFRIGERATION PRACTICES FOR VERTICAL LINES TO &XJJRE
POSITIVE OIL RETURN TO
THE
COMPRESSOR.
NO
MORE
THAN
15
FEET.
WE
DO NOT RECOMMEND TUBING RUNS OF MORE THAN
40
FEET.
THREAD COUPLING HALVES
USE
AND
ON UNION NUT)
b
VERTICAL LIFT TO BE
A THREE WAY HEAD PRESSURE CONTROL VALVE IS USED
TO
MAINTAIN
A
RELATIVELY CONSISTENT
HEAD
PRESSURE BETWEEN
180
AND
200
PSI
FOR
R-22
IN THE RECEIVER IN COLD AMBIENT CONDITIONS TO INSURE
A
GOOD HARVESTING OR DEFROSTING
OF
THE
ICE
SLABS
ON
THE
EVAPORATOR.
BE HELD IN
THE
CONDENSER.
BECAUSE
OF
THIS VALVE
SOME
LIQUID REFRIGERANT WILL
TZIE HEAD PRESSURE CONTROL VALVE WILL,NOT OPERATE CORRECTLY
WHEN
A
TOTAL PRESSURE DROP OF
14
POUNWOR
MORE
IS
CREATED
THE ICE WING UNIT UTILIZING A REMOTE CONDENSER IS SHIPPED FROM
THE FACTORY WITH THE RECEIVER HOLDING THE REFRIGERANT CHARGE.
ADDITIONAL REFRIGgRANT
MAY
BE REQUIRED UPON INSTALLATION DEPEND-
5
ING UPON THE AMBINET CONDITIONS THE REMOTE CONDENSER
IS
OPERATING UNDER, THE CONDENSER AND LINE SIZING.
