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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
SAFE REFRIGERANT HANDLING
While these items will not cover every conceivable situaon, they should serve as a useful guide.
WARNING
The successful development of hermecally sealed refrigeraon
compressors has completely sealed the compressor's moving
parts and electric motor inside a common housing, minimizing
refrigerant leaks and the hazards somemes associated with
moving belts, pulleys or couplings.
Fundamental to the design of hermec compressors is a method
whereby electrical current is transmied to the compressor
motor through terminal conductors which pass through the
compressor housing wall. These terminals are sealed in a
dielectric material which insulates them from the housing
and maintains the pressure ght integrity of the hermec
compressor. The terminals and their dielectric embedment are
strongly constructed, but are vulnerable to careless compressor
installaon or maintenance procedures and equally vulnerable
to internal electrical short circuits caused by excessive system
contaminants.
In either of these instances, an electrical short between the
terminal and the compressor housing may result in the loss of
integrity between the terminal and its dielectric embedment.
This loss may cause the terminals to be expelled, thereby venng
the vaporous and liquid contents of the compressor housing and
system.
A venng compressor terminal normally presents no danger to
anyone, providing the terminal protecve cover is properly in
place.
If, however, the terminal protecve cover is not properly in
place, a venng terminal may discharge a combinaon of
(a) hot lubricang oil and refrigerant
(b) ammable mixture (if system is contaminated with air)
in a stream of spray which may be dangerous to anyone in the
vicinity. Death or serious bodily injury could occur.
Under no circumstances is a hermec compressor to be
electrically energized and/or operated without having the
terminal protecve cover properly in place.
See Service Secon S-17 for proper servicing.
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