
Ins ection on Maintenance Environment
Maintenance Site Requirements
Leak Detection Methods
Safety Princi les
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Be ore operation, the re rigerant leaked in the room is not allowed.
The area o the room in which maintenance is made shall be in line with this manual.
Continuous ventilation shall be maintained during maintenance.
Open ire or high-temperature heat source higher than 548 degree which can easily give birth to open ire is not allowed
inside the room within the maintenance area.
During maintenance, the phones and the radioactive electronics o all the operators inside the room must be powered o .
One dry powder or carbon dioxide extinguisher shall be equipped inside the maintenance area, and the extinguisher must
be under available state.
The maintenance site shall be provided with avorable ventilation and must be lat. Arrangement o the maintenance site
inside the basement is not allowed.
Welding zone and non-welding zone shall be divided at the maintenance site, and shall be clearly marked. A certain sa ety
distance must be guaranteed between the two zones.
Ventilators shall be installed at the maintenance site, and exhaust ans, ans, ceiling ans, loor ans and dedicated exhaust
duct can be arranged, to meet the requirements o ventilation volume and uni orm exhaust, and to avoid accumulation o
re rigerant gas.
Leak detection equipment or lammable re rigerant shall be equipped, with relevant management system being established.
Whether the leak detection equipment is under available state shall be con irmed be ore maintenance.
Su icient dedicated vacuum pumps o lammable re rigerant and re rigerant charging equipment shall be equipped, with
relevant management system or maintenance equipment being established. It shall be guaranteed that the maintenance
equipment can only be used or vacuumizing and charging o one type o lammable re rigerant, and mixed usage is not
allowed.
The master power switch shall be arranged outside the maintenance site, with protective (anti-explosive) device being
equipped.
Nitrogen cylinders, acetylene cylinders and oxygen cylinders shall be placed separately. The distance between the gas
cylinders above and the working area involved in open ire shall be at least 6m. The anti-back ire valve shall be installed or
the acetylene cylinders. The color o the acetylene cylinders and oxygen cylinders installed shall meet the international
requirements.
The warning sign o " No Fire" ,"No Smoking", or"Anti static"shall be arranged inside the maintenance area.
Fire control device suitable or electric appliance such as the dry powder extinguisher or carbon dioxide extinguisher shall
be equipped, and shall always be under the available state.
The ventilator and other electrical equipment at the maintenance site shall be relatively ixed, with standardized pipe
routing. Temporary wires and sockets at the maintenance site are not allowed.
The environment in which the re rigerant leakage is checked shall be ree rom potential ignition source. Leak detection with
halogen probes (or any other detector with open ire) shall be avoided.
For the system containing lammable re rigerant, leak detection may be realized with electronic leak detection equipment.
During leak detection, the environment in which the leak detection equipment is calibrated shall be ree rom re rigerant. It
shall be guaranteed that the leak detection equipment will not become potential ignition source, and is applicable to the
re rigerant to be detected. Leak detection equipment shall be set at a percentage o the LFL o the re rigerant and shall be
calibrated to the re rigerant employed, and the appropriate percentage o gas (25 % maximum) is con irmed.
The luid used or leak detection shall be applicable to most o the re rigerant. The use o chlorine-containing solvent shall
be avoided, to avoid chemical reaction between chlorine and re rigerant and corrosion to copper pipelines.
In case leakage is suspected, the open ire at the site shall be evacuated or be put out.
In case welding is required at the leakage position, all the re rigerants shall be recovered, or be isolated at a position ar
rom the leak point with a stop valve. Be ore and during welding, the whole system shall be puri ied with OFN.
The power supply should be cut o be ore the maintenance.
During product maintenance, avorable ventilation shall be guaranteed at the maintenance site, and the close o all the
doors/windows is not allowed.
Operation with open ire is not allowed, including welding and smoking. The use o phones is also not allowed. The user
shall be in ormed that cooking with open ire is not allowed.
During maintenance in a dry season, when the relative humidity is less than 40%, anti-static measures shall be taken,
including the wearing o cotton clothes and cotton gloves.
In case the leakage o lammable re rigerant is identi ied during maintenance, orced ventilation measures shall be taken
immediately, and the source o leak shall be plugged.
In case the product damaged must be maintained by disassembling the re rigeration system, the product must be delivered
to the maintenance point. Welding o re rigerant pipelines at the user's site is not allowed.
During maintenance, in case re-treatment is required due to lack o ittings, the air conditioner shall be reset.
The re rigeration system must be sa ely earthed in the whole course o maintenance.
For the door-to-door service with re rigerant cylinders, the re rigerant charged inside the cylinder cannot exceed the speci ied
value. The cylinder placed in vehicles or at the installation/maintenance site shall be ixed perpendicularly and be kept away
rom heat sources, ignition source, source o radiation and electric appliance.