A/C Service Station, Discharging

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NOTE:

If it is necessary to drain the A/C Service Station (for example due to extraction of contaminated refrigerant), all filters and dryers must always be replaced (do not remove filter and dryer from the air-tight shipping packaging until before installation to minimize moisture absorption as much as possible).

It is necessary to empty the A/C Service Station (for example because specific procedures must be performed on the A/C Service Station that correspond to the refrigerant which was or will be extracted from the A/C Service Station) it can be filled in recycling container and then reused. The requirement for this that it is not contaminated. Refer to the A/C Service Station Owner's Manual.

Refrigerant cylinders filled with contaminated or used refrigerant are referred to as "Recycling cylinders" or "R cylinders".

Always evacuate the recycling cylinders prior to initially filling with refrigerant (if there is air in a refrigerant cylinders, they must not be filled with refrigerant).

Different types of refrigerant may not be mixed together (refrigerant mixtures cannot be recycled and must be disposed of). If the contains of the cylinder are not known, share this with the gas preparator / gas disposer. Refer to CONTAMINATED REFRIGERANT, FILLING IN RECYCLING CYLINDER FOR ANALYSIS, PROCESSING, OR DISPOSAL and RETURNING CONTAMINATED REFRIGERANT R1234YF FOR ANALYSIS, PROCESSING, OR DISPOSAL .

CAUTION:

There is a risk of explosion due to overfilling refrigerant cylinders.

Refrigerant can expand and the refrigerant cylinder can explode due to overfilling.

- Use a refrigerant cylinder with a safety valve.

- Never exceed the permitted capacity of the refrigerant cylinder.

There are different possibilities for discharging the A/C Service Station. Pay attention to the A/C Service Station Owner's Manual. Refer to the A/C Service Station Owner's Manual.

-- Fill the refrigerant from the A/C Service Station to be emptied in another A/C Service Station at the same time pay attention to the A/C Service Station Owner's Manual. Refer to the A/C Service Station Owner's Manual and CONTAMINATED REFRIGERANT, FILLING IN RECYCLING CYLINDER FOR ANALYSIS, PROCESSING, OR DISPOSAL .