Panasonic U-8ME1E8E Service Manual page 97

9. Compressor
(16) After evacuating all nitrogen gas from the tubing, apply vacuum to all outdoor units where dry cores were
removed until the pressure is –101kPa (–755 mm Hg, 5 Torr) or less.
(17) INSTALLATION: Refer to the "Information for the Person in Charge of Installation" items. Charge with an
amount of refrigerant equal to the amount that was recovered.
(B) If a ball valve is not installed on the outdoor unit
(1) Refer to "4-2-3. Refrigerant recovery procedures (2) : Indoor unit with no ball valve equipped. "Perform pump
down of the refrigerant from all indoor units and inter-unit tubing to the outdoor unit side.
(2) Cut the liquid (narrow) tube at all outdoor units where dry cores will be attached, then attach the dry cores and
ball valves as shown in Fig. 15.
(3) For the next steps, refer to (6) – (17) in
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Dry core (bidirectional:
for R410A refrigerant)
(A) on the previous page.
Cleaning dry core
Outdoor unit
Ball valve
Outdoor Unit Repair Procedures
Normal unit
Gas tube
Balance tube
Liquid tube
Fig. 15
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2WAY SYSTEM
Liquid tube service valve