How to Charge a Home Air Conditioner
This one is simple: Let a professional charge your air conditioner's refrigerant. The amount of refrigerant in an air conditioner has to be just right for the unit to work at maximum efficiency. Here is what a competent professional will do during maintenance. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Check for the correct amount of refrigerant in your air conditioner.
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Test for leaks in the system with a leak detector.
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Capture any refrigerant, which must be evacuated from your system.
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Fill your air conditioner with the proper amount of refrigerant according the manufacturer's specifications.
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Double-check everything.
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Tips & Warnings
Let a competent professional charge your refrigerant in the air conditioner.
Overcharging the air conditioner can damage the compressor.
Evacuating refrigerant into the open air is illegal. A competent professional will never evacuate refrigerant into the open air.
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idiot answer that is no answer.
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go look on you tube plenty of info there but be careful.
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grampacanfixit
Aug 07, 2008
That's it? I can read I can read a gauge. I need to know the r22 perameters at various ambient temp's. Oh and I have a cell phone... -
grampacanfixit
Aug 07, 2008
That's it? I can read I can read a gauge. I need to know the r22 perameters at various ambient temp's. Oh and I have a cell phone...
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grampacanfixit
Aug 07, 2008
I wanted to know HOW; not why I shouldn't. This IS called "ehow". Any idiot can dial up an A/C company... I'm going to another site.. Can you recommend one that will tell me how to do stuff???
