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Kortney Ellis at HVAC Technical Academy – Central Florida
Kortney Ellis video – Refrigerant Recovery Process
Kortney Ellis video transcript – Refrigerant Recovery Process (Training Video Transcript)
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Hello, my name is Kortney at HVAC Technical Academy and I’m going to walk you through the recovery process. I have my manifold and gauges connected to this condenser. Here is my high-side liquid line and my low side vapor line. I’m going to use the vapor line to recover the refrigerant into the recovery tank. The reason I have both connected is so that I can get the pressures on both sides while I complete the process. This is my scale. It helps me know how much refrigerant is in the tank when recovering. I’m using R22
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refrigerant. This tank is labeled because the EPA regulates that you cannot mix refrigerants. It’s not safe for the environment and it cannot be reclaimed. So during the recovery process, I will open up my low side vapor line, turn the system into recovery mode or vacuum state, and immediately open up the vapor side of the tank to recover the refrigerant. Usually when it’s done, the system will shut off, at which point I will quickly close the tank.
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After I’m done repairing the major component, I’ll be able to recycle the refrigerant and put it back in the same system using the exact same refrigerant per EPA regulations. And if at some point the refrigerant was to get cross-contaminated with another refrigerant, it would not be reusable, so I wouldn’t be able to reclaim it. So overall, I’m going to begin the process. And that’s a wrap. Yeah, bro. Bye.