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the compressor with the low pressure cut-out
disabled. Do no operate with a restricted suction or
liquid line.
Depending on the discharge pressure,
allowing pressure to drop below 55 psig (3.8 bar) for
more than a few seconds may overheat the scrolls and
cause early drive bearing damage.
NOTICE
Do not
use the compressor to test the opening set point of
a high pressure cutout.
Bearings are susceptible to
damage before they have had several hours of normal
running for proper break in.
'Hipot' (AC High Potential) Testing
Use caution with high voltage and never hipot test
when compressor is in a vacuum.
Copeland Scroll compressors are configured with the
motor down and the pumping components at the top of
the shell. As a result, the motor can be immersed in
refrigerant to a greater extent than hermetic
reciprocating compressors when liquid refrigerant is
present in the shell. In this respect, the scroll is more
like semi-hermetic compressors that have horizontal
motors partially submerged in oil and refrigerant. When
Copeland Scroll compressors are hipot tested with
liquid refrigerant in the shell, they can show higher
levels of leakage current than compressors with the
motor on top. This phenomenon can occur with any
compressor when the motor is immersed in refrigerant.
The level of current leakage does not present any
safety issue. To lower the current leakage reading, the
system should be operated for a brief period of time to
redistribute the refrigerant to a more normal
configuration and the system hipot tested again. See
AE4-1294
for megohm testing recommendations.
Under no circumstances should the hipot test be
performed while the compressor is under a
vacuum.
U.L. sets the requirement for dielectric strength testing
and they should be consulted for the appropriate
voltage and leakage values.
Final Run Test
Customers that use a nitrogen final run test must be
careful to not overheat the compressor. Nitrogen is not
a good medium for removing heat from the
compressor, and the scroll tips can be easily damaged
with high compression ratios and/or long test times.
Copeland Scroll compressors are designed for use
with refrigerant, and testing with nitrogen may result in
a situation where the compressor does not develop a
pressure differential (no pump condition). When testing
with nitrogen, the compressor must be allowed to cool
for several minutes between tests.
Unbrazing System Components
Before attempting to braze, it is important to
recover all refrigerant from both the high and low
side of the system.
If the refrigerant charge is removed from a scroll-
equipped unit by recovering one side only, it is very
possible that either the high or low side of the system
remains pressurized. If a brazing torch is then used to
disconnect tubing, the pressurized refrigerant and oil
mixture could ignite when it escapes and contacts the
brazing flame. Instructions should be provided in
appropriate product literature and assembly (line
repair) areas. If compressor removal is required, the
compressor should be cut out of the system rather than
unbrazed. See
Figure 4
for proper compressor
removal procedure.
SERVICE PROCEDURES
The drive offers a two wire 485 interface. This enables
the drive set-up, operation and monitoring to be carrier
out with a PC or controller if required. The drive only
supports Modbus RTU protocol. Refer to the Emerson
EVC drive user guide for more information.
Electrical Troubleshooting
CAUTION The compressor must always have the
green ground wire attached to the ground. The
other end of the green wire must be connected to
the appropriate ground terminal on the drive.
The BPM motors used in the variable speed scrolls are
three-phase. The winding resistance for each
compressor-motor is published in the
Online Product
Information
. The three windings should always have
line to line continuity because there is no internal
overload at the center of the motor windings to open
and take the motor off-line. If one or more of the
windings shows continuity to ground, the compressor
must be replaced.
CAUTION Energizing a variable speed scroll with a
grounded winding can cause irreversible damage
to the drive.
Measuring the current in the three individual wires
feeding the compressor will provide no useful
information to the service technician, other than to
show that each winding of the compressor is drawing
current. The more appropriate measurement is the
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