| To operate the air conditioner service station -VAS 6007A-, the following must be observed (also applies to other and latest available air conditioner service stations). |
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| The fitted filter and dryer must be renewed at the latest when the operational time specified in the related operating instructions has been reached. |
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| Fill only with refrigerant oils which have been approved for the vehicle-specific refrigerant circuit. |
| Refrigerant that has been extracted may not be reused, even after cleaning within the station, in any of the following circumstances: |
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| If there is damage to the air conditioner compressor, such that decomposition of the refrigerant due to overheating might have occurred. |
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| If there are dark sticky deposits in the refrigerant circuit (these can be detected only by opening up the system). |
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| If there is any doubt about the composition of the refrigerant extracted from the refrigerant circuit. |
| In all of these circumstances the air conditioner service station must be drained → Chapter, the system must be cleaned if necessary, the filter and dryer and also the refrigerant oil must be renewed. |
| Contaminated refrigerant can, e.g. in the Federal Republic of Germany, be returned to the supplier in so-called recycling bottles for recycling or for environmentally sound disposal (in other countries other or additional regulations may apply). |
| Commercially available air conditioner service stations can be divided into 2 groups: |
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| A. Air conditioner service stations that clean the extracted refrigerant for reuse (so-called evacuating and recycling stations) e.g. air conditioner service station -VAS 6007A-. |
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| B. Air conditioner service stations, called extraction stations, that charge the extracted refrigerant into recycling bottles (for reprocessing in bulk). |
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