Compressor unit broke- only 1yr old!

[crazy flowers]

If the refrigerant charge was less than 3Kg then he does'nt even have
to have an inspection. Above 3Kg's but below 30Kg's and it is only
once a year. I doubt that the system is larger than 30Kg's of refrigerant.

Regards

Rob

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Forgive my ignorance.. I have no idea what any of that means.. I only have a small 2m x 2m walk in cold room, the compressor unit sits directly on the outside wall mounted 8ft or so in the air..

[Rob White]

Forgive my ignorance.. I have no idea what any of that means.. I only have a small 2m x 2m walk in cold room, the compressor unit sits directly on the outside wall mounted 8ft or so in the air..

Hi Crazy Flowers.

The refrigerant charge weight or the amount of refrigerant inside the system dictates
how often you are expected to have the system leak tested (serviced).

If you don't know what the weights are, the refrigeration
engineer who carried out the initial work and anyone who works on it
including the guy who changed your compressor should know and should
inform you of your legal duties to have the system proved to be gas tight.

Think of the car MOT. Well this is sort of an MOT for your fridge and for you
to be able to comply (or not as the case may be) you need to know how
much refrigerant is inside the system...

It is a requirement of the Fgas qualifications, fridge engineers are required
to hold.

Ask the engineer who changed the compressor. But if the are qualified and
working to the correct standard they would have left the relevent log book
documents that are required under the new law (only if your system has more
than 3Kg of refrigerant inside, otherwise it might not)..

Regards

Rob

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