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Description / Abstract:
These requirements cover nonelectrical refrigerant-containing
components and accessories, intended for field installation in
accordance with the Safety Code for Mechanical Refrigeration,
ASHRAE 15, in refrigeration systems, air conditioning equipment, or
both, charged with the refrigerants identified for use in the
component or accessory. The requirements also apply to components
and accessories intended for use by manufacturers in
factory-assembled systems or units, in which case the component or
accessory is also judged under the requirements for the individual
system or unit.
These requirements do not apply to:
a) Electric valves and electric refrigeration controllers,
hermetic refrigerant motor-compressors, tubing fittings such as
flare or compression type fittings, and the like, which are covered
in or as part of separate, individual requirements.
b) Electrical components of assemblies incorporating these
refrigerant-containing components or accessories, and
c) Pressure vessels bearing the ASME Code "U" symbol which are
within the Scope of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code,
Section VIII.