Vacuum Pump

A two-stage, three-stage, or five-stage pump is recommended for evacuation. Purging the system with dry nitrogen is recommended before evacuation. Because residual refrigerant may be present in used vacuum pumps, a new vacuum pump should be used and dedicated strictly as an R-404A/R-452A refrigerant pump. Use only recommended vacuum pump oils and change oil after every major evacuation. Because vacuum pump oils are highly refined to obtain low vacuums, failure to follow these recommendations may result in acidic conditions that will destroy the pump.