York YPAL 051 User Manual

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JOHNSON CONTROLS
FORM 100.50-NOM6 (1207)
Startup
INITIAL START-UP
After all of the preceding checks have been com plet ed 
and the control pan el has been programmed as re quired, 
the unit may be placed into op er a tion.
  1. Place the Unit Switch in the control panel to the 
ON position.
  2. With a demand, the supply fan will cycle on, and 
per mit compressor operation if the air proving 
pres sure switch for the supply fan has closed.
 3. The first compressor will start. After several 
min utes of operation, a fl ow  of  re frig er ant  will 
be not ed in the sight glass, the va por in the sight 
glass will clear, and there should be a sol id col umn 
of liquid visible in the sightglass when the TXV 
sta bi liz es.
  4. Allow the compressor to run a short time, be ing 
ready to stop it immediately if any unusual noise 
or ad verse conditions develop.
  5. Check the system operating parameters by checking 
evaporator superheat and condensing subcooling.  
Connect a gauge manifold set to the Schrader ser-
vice valve connections on the liquid and common 
suction line in the condensing section of the unit.  
After the system is running and the pressures have 
stabilized, measure the temperature at the liquid 
and common suction lines near the Schrader ser-
vice valves.  Calculate evaporator superheat and 
condensing subcooling.  The subcooling, should be 
approximately 15.0 ˚F and the superheat should be 
12.0 ˚F.  Repeat the above process for each of the 
refrigerant systems.
  6. With an ammeter, verify that each phase of the con-
 dens er fans, compressors, supply fan, and exhaust 
fan are with in the RLA/FLA as listed on the unit 
data plate. 
Refrigerant Charge 
This rooftop unit comes fully charged from the factory 
with refrigerant R-410A as standard.
CONDENSER COIL PRESSURE DROP
YPAL050
YPAL051
YPAL060
YPAL061
33 PSIG
39 PSIG
24 PSIG
27 PSIG
Checking Superheat and Subcooling
An R-410A temperature and pressure chart lists the 
associated sat u ra tion  tem per a ture  in  one  column,  with 
the as so ci at ed  pressure  in  another  column.  As  a  result, 
only one tem per a ture/pres sure  col umn  is  needed  to  show 
the re la tion ship. 
Subcooling (R-410A)
When the refrigerant charge is correct, there will be no 
vapor in the liquid sight glass with the sys tem op er at ing 
under full load conditions.
The subcooling temperature of each system can be 
cal cu lat ed by recording the temperature of the liquid 
line at the outlet of the condenser and sub tract ing  it 
from the saturation temperature listed in Table 3-1, for 
the corresponding discharge pressure. If the rooftop unit 
does not have an access port for liquid access, subtract 
the condenser coil pressure drop value from the table  
on this page from the discharge pressure to determine 
the equivalent saturation temperature.
Example:  
On a YPAL 050 the discharge pressure is 388 PSIG 
and the 
liquid temperature is 95 °F
Liquid Pressure = Discharge Pressure (388 PSIG) 
- 33.0 PSIG
Saturation Temperature for 355 PSIG 
= 108°F
Minus the liquid line temp 
   
= 95°F
Liquid Line Subcooling of 
   
= 13°F
The subcooling should be 15°F at de sign con di tions.
Superheat (R-410A)
The superheat should be checked only af ter steady 
state operation of the unit has been es tab lished,  the 
dis charge air temperature has been pulled down to 
within the con trol range, and the unit is run ning in a 
fully load ed con di tion.
The superheat is calculated as the difference be tween the 
actual temperature of the refrigerant gas in the suc tion 
line and the tem per a ture  cor re spond ing  to  the  Suction 
Pressure as shown in Table 3-1.