scope:

This standard is applicable to refrigerant solenoid valves in the following circumstances:

a. As defined in Section 3, "Definitions"

b. For either liquid or vapor refrigerant applications

c. For use with refrigerants deemed available and suitable according to ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 15, Safety Standard for Refrigeration Systems¹, and ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 34², Designation and Safety Classification of Refrigerants.

This standard specifies procedures, apparatus, and instrumentation that will produce accurate capacity data.

This standard does not do the following:

a. Specify rating conditions or electrical or mechanical design requirements (Rating conditions may be found in ANSI/AHRI Standard 760, Performance Rating of Solenoid Valves for Use with Volatile Refrigerants³, for I-P units, or ANSI/AHRI Standards 761, Performance Rating of Solenoid Valves for Use with Volatile Refrigeratants⁴, for SI units.) 

b. Make recommendations for safety

c. Specify tests for production, specification compliance, or field testing of solenoid valves

PURPOSE

This standard prescribes a method of testing the capacity of refrigerant solenoid valves for use in refrigerating systems.

¹ ASHRAE. 2016. ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 15, Safety Standard for Refrigeration Systems. Atlanta:ASHRAE. 

² ASHRAE. 2016. ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 34, Designation and Safety Classification of refrigerants. Atlanta:ASHRAE.

³ AHRI. 2014. ANSI/AHRI Standard 760 (I-P), Performance Rating of Solenoid Valves for Use with Volatile Refrigerants. Arlington, VA: Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute.

⁴ AHRI. 2014. ANSI/AHRI Standard 761 (SI), Performance Rating of Solenoid Valves for Use with Volatile Refrigerants. Arlington, VA: Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute.