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The purpose of this SAE Recommended Practice is to provide criteria for determining the acceptability of candidate retrofit refrigerants to replace CFC-12 (R-12) in mobile A/C systems originally designed to use CFC-12 (R-12).

This SAE Recommended Practice is restricted to mechanical vapor compression refrigerant systems driven by the vehicle or auxiliary engine, which provides cooling for the passenger compartment. This document provides guidelines for refrigerant containment and safety for a mobile air-conditioning system. It is not intended to restrict the use of, or further development of, other types of refrigeration systems for passenger compartment cooling. Should other systems be found practical at some future time, this document may be amended or an additional recommended safety practice drawn up for such other systems.

This SAE Recommended Practice is restricted to mechanical vapor compression refrigerant systems driven by the vehicle or auxiliary engine, which provides cooling for the passenger compartment. This document provides guidelines for refrigerant containment and safety for a mobile air-conditioning system. It is not intended to restrict the use of, or further development of, other types of refrigeration systems for passenger compartment cooling. Should other systems be found practical at some future time, this document may be amended or an additional recommended safety practice drawn up for such other systems.

To provide a procedure to inspect a refrigerant cylinder used in equipment servicing mobile air-conditioning (A/C) systems. This includes the pressure cylinder used for refrigerant recovery/recycling and charging equipment.

To provide a procedure to inspect a refrigerant cylinder used in equipment servicing mobile air-conditioning systems. This includes the pressure cylinder used for refrigerant recovery/recycling and charging equipment.

Current industry standards do not exist for determining refrigerant emissions from mobile air conditioning systems. Test procedures are not common between production component suppliers in establishing leakage values. This “System Leakage Chart” has been developed from industry experience of expected refrigerant leakage gains from system design resulting from technology changes. It provides a rating value of various technologies that are currently available. The “Leakage Chart” can be expanded as new technologies are offered and/or developed. This document provides the information to develop an Excel file template “Leakage Chart” for making system analysis. It is not the intent of this Standard to define the refrigerant emissions from a mobile air conditioning system. It is to only define a system rating based upon the technology used.

The “System Emissions Chart” contained herein is intended to serve as a means of estimating the annual refrigerant emission rate (grams per year) from new production A/C systems equipped with specified component technologies. It provides emission values for various component technologies that are currently available, and can be expanded as new technologies are commercialized. This document provides the information to develop an Excel file template “System Emissions Chart” for system emission analysis. The chart includes automotive compressor technologies for conventional mobile air conditioning systems as well as those using semi-hermetic compressors. This standard can be considered a companion document to SAE J2763 Test Procedure for Determining Refrigerant Emissions from Mobile Air Conditioning Systems. SAE J2727 estimates system emissions, taking into account production assembly variation and accounts for components that are 100% helium leak tested prior to vehicle final assembly.

The original SAE J2727 “Leakage Chart” provided a rating system for comparing mobile A/C systems and was not intended to define mobile A/C system refrigerant leakage. It had been developed from industry experience of expected system refrigerant leakage based upon currently available technologies. The new “System Emissions Chart” now contained in this revision is intended to serve as a means of estimating the annual refrigerant emissions rate (grams per year) from new production A/C systems equipped with specified component technologies. It provides emission values for various component technologies that are currently available, and can be expanded as new technologies are commercialized. This document provides the information to develop an Excel file template “System Emissions Chart” for system emission analysis. The new chart includes automotive compressor technologies, for conventional mobile air conditioning systems as well as fully hermetic compressors.

This SAE Recommended Practice describes the specific measures required to meet SAE established criteria when retrofitting CFC-12 (R-12) mobile air-conditioning (A/C) systems to HFC-134a (R-134a), with regards to fittings and labeling. This document is complete only when combined with the requirements of SAE J1657.