SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Carrier Transicold’s new color-coded FlexCLIK™ hose and fitting refrigerant system is designed to make bus air-conditioning system installation and troubleshooting easier. Carrier Transicold is a unit of Carrier Corp., the world’s leader in high technology heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration solutions, improving the world around us through engineered innovation and environmental stewardship. Carrier Corp. is a business unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX).
The FlexCLIK system offers color-coded laylines on each hose according to air-conditioning function. For example, the #8 liquid line bears a green linear stripe; the hot gas by-pass or #10 discharge line is marked with a red layline, and the #12 and optional #16 discharge lines are marked with a blue layline.
“This color coding will help mistake-proof bus air-conditioning system installation and also serves as an aid for the field service technician during system diagnosis and troubleshooting,” says Dave Oberdorff, marketing manager, Carrier North America Bus. “For example, the red layline refrigerant discharge line #10 should always connect the discharge port of the compressor to the condenser inlet port.”
The FlexCLIK system’s refrigerant fitting, assembly clamps and O-rings are now bagged together, providing the service technician or installer with all the parts needed to complete the air-conditioning connection in one package. By jointly bagging these components, they are maintained in a clean, dirt- and moisture-free environment until they are needed. Technicians will no longer need to remove fitting caps; rather they can just quickly open the bag and begin the assembly process. Each fitting bag is also marked with a corresponding green, red and blue bar matching the #8, #10, and #12 and #16 hoses, respectively.
The FlexCLIK hose and fitting system is manufactured in United States, in accordance with SAE-J2064 Type E hose specifications.
All the technical details, part numbers, descriptions and assembly tool part numbers, and instructions can be found at www.transportaircon.com in technical manual T352.
For more information, please contact your local Carrier sales or service representative, or call 1-800-673-2431.
About Carrier Transicold
Carrier Transicold helps improve transport and shipping temperature control, anti-idling solutions and passenger comfort with a complete line of equipment for refrigerated trucks, trailers and containers, auxiliary power units for heavy-duty trucks and transport air-conditioning systems for buses. Carrier Transicold is a unit of Carrier Corp., the world’s leader in high technology heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration solutions. Carrier experts provide sustainable solutions, integrating energy efficient products, building controls, and energy services for residential, commercial, retail, transport and foodservice customers. Founded by the inventor of modern air conditioning, Carrier improves the world around us through engineered innovation and environmental stewardship. Carrier is a unit of United Technologies Corp., a leading provider to the aerospace and building systems industries worldwide. Visit www.carrier.com for more information.
