By charging refrigerant as liquid will the compressor be damaged?
Yes! No liquid may enter the compressor on the suction side! There are two things which assist the evaporation of the liquid into a vapour, these being the Polyamide Capillary hose (or even Copper capillary used by Godrej) provided by Refco between the HC can and the manifold and secondly the presence of deep vacuum in the system that convert the liquid into a vapour. Apart from this the throttling at the valves for controlled entry of the refrigerant into the system also assists this. The danger of liquid entering the compressor is the possibility of the valve reeds breaking or the connecting rod getting bent or even damage to the valve plate.
