APPARATUS FOR CHARGING A REFRIGERATION SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE

In an apparatus (1) for charging a refrigeration system of a vehicle, the apparatus (1) comprises a circuit, configured to connect up to the refrigeration system of the vehicle and to extract refrigerant fluid, and a diagnostic system including a plurality of sensors (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46) associated with the circuit and configured to detect measurement parameters representing physical quantities linked to one or more of the circuit components; a plurality of actuators configured to control one or more of the components of the circuit; a control unit (4), configured to receive the measurement parameters detected by the sensors of the plurality of sensors (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46) and to control the actuators of the plurality of actuators in an offline configuration of the apparatus (1).