Piping Length & Elevation
If the pipe is too long, both the capacity and reliability of the unit will
drop. As the number of bends increases, resistance to the flow of
refrigerant system increases, thus lowering cooling capacity. As a
result, the compressor may become defective. Always choose the
shortest path and follow the recommendations as tabulated below:
Model
Maximum length, m (ft), L
Max. elevation, m (ft), H
Max. number of (90°) bends
Liquid pipe size
Gas pipe size
Remark: The refrigerant pre-charged in the outdoor unit is for piping length up to 7.6 m/ 25 ft.
Piping Works
•
Do not use contaminated or damaged copper tubing. Do not
remove plastic, rubber plugs and brass nuts from the valves,
fittings, tubings and coils until you are ready to connect suction
or liquid line into valves or fittings.
•
If any brazing work is required, ensure that the nitrogen gas is
passed through coil and joints while the brazing work is being
done. This will eliminate soot formation on the inside walls of
the copper tubings.
•
Cut the connection pipe with a pipe cutter.
•
Remove burrs from cut edges of the pipes with remover.
Hold the end of the pipe downwards to prevent metal chips from
entering the pipe.
•
Insert the flare nuts, mounted on the connection parts of both the
indoor unit and outdoor unit onto the copper pipes.
•
Flare the pipe with extra length above the flaring tool as shown
in the table.
•
The flared edge must be even and not cracked or scratched.
Ø Tube, D
Inch
mm
1/4"
6.35
3/8"
9.52
1/2"
12.70
5/8"
15.88
3/4"
19.05
REFRIGERANT PIPING WORK
ATY25FMV1B
ATY35FMV1B
ATYN25FMV1B ATYN35FMV1B ATYN50FMV1B ATYN60FMV1B
12 (39)
12 (39)
5 (16.4)
5 (16.4)
10
1/4"
1/4"
3/8"
1/2"
A (mm)
Imperial
Rigid
1.3
0.7
1.6
1.0
1.9
1.3
2.2
1.7
2.5
2.0
7
ATY50FMV1B
15 (49)
8 (26.2)
10
10
1/4"
5/8"
Cutting Copper Tube
1/4t
Remove Burr
Copper Tube
Swaging
Block
Indoor Unit
Outdoor Unit
ATY60FMV1B
ATY71FMV1B
15 (49)
35 (114.8)
8 (26.2)
15 (49.2)
10
10
3/8"
3/8"
5/8"
5/8"