14 Room Air Conditioner
Flaring work and connection of piping
Flaring work and connection of piping
Flaring work
Main cause for gas leakage is due to defect in flar-
ing work. Carry out correct flaring work in the follow-
ing procedure.
1. Cut the pipes and the cable.
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Use the piping kit accessory or the pipes
purchased locally.
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Measure the distance between the indoor and the
outdoor unit.
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Cut the pipes a little longer than measured
distance.
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Cut the cable 1.5m(59.1") longer than the pipe
length.
2. Burrs removal
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Completely remove all burrs from the cut cross
section of pipe/tube.
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Put the end of the copper tube/pipe in a down-
ward direction as you remove burrs in order to
avoid dropping burrs into the tubing.
3. Putting nut on
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Remove flare nuts attached to indoor and outdoor
unit, then put them on pipe/tube having complet-
ed burr removal.
(not possible to put them on after flaring work)
Copper
pipe
90
°
Slanted Uneven Rough
Bar
Copper pipe
Clamp handle
Red arrow mark
Cone
Yoke
Handle
Bar
"A"
Pipe
Reamer
Point down
4. Flaring work
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Carry out flaring work using flaring tool as shown
below.
Firmly hold copper pipe in a die in the dimension
shown in the table above.
5. Check
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Compare the flared work with figure below.
■
If flare is noted to be defective, cut off the flared
section and do flaring work again.
mm
inch
mm
ø6.35
1/4
0 ~ 0.5
ø9.52
3/8
0 ~ 0.5
ø12.7
1/2
0 ~ 0.5
ø15.88
5/8
0 ~ 1.0
Outside diameter
A
Flare nut
Copper tube
Inclined
Inside is shiny without scratches
Smooth all round
Even length
all round
Surface
damaged
Cracked Uneven
thickness
= Improper flaring =
