Refrigerant Piping - Siesta ABQ 71 CV1 Manuel D'installation

Piping Works And Flaring Technique
• Do not use contaminated or damaged copper tubing. If any
piping, evaporator or condenser had been exposed or had
been opened for 15 seconds or more, the system must be
vacuumed. Generally, do not remove plastic, rubber plugs
and brass nuts from the valves, fittings, tubings and coils
until it is ready for connection.
• If any brazing work is required, ensure that the nitrogen
gas is passed through piping and joints while the brazing
work is being done. This will eliminate soot formation on
the inside walls of the copper tubings.
• Cut the pipe stage by stage, advancing the blade of pipe
cutter slowly. Extra force and deep cut will cause more
distortion of pipe and therefore extra burr. See Fig. A
• Remove burrs from cut edges of pipes with a remover as
shown in Fig. B. This will avoid unevenness on the flare
faces which will cause gas leak. Hold the pipe on top
position and burr remover at lower position to prevent metal
chips from entering the pipe.
Fig. A
Cutting Copper Tube
1/4t
Copper Tube
Fig. B
Remove Burr
Fig. C
Copper Tube
Swaging Block

REFRIGERANT PIPING

D
1-5
• Insert the flare nuts mounted on the connection parts of both
indoor and outdoor unit, into the copper pipes.
• The exact length of pipe protruding from the face of the
swaging block is determined by the flaring tool. See Fig. C
• Fix the pipe firmly on the swaging block. Match the centers
of both the flare die and the flaring punch, and tighten
flaring punch fully.
Piping Connection To The Units
• Align the center of the piping and sufficiently tighten the
flare nut with fingers. See Fig. D
• Finally, tighten the flare nut with torque wrench until the
wrench clicks.
• When tightening the flare nut with the torque wrench,
ensure that the direction for tightening follows the arrow
on the wrench.
• The refrigerant pipe connection are insulated by closed cell
polyurethane.
Ø Tube, D
Imperial
Inch mm
(Wing-nut Type)
1/4" 6.35 1.3
3/8" 9.52 1.6
1/2" 12.70 1.9
5/8" 15.88 2.2
3/4" 19.05 2.5
Pipe Size, mm (in)
6.35 (1/4")
9.52 (3/8")
12.70 (1/2")
15.88 (5/8")
19.05 (3/4")
Fig. D
Flare Joint
Indoor Piping
Spanner
A (mm)
Rigid
(Clutch Type)
0.7
1.0
1.3
1.7
2.0
Torque, Nm / (ft-lb)
18 (13.3)
42 (31.0)
55 (40.6)
65 (48.0)
78 (57.6)
Flared Tube
Flare Nut
Torque Wrench