Connecting Pipes To The Indoor Unit; Preparation Of Piping - LG LV-B2461CL Service Manual

3. Connecting Pipes to the Indoor Unit

3-1. Preparation of Piping

Main cause of gas leakage is defect in flaring work.
Carry out correct flaring work in the following proce-
dure.
1) Cut the pipes and the cable.
Use the accessory piping kit or the pipes pur-
chased locally.
Measure the distance between the indoor and
the outdoor unit.
Cut the pipes a little longer than measured dis-
tance.
Cut the cable 1.5m longer than the pipe length.
2) Burrs removal
Completely remove all burrs from the cut cross
section of pipe/tube.
Put the end of the copper tube/pipe to down-
ward direction as you remove burrs in order to
avoid to let burrs drop in the tubing.
3) Putting nut on
Remove flare nuts attached to indoor and out-
door units, than put them on pipe/tube having
completed burr removal.
(Not possibe to put them on after flaring work)
4) Flaring work
Carry out flaring work using flaring tool as
shown below.
Outside diameter
mm inch
Ø12.7 1/2
Ø15.88 5/8
Firmly hold copper tube in a die as indicated dimen-
sion in the table above.
5) Check
Compare the flared work with figure below.
If flare is noted to be defective, cut off the flared
section and do flaring work again.
A
mm
0 ~ 0.5
0 ~ 1.0
–30–
Copper
tube
90°
Point down
Copper tube
Bar
"A"
Copper pipe
Clamp handle
Smooth all round
Inside is shining without scratches
Inclined
Even length
all round
Slanted Uneven Rough
Pipe
Reamer
Flare nut
Handle
Bar
Yoke
Cone
Red arrow mark
= Improper flaring =
Surface Cracked Uneven
damaged thickness