Connecting Pipes To The Indoor Unit; Preparation Of Piping - LG LM-4462C2T Service Manual

6. Connecting Pipes to the Indoor Unit

• Preparation of Piping

Main cause of gas leakage is defect in flaring work. Carry
out correct flaring work in the following procedure.
1) Cut the pipes and the cable.
Use the accessory piping kit or the pipes purchased
locally.
Measure the distance between the indoor and the out-
door unit.
Cut the pipes a little longer than measured distance.
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 downward
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 outdoor
units, than put them on pipe/tube having completed
burr removal.
(Not possible to put them on after flaring work)
4) Flaring work
Carry out flaring work using flaring tool as shown
below.
Outside diameter
mm
Ø9.52
Ø15.88
Firmly hold copper tube in a bar(or die) as indicated
dimension in the table above.
5) Check
Compare the flared work with figure below.
If flare is noted to be defective, cut off the flared sec-
tion and do flaring work again.
A
inch mm
3/8 0.5~0.8
5/8 0.8~1.0
Copper
tube
Point down
Copper tube
Bar
Copper pipe
Clamp handle
Smooth all round
Inside is shining without scratches
Even length
all round
–21–
Slanted Uneven Rough
90°
Pipe
Reamer
Flare nut
Handle
Bar
"A"
Red arrow mark
= Improper flaring =
Inclined Surface Cracked Uneven
damaged
Yoke
Cone
thickness