Removing And Attaching The Front Panel (Floor Standing Type); Installing The Refrigerant Tubing - Panasonic S-12MU1U6 Installation Instructions Manual

3-56. Removing and Attaching the Front Panel
(Floor Standing Type)
NOTE
A dew-prevention heater is secured behind the front
panel.
When removing or attaching the panel, take care not to
damage the lead wire to the heater.
How to remove the front panel
(1) Remove the 2 screws at the lower part of the front
panel.
(2) Holding A at the upper right of the unit, push up at B
at the lower right of the panel. The right side of the
front panel is removed. Then remove the left side of
the front panel following the same procedure.
(3) Cut off the binding strap to loosen the glass fi ber tube.
(4) Disengage the lead-wire connector from the
dewprevention heater by pressing the tab.
(5) Remove the string connecting the front panel of the
unit by unhooking it from the fi xture attached to the
panel.
How to attach the front panel
(1) Hook the string to the fi xture of the front panel.
(2) Expose the tip of the dew-prevention heater from the
glass fi ber tube in order to make connection smoothly.
(3) Connect the lead-wire connector to the dew-
prevention heater until the click sounds.
(4) After the connection, tighten the glass fi ber tube
nearby connected area inside the tube with the
binding strap.
(5) Align the slots at the lower part of the front panel to
the tabs at the lower part of the indoor unit and put the
upper trim tab of the front panel on the groove of the
unit. Then press down the panel.
(6) Insert the 2 screws at the lower part of the front panel.

3-57. Installing the Refrigerant Tubing

(1) When connecting the gas tube use the supplied
tubing.
(2) Tubes can be extended in 2 directions: downward and
at rear.
For Floor Standing type
• When a rear tube is required, it can run through the
rear-tube outlet of the rear panel.
• When a downward tube is required, refer to the opening
dimensions shown in Fig. 3-182.
VRF_Indoor_US.indb 60 VRF_Indoor_US.indb 60
Front panel
B
Fig. 3-180
Removing the front panel
1
Cut off the both binding straps.
2 3 Disengage the
Expose the tip
of the dew- lead-wire
connector from
prevention
the dew-
heater from the
glass fiber tube. prevention heater.
Fixture
Dew-prevention
heater
Front
panel
Fig. 3-181
Holes for fixing the
unit to the floor
Fig. 3-182
60
A
Tab
Side panel
Attaching the front panel
1
Connect each other.
2 3
Expose the tip Tighten the
glass fiber tube
of the dew-
prevention with the binding
heater from the strap at both
glass fiber tube. side.
String
Lead-wire connector
(4P WHT)
Rear-tube outlet
Refrigerant tubing
space for
downward tubing
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