Flaring Work And Connection Of Piping; Flaring Work - LG MFL39817319 Installation Manual

Flaring Work and Connection of Piping

Flaring work

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 outdoor unit.
■ Cut the pipes a little longer than
measured distance.
■ Cut the cable 1.5m(4.9ft) 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 inch
Ø6.35 1/4
Ø9.52 3/8
Ø12.7 1/2
Firmly hold copper tube in a bar(or die) as
indicated dimension in the table above.
5) Check
■ Compare the flared work with figure.
■ If flare is noted to be defective, cut off
the flared section and do flaring work
again.
A
mm inch
1.1~1.3 0.04~0.05
1.5~1.7 0.06~0.07
1.6~1.8 0.06~0.07
Flaring Work and Connection of Piping
Copper
tube
90
Point down
Flare nut
Copper tube
Bar
Bar
"A"
Copper pipe
Clamp handle
Smooth all round
Inside is shining without scratches.
Inclined
Even length
all round
Slanted Uneven Rough
Pipe
Reamer
Handle
Yoke
Cone
Red arrow mark
= Improper flaring =
Surface Cracked Uneven
damaged thickness
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