8 Installation instructions Kelvinator Air Conditioning
Outer diameter (mm)
A(mm)
Max. Min.
φ
6.35
1.3 0.7
φ
9.53 1.6 1.0
φ
12.7 1.8 1.0
φ
16.0 2.4 2.2
Bar
Copper pipe
Clamp handle
Red arrow mark
Cone
Yoke
Handle
Bar
"A"
Tightening connection
• Align the centre of the pipes.
• Sufciently tighten the are nut with ngers, and
then tighten it with a spanner and torque wrench
as shown below.
Indoor unit tubing Flare nut Pipings
Outer
diameter
Tightening torque
(Kg.m)
Additional tightening
torque (Kg.m)
φ
6.35
1.6 2.0
φ
9.53
3.0 3.5
φ
12.7
5.0 5.5
φ
16.0
7.5 8.0
caution
• Excessive torque can break nut depending on
installation conditions.
E: Check
• Compare the ared work with the adjacent diagram.
• If are is found to be defective, cut off the ared section
and do aring work again.
Smooth all round
Improper flaring
Even length
all round
Flaring work
Main cause for refrigerant leakage is due to defects in
the aring work. Carry out correct aring work using the
following procedure:
Oblique
90 C
Roughness
Burr
A: Cut the pipes and the cable
• Use the piping kit accessory (if applicable) or pipes
purchased locally.
• Measure the distance between the indoor and the
outdoor unit.
• Cut the pipes a little longer than the measured distance.
• Cut the cable 1.5m longer than the pipe length.
B: Burr removal
• Completely remove all burrs from the cut cross section
of pipe/tube.
• Face the end of the copper pipe/tube in a downward
direction as you remove burrs in order to avoid burrs
dropping into the tubing.
Pipe
Reamer
Face down
caution
C: Putting are nut on
• Remove are nuts attached to indoor and outdoor unit,
then put them on pipe/tube having completed burr
removal.
Note: It is not possible to put them on after flaring work.
Flare nut
Copper tube
D: Flaring work
• Carry out aring work using aring tool as shown below.
• Firmly hold copper pipe in a die according to the
dimension shown in the following table.
Refrigerant pipe connection
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