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EL16XC1 SERIES
STEP 2 — REFRIGERANT PIPING — Installing Indoor Expansion Valve
This outdoor unit is designed for use in systems that use a expansion valve metering device. See the EL16XC1 Product
Specifications bulletin (EHB) for approved expansion valve kit match-ups and application information. The expansion valve
can be installed internal or external to the indoor coil. In applications where an uncased coil is being installed in a field-pro
vided plenum, install the expansion valve in a manner that will provide access for future field service of the expansion valve.
Refer to below illustration for reference during installation of expansion valve.
1 - Attach the suction line sensing bulb in the proper
orientation as illustrated to the right using the clamp and
screws provided.
NOTE - Confirm proper thermal contact between the suction
line and expansion bulb before insulating the sensing bulb
once installed.
2 - Connect the equalizer line from the expansion valve to
the equalizer suction port on the suction line. Finger
tighten the flare nut plus 1/8 turn (7 ft-lbs) as illustrated
below.
TWO PIECE
PATCH PLATE
(UNCASED
COIL ONLY)
SUCTION
LINE
LIQUID LINE
ORIFICE
HOUSING
DISTRIBUTOR
TUBES
LIQUID LINE
MALE EQUALIZER LINE
FITTING (SEE
EQUALIZER LINE
INSTALLATION FOR
FURTHER DETAILS)
SENSING
LINE
EQUALIZER
LINE
EXPANSION
VALVE
TEFLON
®
RING
(Uncased Coil Shown)
Sensing bulb insulation is required if
mounted external to the coil casing. sensing
bulb installation for bulb positioning.
STUB
END
TEFLON
®
RING
LIQUID LINE
ASSEMBLY WITH
BRASS NUT
DISTRIBUTOR
ASSEMBLY
3 - Install one of the provided Teflon
®
rings around the
stubbed end of the expansion valve and lightly lubricate
the connector threads and expose surface of the Teflon
®
ring with refrigerant oil.
4 - Attach the stubbed end of the expansion valve to the
liquid line orifice housing. Finger tighten and use an
appropriately sized wrench to turn an additional 1/2 turn
clockwise as illustrated in the figure above, or tighten to
20 ft-lb.
5 - Place the remaining Teflon
®
washer around the other
end of the expansion valve. Lightly lubricate connector
threads and expose surface of the Teflon
®
ring with
refrigerant oil.
6 - Attach the liquid line assembly to the expansion valve.
Finger tighten and use an appropriately sized wrench to
turn an additional 1/2 turn clockwise as illustrated in the
figure above or tighten to 20 ft-lb.
ON 7/8” AND LARGER LINES,
MOUNT SENSING BULB AT
EITHER THE 4 OR 8 O'CLOCK
POSITION. NEVER MOUNT
THE SENSING BULB ON
BOTTOM OF LINE.
12
ON LINES SMALLER THAN
7/8”, MOUNT SENSING
BULB AT EITHER THE 3 OR
9 O'CLOCK POSITION.
12
BULB
SUCTION LINE
SUCTION LINE
NOTE - NEVER MOUNT THE SENSING BULB ON
BOTTOM OF LINE.
BULB
BULB
BULB
SUCTION LINE
FLARE NUT
COPPER FLARE
SEAL BONNET
MALE BRASS EQUALIZER
LINE FITTING
FLARE SEAL CAP
OR
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1/2 Turn
SENSING BULB INSTALLATION
EQUALIZER LINE INSTALLATION
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1/8 Turn
1 - Remove and discard either the flare seal cap or flare nut with
copper flare seal bonnet from the equalizer line port on the
suction line as illustrated in the figure below.
2 - Remove the field-provided fitting that temporarily recon
nected the liquid line to the indoor unit's distributor assembly.
INDOOR EXPANSION VALVE INSTALLATION
FIGURE 8
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