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NOTE − SIMILAR INSTALLATION
PRACTICES SHOULD BE USED
IF LINE SET IS TO BE INSTALLED
ON EXTERIOR OF OUTSIDE
WALL.
PVC
PIPE
FIBERGLASS
INSULATION
CAULK
OUTSIDE
WALL
SUCTION LINE WRAPPED
WITH ARMAFLEX
LIQUID LINE
IMPORTANT!
REFRIGERANT LINES
MUST NOT CONTACT
STRUCTURE.
OUTSIDE WALL
LIQUID LINE
SUCTION LINE
IMPORTANT - REFRIGERANT LINES
MUST NOT CONTACT WALL.
WOOD BLOCK
BETWEEN STUDS
STRAP
SLEEVE
WOOD BLOCK
STRAP
SLEEVE
WIRE TIE
WIRE TIE
WIRE TIE
INSIDE WALL
Figure 16. Refrigerant Line Set: Installing Vertical
Runs (New Construction Shown)
AUTOMOTIVE MUFFLER-TYPE
HANGER
ANCHORED HEAVY
NYLON WIRE TIE
STRAP LIQUID LINE
TO SUCTION LINE
WALL
STUD
LIQUID LINE
METAL SLEEVE
SUCTION LINE − WRAPPED
IN ARMAFLEX
STRAP LIQUID LINE
TO SUCTION LINE
LIQUID LINE
METAL SLEEVE
SUCTION LINE −
WRAPPED IN ARMAFLEX
Figure 17. Refrigerant Line Set: Transition from
Vertical to Horizontal
2
3
4
5
6
OUTDOOR
UNIT
LIQUID LINE
SUCTION LINE
SERVICE
VALVE
SERVICE
VALVE
CUT AND DEBUR
ATTACH
GAUGES
WRAP
SERVICE
VALVE
FLOW NITROGEN
NITROGEN
BRAZE LINE SET
1
INSTALL CORE ONLY FOR
BOTH SERVICE PORTS AFTER
THEY HAVE COOLED.
7
INDOOR UNIT
REMOVE CAP AND CORE FROM
BOTH LIQUID AND SUCTION
SERVICE PORTS
SERVICE PORT MUST BE
OPEN TO ALLOW EXIT
POINT FOR NITROGEN
Figure 18. Brazing Connections