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MULTI V IV System Installation Manual
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Device Connection Limitations
•TheminimumnumberofconnectedandoperatingindoorunitstoMultiIVsystemsisone,takingintoconsiderationoftheminimum
combinationratio.
•ThemaximumnumberofindoorunitsonMultiIVoutdoorheatpumpandheatrecoverysystemsis:
Table24:MultiIVRefrigerantPipingSystemLimitations.
Table25:EquivalentPipingLengthforY-branches,Headers,andOtherPipingComponents.
Component
Size(Inches)
1/4 3/8 1/2 5/8 3/4 7/8 1 1-1/8 1-1/4 1-3/8 1-1/2 1-5/8 1-3/4 2-1/8
Elbow (ft.) 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.5 2.8
Y-branch (ft.)
1
1.6
Header (ft.) 3.3
Heat Recovery Unit (ft.) (For ARUB
Heat Recovery Units only)
8.2
1
Kit contains two Y-branches: one for liquid and one for vapor.
REFRIGERANT PIPING DESIGN
System Engineering
OneofthemostcriticalelementsofaMultiIVsystemistherefrigerantpiping.Thetablebelowlistspipelengthlimitsthatmustbefollowedin
thedesignofaMultiIVrefrigerantpipesystem:
ARUN072BTE4-DTE4/ARUB072BTE4-DTE4=13
ARUN096BTE4-DTE4/ARUB096BTE4-DTE4=16
ARUN121BTE4-DTE4/ARUB121BTE4-DTE4=20
ARUN144BTE4-DTE4/ARUB144BTE4-DTE4=23
ARUN168BTE4-DTE4/ARUB168BTE4-DTE4=29
ARUN192BTE4-DTE4/ARUB192BTE4-DTE4=32
ARUN216BTE4-DTE4/ARUB216BTE4-DTE4=35
ARUN240BTE4-DTE4/ARUB240BTE4-DTE4=39
ARUN264BTE4-DTE4/ARUB264BTE4-DTE4=42
ARUN288BTE4-DTE4/ARUB288BTE4-DTE4=45
ARUN312BTE4-DTE4/ARUB312BTE4-DTE4=52
ARUN336BTE4-DTE4/ARUB336BTE4-DTE4=55
ARUN360BTE4-DTE4/ARUB360BTE4-DTE4=58
Pipe Length
(ELF = Equivalent Length
of pipe in Feet)
Longest total equivalent piping length 3,280feet
Longest distance from outdoor unit to indoor unit 656feet(Actual)738feet(Equivalent)
Distance between fittings and indoor units ≥20inches
Distance between fittings and Y-branches ≥20inches
Distance between two Y-branches ≥20inches
Distance between two series-piped heat recovery
units (ARUB Series only)
≥20inches
Minimum distance between indoor unit to any
Y-branch
3feetfromindoorunittoY-branch
Maximum distance between first Y-branch to farthest
indoor unit
131feet(295feetforconditionalapplications)
Elevation
(All Elevation Limitations
are Measured in Actual
Feet)
If outdoor unit is above or below indoor unit 360feet
Between indoor units on heat pump systems (ARUN
Series), or indoor units connected to separate
parallel heat recovery units (ARUB Series)
131feet
Between indoor units connected to single heat
recovery unit or series heat recovery units (ARUB
series only)
49feet