72 | LIMITS / PLACEMENT
MULTI V Water 5 Source Unit Engineering Manual
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Table 26: Piping Limitations for Heat Recovery Operation.
Length
Total pipe length Longest actual pipe length Equivalent pipe length
1
A + ΣB + ΣC ≤ 984 ft. (Standard) / 1,640 ft.
(Conditional Application)
492 ft. (Standard) / 656 ft. (Conditional
Application)
574 ft. (Standard) / 738 ft. (Conditional
Applications)
ℓ
Longest pipe length after first branch
≤131 feet (295 feet conditional application)
Elevation 1
Elevation differential (Water Source Unit ↔ Indoor Unit)
Height ≤164 feet
Elevation 2
Elevation differential (Indoor Unit ↔ Indoor Unit) [IDUs connected to separate HRUs which are parallel (Y-branch) connected.]
Height ≤131 feet
Elevation 3
Elevation differential (Indoor Unit ↔ Connected HRU or Series Connected HRU]
Height ≤49 feet
Elevation 4
Elevation differential (Indoor Unit ↔ Indoor Unit [connected to same Heat Recovery Unit])
Height ≤49 feet
Elevation 5
Elevation differential (Highest WSU ↔ Lowest WSU unit)
Height ≤16 feet
Distance between WSU to WSU
≤33 feet
Distance between ttings and Indoor Unit
≥20 inches
Distance between ttings and Y-branches / Headers
≥20 inches
Distance between two Y-branches / Headers
≥20 inches
Height differential between two Heat Recovery Units if installed with a Y-branch
98 ft.2
Height differential between two series-piped Heat Recovery Units
≤16 feet
Maximum number of Heat Recovery Units per system
16
1
Assume equivalent pipe length of Y-branch is 1.6 feet, and equivalent pipe length of header is 3.3 feet.
2 Up to 131 ft. may be possible with certain applications. Contact LG Engineering for additional information.
PIPING LIMITATIONS
For Systems Designed for Heat Recovery Operation
Following pages present Multi V Water 5 piping limitations and are for illustrative purposes only. Designers MUST use LATS when designing LG VRF
systems.
For Heat Recovery Unit information, refer to the applicable Engineering Manual on www.lghvac.com.