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11.3 Outdoor Unit 
11.3.1  Install the Outdoor Unit 
  After selecting the best location, start installation to Indoor/Outdoor Unit Installation Diagram. 
1  Fix the unit on concrete or rigid frame firmly and horizontally by bolt nut (ø10 mm). 
2  When installing at roof, please consider strong wind and earthquake. 
Please fasten the installation stand firmly with bolt or nails. 
 
 
 
Model A B C D 
E7*** 
E9***, E12*** 
540 mm  160 mm  18.5 mm 330 mm 
E15*** 
E18***, E21*** 
E24*** 
613 mm  131 mm  16 mm  360.5 mm
 
11.3.2  Connect the Piping 
Connecting the piping to indoor 
Please make flare after inserting flare nut (locate at 
joint portion of tube assembly) onto the copper pipe. 
(In case of using long piping) 
Connect the piping 
  Align the center of piping and sufficiently tighten 
the flare nut with fingers. 
  Further tighten the flare nut with torque wrench in 
specified torque as stated in the table. 
 
Connecting the piping to outdoor 
Decide piping length and then cut by using pipe cutter. 
Remove burrs from cut edge. 
Make flare after inserting the flare nut (locate at valve) 
onto the copper pipe. 
Align center of piping to valve and then tighten with 
torque wrench to the specified torque as stated in the 
table. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11.3.3  Evacuation of the Equipment 
WHEN INSTALLING AN AIR CONDITIONER, BE SURE TO EVACUATE THE AIR INSIDE THE INDOOR UNIT AND 
PIPES in the following procedure. 
 
 
 
1  Connect a charging hose with a push pin to the Low side of a charging set and the service port of the 3-way 
valve. 
o  Be sure to connect the end of the charging hose with the push pin to the service port. 
2  Connect the center hose of the charging set to a vacuum pump. 
3  Turn on the power switch of the vacuum pump and make sure that the needle in the gauge moves from 
0 cmHg (0 MPa) to -76 cmHg (-0.1 MPa). Then evacuate the air approximately ten minutes. 
Do not overtighten, overtightening may cause gas leakage. 
Piping size  Torque 
6.35 mm (1/4”)  [18 N•m (1.8 kgf.m)] 
9.52 mm (3/8”)  [42 N•m (4.3 kgf.m)] 
12.7 mm (1/2”)  [55 N•m (5.6 kgf.m)] 
15.88 mm (5/8”)  [65 N•m (6.6 kgf.m)] 
19.05 mm (3/4”)  [100 N•m (10.2 kgf.m)]