Before working with the installation, you have to focus on fundamental aspects such as choosing the correct pipe, visualizing possible passage difficulties, or locating a nearby outlet point or meet repair services close to you.
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We must bear in mind that the interior machine always has its drain tube on the lower side, either right or left. It must always go downwards, EYE never upwards, unless we use a water pump specific, very high cost, therefore we can NEVER place a gutter attached to the ceiling to pass the tubes. If you do not know what you are doing, then engage an aircon contractor like LK brothers as they provide aircon installation at https://lkbrothersaircon.com/services/aircon-installation/.
The second thing we must consider is where we will take the drain of the indoor machine? In summer, depending on humid areas or not, it can generate 5 to 8 L of water for 8 hours of operation in coastal provinces and ¼L of water in the interior’s dry areas.
The third thing to keep in mind is that if we install a heat pump (winter-summer), where will we take the drain of the external machine? It only generates water in winter, in the heat pump, and to a much lesser extent, than the indoor machine in summer, ¼ L every seven days.
The fourth thing we must take into account is where we will install the external machine? It must meet two requirements when installing your new system.
The connection ports and the service valve must be accessible for the operator’s safety during the start-up. We must avoid installing it in areas where only Superman or Spiderman can connect it since this is how accidents happen.
Please DO NOT exceed the maximum pipe size recommended by the manufacturer, as it will force us to add gas.
Inner Machine Tube
The fifth thing to keep in mind is where we will take the 220V current to power the equipment? It should be foreseen before placing anything to avoid gutters or cables that spoil the room.
Sixth Point.
If you have not yet purchased the equipment and have to start evaluating brands and models, you have to consider three things. Apart from the technical characteristics, refrigeration according to the room’s size to be air-conditioned and noise produced by the indoor unit (Note essential data, compare it with other brands), this factor will depend on whether or not you can sleep at night with the equipment. Underway, you should know that the split equipment sold, depending on the manufacturer, may come with:
This means that some manufacturers include almost all or part of the equipment installation kit in the outdoor unit box, which can save us a few euros. Three examples:
Once we have detailed all the points to take into account and determined where we will pass the tubes, cables and how far one machine is from the other, we can start.
