HVAC 16 - rough bending the old lineset for the new install.
Channel: Brian Greul
Date: 2022-07-07

In this video I spend a few minutes rough positioning the old lineset.  I still need to braze more copper to it, but it's where I want it now.  Achieving the SEER rating is dependent on many installation factors.  Chief among them is the resistance the compressor sees in pushing refrigerant around.  The longer, or higher the lineset, the more work the compressor has to do.  In the old install I went up over the top of the air handler.  That was fine as the coil connection was up high.  This one is at the bottom and it's going to require a couple turns anyway, so I'm routing the lineset under the unit.  It's probably a wash on efficiency, but I think it's a little cleaner install, so that's how I'm doing it.