We’re wiring up the Pioneer Inverter Ultra High Efficiency Heat Pump 3 head mini split.
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00:00 Intro
00:12 Pioneer Mini split
00:30 Made in China designed in Japan
00:45 Efficiency rating
01:00 Not real heating efficient
01:15 This is 21-23, most units are 16-18
01:35 Checking to see if they have the fittings needed
02:10 They’ll have to move the disconnect because of where the customer wants the unit
03:10 Where the power will be going in
03:35 If you look inside here
03:45 Comes with flare fittings on it
05:40 Quick rundown of what you need
06:45 He has to go get a flaring tool, checking for anything else he needs to buy
07:45 Had to order 2 50′ lines
08:00 The instructions are in geek speak
08:20 Freon needed per 25′ past the what’s already in there
08:45 As simply as he can make it for the extra freon needed
09:00 Reason why new fancy $300 automatic flare tool
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Transcript:
Here’s the Pioneer Horizontal Discharge Split outdoor section by probably someplace in China. No, Japan. Made in China. Made in China, designed in Japan. So it’s Asian and I’m sure it’s done well.
Efficiency rating 14.6 being the most efficient. It’s at least efficient. 7.5%. 9.2% for heating, not real heating efficient. Then it’s 14.3 here and it’s 21 here with the possibility of 42. Well, we don’t. So this is really efficient, right? We don’t have any units that got 40 yet. So it’s not it’s not it’s this is 23 sear. It is pretty good, but most of your units are like 16 or 18. So, it’s pretty good when it comes air conditioned, not so good with heating which you’ll always know when it comes to heat pump. Now we are looking to see if we have the fittings. We have some fittings right here. Those compression, this is wedges. Bear in mind this will go on the bottom. The customers asked us to move this over this to this corner.
So we’ll stay about four or five inches so we can build a wall. So let’s move the disconnect from way down there to here. But let me look, where are we connecting on this Drew? Over here. On the other side? Nope, all right here. And then all your connections, refrigerant cooling. Refrigerant connections on this end? fourth. No. So we need to come down that vent. Actually, that vent is perfect for where we need to be, we need right below the vent. So, why did they do that on every one of these it could just… We don’t need these not even three quarter this would be if you’re doing like 24,000 BTU head interconnect, but not you’re not for this. Bring out the copper line out here.
This is where the power is going to go. Inside is actually power input. We’ll have the disconnect right here, maybe right here, probably right here. But we’ll have a wire go up inside here with the connector. If you look inside here, they give you these. We don’t need them, but it has a we need those. They come with compression fittings on it. It comes with flare fittings on it. Yeah. All 3/8. Let me see what we got in here. Ya, there all inside. you see if you take inside this. So we’ll take this cover off.
For right here the 3/8 and then the larger ones back in the back they have the flare fitting on them. This is for in case you go to a larger three quarter size, which we will not be, this is 3/8 and a… Quarter inch. Quarter inch, real small. These are just in case, but we’re not going to use them. Drain lines right here. Pull this down. Now, the drain line will go in the
I need a razor knife. They’re all wearing shorts. I’m wearing pants. And guess what, I’m the one that has all the stuff on and can squat down, get dirty, and not worry about my knees. I have cargo shorts. Right, but I’m the one that has all the stuff.
We don’t need insulation. Got insulation on the pipes? Yeah. And wire. We’re good. What wire? The wire we need. Okay.
The communication wire. Yeah. Everything. So we don’t need to go in the town. We need flaring. I got to get a flaring tool. Can give them a quick rundown when you need. Let’s say we need of many many years. I did use flaring tools in copper pipes for plumbing. Now these mini splits are doing flaring tools. So the the hose it’s how long? This one is 25’.
These will go with the legs and it’ll keep it from vibrating on top of the concrete. That’s 25 footer? So we don’t the machine has the ability to support 25 foot lines. There will be more than 25 foot lines pre-charge. That’s pre charge inside here, not inside the What about? Let’s open up the others that are longer, see if they’re 50’. If the wires in there for it. I’m really don’t like all surprises. So I have to go get a flaring tool since I took that out of my things in the plumbing bags and tools that I have.
I took those out because I haven’t used flaring for quite a long time. I have, but not very much. So I’ll go by another high quality one than what? And to drive an hour and a half back home and then they come up in the hottest part of the day, which will be up and there anyway, don’t interfere.
I was hoping to get here early, get started and then get it knocked out before it got terrible hot. But that ain’t going to happen. Why should you ever expect things to work out just exactly how you plan on? If that was the case, we’d all be millionaires. We’re not. So is that a drain line for the kit? Drain line won’t work.
We had to order two 50 foot line or supposedly the customer ordered and that was like a 50 foot end. The instructions are like a bunch of geeks. You know, they talk in their own little code. They don’t really try to be very simple about things. So effectively, per every foot pass, 25 feet, you have to use point one, six ounces more Freon in addition to what’s already in there. Or a quart for this specific one quarter inch, three eight. If it was bigger…
If it’s bigger, it’d be more if we’re using a quarter inch 3/8 on this is what you’re saying and these young guys like correcting me.
I’m just going to tell you, as simple as I can, it’s .16 per foot more for Freon needed be added for the longer line. And we have two of them that will be near 50 foot and want to flare the ends, which is probably why now all of a sudden there’s this real fancy automatic $300 flare available online because the air conditioning guys are making so much money that they can afford to buy platinum covered, they’ll be something there’ll be a 2 to $3000 flaring tool come out. They’ll massage your back while you’re doing it. You put it on like a armor thing.