The popular AC conduit installation that is wrong

*Doing the right thing is tough, but it is satisfactory"

Most AC conduit installations follow the pattern below. The installer muddles the refrigerant piping sleeves, condensate piping and Electrical cables so close to one another. Sometimes when you look at the installations, you need to spend more than a minute trying to decipher where the condensate piping is, where the refrigerant piping is and where the electrical cables are.

This type of installation is common in the Real estate sector. Contractors are emboldened with the task of installing AC conduits for many housing units. thus they cannot go through the painstaking effort of clearly outlining the electrical output cables, the refrigerant connection line and placing the condensate line independently. They prefer to focus on speed. I have seen instances where the refrigerant lines, indoor to outdoor power cables are plastered into the walls. this means that, should the power cable burn or the refrigerant pipes leak, then it becomes impossible to replace them without breaking the walls.

There is no clearly made path for the sleeves. The work or the installation look so difficult to understand. Most of the time, the argument made by these installers is that the refrigerant pipes and power cables are first placed in 2in black flexible sleeves before being embedded in the walls. Well, I have always disagreed with them. 

At Teknitech Engineering Ltd, we strongly believe that what needs to be done, must always be done well. This means that we begin our installation journey by making out a good AC design for our split units. We route find ideal locations we can install PVC pipes or flexible hoses as sleeves. Then we find the right path and outdoor position to run the refrigerant pipes to. Every of this must be carefully thought after. Our outdoor position must ensure that our Outdoor unit is easily accessible without the need to install scaffolds to access them.

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