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Summary: The old pipe is going to be extremely hot after removing it. Learn how to prepare new couplings with tips from a professional HVAC technician in this free home cooling system repair video.
Tony McClaren is a licensed master journeymen HVAC technician with over 20 years of schooling. He has traveled all over the U.S. installing commercial as well as residential air...read more
"You can also see where they damaged it. They had it, it wasn't perfectly round. And they damaged it when they put it in, or during the process of installation. So, I'm going to have to clean that up. And hopefully make it where I can use it. This is a swedging tool. It's a larger one. I can actually use it to help form my pipe if it's off round or whatever. I just tap it in there. Right now my pipe's extremely hot because I just took my torches off of it. But I believe we're going to be OK right now. Yes. My coupling's going to fit on there I going to be able to make it work. Like I said that pipe's hot right now, extremely hot, so. My coupling already got warm in that length of time. Now I'm lining up and customizing my piping for the unit. I've got a seven eighths, which is the size copper I'm using. Straight forty five I'm going to align it in place. And I'll put a coupling on this other end over here and make almost a straight shot. That way I can make a neat looking, professional looking job, and clean up what they've done here."
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