Working on installing my own multiple zone mini split system and wanted to make clean and kink free bends. No one has a video of the line set without the insulation after they did a bend, so I have extra line to try it on first.
Nice, thanks. I wish it was more affordable, I need it for one time to do hard 90 bend for 1/2 inch for mini split. Hoping to find PEX that fits inside the 1/2.
That’s exactly what I needed it for too. I used it everywhere I had a bend just because I had it. Main reason I bought was to make hard 90 out of the unit and go up into the attic and stay in the confines of the 2x4 wall.
@@anthonymiller3933 I got 1/4 inch piece of pex of about 4 or 6 ft at Home Depot for under $5 but It didn't work for me, it was to soft and copper pipe kinked, so I just returned. I ended up paying an HVAC technician to install the line set and do the 3 x 90 degree sharp bending with his bending tool.
@@andreycham4797 I found a 4 ft piece or 1/4 at Home Depot that fitted inside the 1/2 copper pipe but it didn't work and kinked. I think it was to soft?
Isn't there a way to temporarily peel back the insulation and use a tubing bender tool? I don't install mini splits but at my work I had to build a small module to regulate nitrogen with different gauges and I was using 1/4 stainless steel tubing in which I had to make the tightest bends possible with the bending tool and then install the connectors and flare the ends, so long story short, if you need to make a tight smooth un-kinked bend, it seems to me a bending tool would be best, again, I don't do mini's but it is in my plan to install a couple soon, and I'm thinking of hiding the lines in the wall and it's going to require tight bends. Sorry for being long winded🍻
So this is what I do for a few parts where I had access to do so. I cut the insulation, made the bend with the tubing bender and then reinstall the insulation. Other sections, I didn't have the room to remove the insulation to do so or the room to use a hand bender.
@@TheRemyRomano correct. About 2 bends or one tight bend. And if you were in a tight location (attic) would make it even more difficult. I had the opportunity to be doing the bends in the open and 1 at a time.
I didn’t do more than one tight bend. I did a few slight bends with one run. Yes it is hard to pull out if you did a tight bend and would be difficult if you were in a tight place (attic) and trying to pull this out
According to the manufacturer, you are supposed to pull the bender out as you make your bends. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uQFMcuMOK9A.htmlsi=Gj9tiDPM0fQ5AdWD
yes plus I rarely see the need to stick it in more than 4 feet or so most of your bending is going to be within a few feet of the indoor/outdoor unit. However if you do have a bend such as where it exits the exterior wall and it not a wall hung unit. make the farthest bend first and then pull it out past that bend before making the next bend this way you are only fighting the friction of one bend at a time. if you make a pretzel and then try to remove all at once....good luck @@Aspen5.7
