What tools are needed to work on / hack a heat pump?

Daox · 05-14-14, 01:10 PM

What do I need to hack a heat pump? I think this is a common question most people would ask when jumping into the DIY heat pump game. I know I've asked it to myself when I was tinkering with fixing some water coolers, and I still don't fully know the answer. So, I figured I'd pose the question to the experts here on the forum.

So, what do you need to hack a heat pump? What is absolutely necessary? What is nice to have? What do you look for in a micron gauge or vacuum pump? Stuff like that. I think I'll probably compile the info here and write a blog post because I think it'll be very helpful to others.

AC_Hacker · 05-14-14, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daox

What do I need to hack a heat pump?

small tubing cutter
flaring tool
swaging tool
MAPPS gas (or equiv.) turbo torch.
sil-phos 4% sliver brazing rod
vacuum pump, preferably dual stage, that can pump down to < 100 microns
manifold gauge set
micron gauge
imagination
caution
gumption

Not necessarily in that order.

-AC

jeff5may · 05-16-14, 02:43 PM

Inert gas(dry nitrogen or welding argon)

Tubing bender

Leak finding apparatus

Semipro · 06-04-14, 10:53 AM

Thermometer(s).

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