Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit that includes a heat exchanger configured to establish a heat exchange relationship between a refrigerant flowing through a refrigerant loop of the HVAC unit and an air flow, where the heat exchanger has a refrigerant coil, a tubing segment configured to couple the refrigerant coil of the heat exchanger to another component of the HVAC unit, where the tubing segment has a flexible material, and a releasable connecting element, where the releasable connecting element is configured to couple the tubing segment to the heat exchanger.