You can leave the extra rolled up line kit at the box or the condensing unit (but do not cut the line kit, if you do you will have the same catastrophic effect as cleaning the ice off your cold plate with a knife)
Take caps off of both lines, remove the strap on the top line if you need to move the coupling, thread and finger tighten the couplings until they stop turning. Last but not least use two wrenches ( One to keep the copper from twisting and breaking off and one on the swivel nut.) There are two seals on each coupling, the first is rubber and teflon which keeps the refrigerant in from leaking out while the couplings are going together and the second is a stainless knife edge that cuts into the other half of the coupling when you tighten the coupling with the wrenches.
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