Brink Flair Condensate Drain Leaking

[jayc89]

I’ve got a Brink Flair 325 MVHR unit, and I’ve noticed condensation is leaking from the outer edge of the plastic part where the siphon connects, rather than flowing through the siphon itself. The seal between the siphon and the plastic part looks fine, so the water seems to be escaping where the plastic part connects to the unit. Has anyone else experienced this or know what might be causing it?

[Nickfromwales]

I've installed a lot of Brink MVHR units, mostly Flairs, and never had an issue. This may be a Friday unit or was damaged in transit or during installation.

IIRC the outlet (black usually) comes loose in the pack when you buy new, so maybe just remove and inspect, possibly using some clear CT1 when reassembling to resolve the issue? I think it comes off by rotating it, but depends on the age of the unit maybe.

[Nickfromwales]

Maybe it wasn't fully installed (twisted on) which accounts for the leak. Just a guess that's all.

[jayc89]

47 minutes ago, Nickfromwales said:

I've installed a lot of Brink MVHR units, mostly Flairs, and never had an issue. This may be a Friday unit or was damaged in transit or during installation.

IIRC the outlet (black usually) comes loose in the pack when you buy new, so maybe just remove and inspect, possibly using some clear CT1 when reassembling to resolve the issue? I think it comes off by rotating it, but depends on the age of the unit maybe.

 

CT1 did cross my mind, but worried it might be a bit of a hack of there was a more serious fault causing it.

 

The siphon screws in, but the plastic it screws into looks like it has a squeeze clip at one side and some sort of lug at the other which doesn't seem to want to budge, and I'm worried about applying too much force and snapping it!

 

Also noticed the exhaust pressure seems to change when the siphon's disconnected, is that normal?