Panasonic aquarea wall fan coil - condensate?

[SBMS]

Currently looking at the Panasonic aquarea heat pump and the wall mounted fan coil units upstairs. Has anyone any experience of piping these up and can advise on where/how the condensate outflow is connected? Can’t find any installation manuals online but have seen a drip tray for a parts list. Would rather it was plumbed in and hidden Than a drip tray. 
 

anyone installed these? Looking at the P-FMM15 for reference - https://www.aircon.panasonic.eu/GB_en/model/p-fmm15/

[Nick Laslett]

Here is the page from the installation manual for the floor standing unit. 
 

 

Source:

https://shop.dhps.nl/Article/DownloadAsset/Installatiehandleiding Panasonic ventilatorconvectoren P-FAL serie (Engels).pdf?documentId=assets/1043/d4cdab92f98c4a15b453b97b9addb49e
 

Basically you route the condensate pipe to a soil vent stack. Use a waterless waste trap between the condensate pipe and the SVP connection. Like this:

 

 

https://wavin.com/gb/p/c5d3a02d-0d50-4ebb-a3a7-ff44fe446e57/osma-hepvo-waste-valve-32mm-white

 

The condensate pipe will need an adapter to convert it to 32mm for the waterless waste trap. I did find a smaller 21mm trap here. The condensate pipe diameter is 14mm. 
 

https://www.greenmillac.com/Waterless-Trap-3-4-inch

 

In an ideal world you will be able to access the waterless trap, as eventually it will need replacing. 

Edited Monday at 22:21 by Nick Laslett

[SBMS]

14 minutes ago, Nick Laslett said:

Here is the page from the installation manual for the floor standing unit. 
 

 

Source:

https://shop.dhps.nl/Article/DownloadAsset/Installatiehandleiding Panasonic ventilatorconvectoren P-FAL serie (Engels).pdf?documentId=assets/1043/d4cdab92f98c4a15b453b97b9addb49e
 

Basically you route the condensate pipe to a soil vent stack. Use a waterless waste trap between the condensate pipe and the SVP connection. Like this:

 

 

https://wavin.com/gb/p/c5d3a02d-0d50-4ebb-a3a7-ff44fe446e57/osma-hepvo-waste-valve-32mm-white

 

The condensate pipe will need an adapter to convert it to 32mm for the waterless waste trap. I did find a smaller 21mm trap here. The condensate pipe diameter is 14mm. 
 

https://www.greenmillac.com/Waterless-Trap-3-4-inch

 

In an ideal world you will be able to access the waterless trap, as eventually it will need replacing. 

Thanks Nick - is it the same for the wall mounted unit? I couldn’t find any information on that one..

[Nick Laslett]

10 minutes ago, SBMS said:

Thanks Nick - is it the same for the wall mounted unit? I couldn’t find any information on that one..

I would think the P-FMM15 will also have a 14mm condensate pipe. You can always speak to the technical dept of the supplier, they will give their take on how best to plumb the condensate pipe. 

[Nick Laslett]

Here is the link to the Installation Manual for the Aquarea P-FMM units:

 

https://www.library.aircon.panasonic.eu/GB_en/doc/rUbm7oIgxvs=/

 

Google is so useless, now. I switched to DuckDuckGo and it was the first link. 
 

16mm diameter condensate connection on the P-FMM15 model. 

 

Edited Monday at 22:59 by Nick Laslett

[Dave Jones]

yes i have both the new and old model. the drain can be brought out either side on the new model (its wifi controlled). Had our plumber put  a waterless trap for it to drop into to be on safe side.

 

amazing bit of kit, couldn't live without one in the summer now.