Brink Flair 325 Reference guide

Installation regulations
Flair 325
English

Installation regulations
Heat recovery appliance
Flair 325 (Plus)
Store near the appliance
This appliance may be used by children as of 8 years of age, persons with reduced
physical or mental capacities, and persons with limited knowledge and experience if
they are supervised or have received instructions on how to use the appliance safely
and are aware of the possible dangers.
Children younger than 3 years of age must be kept away from the appliance, unless
they are under constant supervision.
Children between the ages of 3 and 8 may only switch the appliance on or off, but only if
supervised or if they have received clear instructions on the safe use of the appliance
and understand the possible dangers, on the condition that the appliance has been
placed and installed in the normal position for use. Children between the ages of 3 and
8 may not insert the plug into the socket, nor clean or make changes to the settings of
the appliance, nor carry out any maintenance on the appliance that would normally be
carried out by the user. Children may not play with the appliance.
If you need a new power cable, always order the replacement from Brink Climate
Systems B.V. To prevent dangerous situations, a damaged mains connection must only
be replaced by a qualified expert!
Country: GB

Contents
1 Delivery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.1 Delivery size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3 Version. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.1 Technical informaon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.2 Connecons and dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.3 Exploded view of appliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4 Operaon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.1 Descripon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.2 Bypass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.3 Frost protecon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.4 Plus version. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5 Installaon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.1 Installaon general. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.2 Placing the appliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.3 Connecng the condensate discharge. . . . . . . . . . 14
5.4 Connecng air ducts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5.5 Electrical connecons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
5.5.1 Connecng the power plug. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
5.5.2 Connecng the mulple switch. . . . . . . . . . . 16
5.5.3 Connecng the eBus connector. . . . . . . . . . . 17
5.5.4 24 volt connecon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5.5.5 Connecng humidity sensor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5.5.6 BrinkBus Connecon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5.5.7 Connecng "signal output” connector. . . . . . 17
5.5.8 ModBus Connecon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5.5.9 Coupling appliances using BrinkBus. . . . . . . . 18
6 Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
6.1 General explanaon of control panel. . . . . . . . . . . 19
6.2 Display layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
6.3 Display informaon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
7 Starng appliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
7.1 Switching appliance on and o. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
7.2 Seng the air ow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
7.3 Other sengs for installer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
7.4 Factory sengs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
8 Fault. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
8.1 Fault analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
8.2 Display Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
9 Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
9.1 Cleaning lter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
9.2 Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
10 Electrical diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
11 Electrical connecons accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
11.1 Connecng posion switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
11.1.1 Connecng posion switch with lter
indicaon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
11.1.2 Connecng wireless remote control (without
lter indicaon). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
11.1.3 Connecng extra mulple switch with lter
indicaon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
11.1.4 Connecng extra mulple switch with lter
indicaon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
11.2 Connecng Brink Air Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
11.3 Connecng humidity sensor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
11.4 Connecng CO₂ sensor(s). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
11.5 Demand-driven venlaon 2.0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
11.6 Connecng postheater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
11.7 Connecng preheater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
12 Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
12.1 Exploded view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
12.2 Service arcles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
13 Seng values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
13.1 Seng values standard appliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
13.2 Seng values appliance with Plus pcb. . . . . . . . . 54
14 Conformity declaraon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
15 ERP values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
16 Recycling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

1 Delivery
1.1 Delivery size
Before installation of the heat recovery appliance is started, check that it has been supplied in complete and
undamaged condition.
The delivery size of the heat recovery appliance type Flair consists of the following components:
1. Heat recovery appliance
2. Wall mounting bracket consisting of:
▪1x mounting bracket
▪2x protective caps
▪2x rubber strip
▪2x rubber rings
3. Siphon
4. Documentation set consisting of:
▪1x installation instructions
▪1x occupant's instructions
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2 General
The Flair 325 and the Flair 325 Plus is a ventilation unit for the balanced ventilation of dwellings with heat
recovery.
Features:
▪Maximum capacity 325 m³/h
▪High return plastic heat exchanger
▪Filters ISO Coarse 60%
▪Modular electric preheater
▪Automatic bypass valve
▪Touchscreen
▪Adjustable air quantity
▪Filter indication on the appliance and the possibility of a filter indication on the multiple switch
▪An intelligent frost protection including modular preheater
▪Low sound level
▪Constant flow control
The Flair 325 is available in two types:
▪the "Flair 325"
▪The “Flair 325 Plus”
The Flair 325 Plus has, compared with standard Flair 325, an extra pcb giving this more functions/ connection
possibilities (®Plus version page 12).
These installation instructions describe both the standard Flair 325 and the Flair 325 Plus.
The Flair 325 and the Flair 325 Plus are available in Left-hand and Right-hand versions; it is not possible to
convert the left and right-hand models into one another.
For the correct connection ducts and dimensions (®Connections and dimensions page 8).
It is possible, however, to later equip the appliance with a Plus pcb.
The appliance comes ready to plug in with a 230 V mains plug.
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3 Version
3.1 Technical information
Flair 325 (Plus)
Supply voltage [V/Hz] 230V/50Hz
Dimensions (w x h x d) [mm] 750 x 650 x 560
Duct diameter [mm] ø160
External diameter condensate discharge [mm] ø32
Weight [kg] 37
Filter class ISO Coarse 60% (ISO ePM1.0 50% for the air supply oponal)
Fan seng (factory seng) 0 1 2 3 max
Factory seng [m³/h] 50 100 150 250 325
Permissible resistance of duct system [Pa] 2 6 9 24 21 53 59 148 100 250
Rated power (excl. preheater) [W] 6.1 6.6 7.9 10.3 15.1 21.0 46.6 69.1 87.5 144.5
Rated current (excl. preheater) [A] 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.11 0.15 0.21 0.41 0.59 0.73 1.07
Max. rated current (incl. preheater switched on) [A] 6
Cos j0.341 0.343 0.389 0.394 0.430 0.439 0.492 0.507 0.521 0.542
Sound power
Venlaon capacity [m3/h] 100 150 150 200 200 250 325
Sound power level Lw(A)
Stac pressure [Pa] 25 25 50 50 100 150 150
Casing radiaon [dB(A)] 27 34 35 40 41 46 51
Duct “From dwelling’ [db(A)] 32 40 38 46 44 49 55
Duct ‘To dwelling’ [db(A)] 44 49 51 55 57 62 69
*) Duct noise including end correcon
In pracce the value may dier by 1dB(A) through measurement tolerances.
Resistance
of duct
system
[Pa]
Note:
The stated
value in the
circle is the
capacity (in
Watt) per
fan.
Flow rate [m3/h]
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3.2 Connections and dimensions
The Flair appliance is available in a left-hand and right-hand version. With a left-hand version the “warm”
connections (from dwelling 3 and to dwelling 1) are on the left-hand side of the appliance; the condensate
discharge is then mounted at the right-hand opening below the appliance. With a right-hand version the “warm”
connections (1 & 3) are on the right-hand side of the appliance.
Left-hand version
All dimensions in millimeters. Diameter of all collars is 160 mm
1To dwelling
2To outside
3From dwelling
4From outside
5Electrical connecons
6Siphon connecon
7Exhaust air lter
8Supply air lter
9Mounng
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Right-hand version
All dimensions in millimeters. Diameter of all collars is 160 mm
1To dwelling
2To outside
3From dwelling
4From outside
5Electrical connecons
6Siphon connecon
7Exhaust air lter
8Supply air lter
9Mounng
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3.3 Exploded view of appliance
The appliance shown above is a le-hand version: in the case of a right-hand version, the connector of the preheater, bypass valve
and the siphon connector are installed in mirror image!
1 Touchscreen 12 Heat exchanger
2 USB connector (X13) 13 Motor bypass valve
3 Service connector 14 Exhaust air lter
4 LED indicator 15 Bypass valve
5 Maximum protecon preheater 16 Power cable 230 volt
6 Preheater 17 Relay output (X19) )
7 Temperature sensor 18 24 volt connector (X18)
8 Supply lter 19 eBus connector (X17)
9 Exhaust fan 20 24 volt connector (X16)
10 Siphon connector 21 Modbus/ Brinkbus connector (X15)
11 Supply venlator 22 Mulple switch connector (X14)
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