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NIBE™ F470
Exhaust air heat pump
UHB GB 1301-3
031501

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    User manual NIBE™ F470 Exhaust air heat pump UHB GB 1301-3 031501...
  • Page 2 A detailed explanation of the button functions can be found on page 11. How to scroll through menus and make different settings is described on page 15. The mode for setting the indoor temperature is reached, when in the start mode in the main menu, by pressing the OK button twice.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    2 The heat pump – the heart of the house Heat pump function Contact with F470 Maintenance of F470 3 F470 – at your service Set the indoor climate Set the hot water capacity Get information Adjust the heat pump...

  • Page 4: Important Information

    Supply air fan (fan speed, Sun Solar 41 normal mode) Serial number must always be given Certification that the installation is carried out according to instructions in NIBE's installer manual and applicable regulations. Date __________________ Signed _________________________ Chapter 1 | Important information NIBE™...

  • Page 5: Safety Information

    Marking F470 is CE marked and fulfils IP21. The CE marking means that NIBE ensures that the product meets all regula- tions that are placed on it based on relevant EU directives. The CE mark is obligatory for most products sold in the EU, regardless where they are made.

  • Page 6: Serial Number

    The serial number can be found at the bottom right of the front cover and in the info menu (menu 3.1). Caution Always give the product's serial number (14 digits) when reporting a fault. Chapter 1 | Important information NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 7: Contact Information

    Puh: 09-274 697 0 Fax: 09-274 697 40 E-mail: info@nibe.fi www.nibe.fi AIT France, 10 rue des Moines, 67000 Haguenau Tel : 03 88 06 24 10 Fax : 03 88 06 90 15 E-mail: info@nibe.fr www.nibe.fr NIBE Energy Systems Ltd, 3C Broom Business Park, Bridge Way, Chesterfield S41 9QG Tel: 0845 095 1200 Fax: 0845 095 1201 E-mail: info@nibe.co.uk...
  • Page 8 NIBE AB Sweden, Box 14, Hannabadsvägen 5, SE-285 21 Markaryd Tel: +46-(0)433-73 000 Fax: +46-(0)433-73 190 E-mail: info@nibe.se www.nibe.se For countries not mention in this list, please contact Nibe Sweden or check www.nibe.eu for more information. Chapter 1 | Important information...

  • Page 9: F470 - An Excellent Choice

    F470 – An excellent choice F470 is part of a new generation of heat pumps, which have been introduced to supply your home with inexpensive and environmentally friendly heating. Heat production is safe and economical with integrated hot water heater, immersion heater, circulation pump and control system.

  • Page 10: The Heat Pump - The Heart Of The House

    Expansionsventil Kompressor Förångare 0 °C 5 °C 0 °C 22 °C The temperatures are only examples and may vary between different installations and time of year. Chapter 2 | The heat pump – the heart of the house NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 11: Heat Pump Function

    The heat pump's integrated hot water heater is in the boiler section. The hot boiler water heats the hot water. The temperatures are only examples and may vary between different installations and time of year. Chapter 2 | The heat pump – the heart of the house NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 12: Contact With F470

    Contact with F470 External information When the heat pump door is closed, information can be received via an in- formation window and a status lamp. Information window The information window shows part of the display that is on the display unit (located behind the door to the heat pump).

  • Page 13: Status Lamp

    Display unit There is a display unit behind the heat pump door, which is used to commu- nicate with F470. Here you: switch on, switch off or set the heat pump in emergency mode. sets the indoor climate and hot water as well as adjusts the heat pump to your needs.

  • Page 14: Ok Button

    The heat pump display is not illuminated and the status lamp illuminates yellow. The automatic heating control system is not operational, so manual shunt operation is required (see page 25). Chapter 2 | The heat pump – the heart of the house NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 15: Menu System

    Display of temperature and other operating information and access to the alarm log. See page 50. HEAT PUMP Menu 4 Setting time, date, language, display, operating mode etc. See page 54. Chapter 2 | The heat pump – the heart of the house NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 16: Symbols In The Display

    3.1 that you should note. These two symbols indicate whether the compressor or addition is blocked in F470. These can, for example, be blocked depending on which oper- ating mode is selected in menu 4.2, if blocking is scheduled in menu 4.9.5 or if an alarm has occurred that blocks one of them.

  • Page 17: Selecting Menu

    OK button. A new window then opens with sub menus. Select one of the sub menus by marking it and then pressing the OK button. Chapter 2 | The heat pump – the heart of the house NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 18: Selecting Options

    Mark the applicable option. One of the options is pre-selected (white). Press the OK button to confirm the selected option. The selected option has a green tick. Chapter 2 | The heat pump – the heart of the house NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 19: Setting A Value

    Turn the control knob until one of the arrows in the top left corner (at the page number) has been marked. Press the OK button to skip between the steps in the start guide. Chapter 2 | The heat pump – the heart of the house NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 20: Help Menu

    Use the control knob to select the help symbol. Press the OK button. The help text often consists of several windows that you can scroll between using the control knob. Chapter 2 | The heat pump – the heart of the house NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 21: Maintenance Of F470

    Maintenance of F470 Regular checks Your heat pump requires minimal maintenance after commissioning. On the other hand, it is recommended that you check your installation regularly. If something unusual occurs, messages about the malfunction appear in the display in the form of different alarm texts. See alarm management on page Service hatch Behind the service hatch are the safety valves, circulation pump etc.

  • Page 22: Cleaning The Air Filter

    Cleaning the air filter Clean the F470's air filters regularly, how often depends on the amount of dust in the ventilation air. When it is time to clean, an alarm indication occurs is displayed. Factory setting for alarm indication is every three months.

  • Page 23: Safety Valves

    If the pressure drops to 0 or rises to 2.5 frequently, contact your installer for troubleshooting. Safety valves F470 has two safety valves, one for the water heater and one for the heating system. The water heater's safety valve sometimes releases a little water after hot water usage.
  • Page 24 F470, copper LE K F470, stainless steel LE K Chapter 2 | The heat pump – the heart of the house NIBE™ F470...
  • Page 25 For F470, stainless steel: Check if the flexi hose supplied is connected between the two filler valves. Adjust the hose if this has not been done. For F470, copper: Open the filling valve. The boiler section and the rest of the climate system are filled with water.
  • Page 26 F470, stainless steel LE K Venting the climate system In event of repeated filling of the climate system or if bubbling sounds are heard from the heat pump the system may need venting. This is carried out as follows: Turn off the power supply to the heat pump.

  • Page 27: Emergency Mode

    This is done by turning the adjustment screw on the shunt motor to "manual mode" and then turning the shunt knob to the de- sired position. Chapter 2 | The heat pump – the heart of the house NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 28: Helping The Circulation Pump To Start

    Insert a screwdriver and turn the pump motor around. Screw in the venting screw. Start F470 by setting the switch to " " and check whether the circulation pump works. It is usually easier to start the circulation pump with F470 running, switch set to "...
  • Page 29 At ventilation adjustment, a ventilation technician sets the house ventilation device and the fans in F470, according to the projected values of the house. The ventilation technician also adjusts the supply air temperature so that it is a few degrees below the desired room temperature.

  • Page 30: Power Consumption

    DVD (Operation: 2 h/week) TV games console (Operation: 6 h/week) Radio/stereo (Operation: 3 h/day) Computer incl. screen (Operation: 3 h/day, standby 21 h/day) Bulb (Operation 8 h/day) Chapter 2 | The heat pump – the heart of the house NIBE™ F470...
  • Page 31 Newly built houses undergo a drying out process for a year. The house can then consume significantly more energy than it would thereafter. After 1-2 years the heating curve should be adjusted again, as well as the heating curve Chapter 2 | The heat pump – the heart of the house NIBE™ F470...
  • Page 32 Chapter 2 | The heat pump – the heart of the house NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 33: F470 - At Your Service

    3 F470 – at your service Set the indoor climate Overview Sub-menus For the menu INDOOR CLIMATE there are several sub-menus. Status informa- tion for the relevant menu can be found on the display to the right of the menus.
  • Page 34 If the exhaust air temperature falls below 16 °C, the compressor is blocked and the electrical addition is permitted to intervene. When the compressor is blocked heat is not recovered from the exhaust air. Chapter 3 | F470 – at your service NIBE™ F470...
  • Page 35 If necessary, the different return times can be changed in menu 1.9.6. The fan speed is shown in brackets (in percent) after each speed alternative. If longer time changes are required use the holiday function or scheduling. Chapter 3 | F470 – at your service NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 36: Heating Menu

    If two settings conflict with each other a red exclamation mark is displayed at the end of the line. Schedule: The schedule to be changed is selected here. Chapter 3 | F470 – at your service NIBE™ F470...
  • Page 37 Increases or decreases in the ventilation to the accommodation can be scheduled here for up to two time periods per day. If two settings conflict with each other a red exclamation mark is displayed at the end of the line. Chapter 3 | F470 – at your service NIBE™ F470...
  • Page 38 Scheduling always starts on the date that the start time is set for. A significant change over a longer period of time may cause poor indoor environment and worse operating economy. Chapter 3 | F470 – at your service NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 39: Advanced Menu

    It is from this heating curve that the heat pump’s control computer determines the temperature of the water to the heating system, flow line temperature, and therefore the indoor temperature. You can select heating Chapter 3 | F470 – at your service NIBE™ F470...
  • Page 40 +2 steps increases the supply temperat- ure by 5 °C at all outdoor temperat- ures. - 10 - 20 - 30 - 40°C UTETEMPERATUR Chapter 3 | F470 – at your service NIBE™ F470...
  • Page 41 Select a new heating curve. The heat curves are numbered from 0 to 15, the greater the number, the steeper the slope and the greater the supply temperature. Heating curve 0 means that own curve (menu 1.9.7) is used. Chapter 3 | F470 – at your service NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 42: External Adjustment

    If it is warm outdoors and the room temperature is too high, lower the curve offset by one increment. external adjustment Menu 1.9.2 climate system Setting range: -10 to +10 or desired room temperature if the room sensor is installed. Default value: 0 Chapter 3 | F470 – at your service NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 43: Min. Flow Line Temp

    Default value: 20 °C Set the minimum temperature on the supply temperature to the climate sys- tem. This means that F470 never calculates a temperature lower than that set here. If there is more than one climate system the setting can be made separately for each system.

  • Page 44: Room Sensor Settings

    Here you select the return time for temporary speed change (speed 1-4) on the ventilation in menu 1.2. Return time is the time it takes before ventilation speed returns to normal. Chapter 3 | F470 – at your service NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 45: Point Offset

    The heat curve is affected at ± 5 °C from set outdoor temp. point. It is important that the correct heating curve is selected so that the room temperature is experienced as even. Chapter 3 | F470 – at your service NIBE™ F470...
  • Page 46 4 until one of the conditions is no longer met. Caution Night cooling can only be activated when house heating has been deactivated. This is done in menu 4.2. Chapter 3 | F470 – at your service NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 47: Set The Hot Water Capacity

    Default value: "off" When hot water requirement has temporarily increased this menu can be used to select an increase in the hot water temperature to lux mode for a selectable time. Chapter 3 | F470 – at your service NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 48: Comfort Mode

    The function is activated immediately when a time period is selected and confirmed using the OK button. The remaining time for the selected setting is shown to the right. When the time has run out F470 returns to the mode set in menu 2.2. Select “off" to switch off temporary lux...
  • Page 49 Set the hot water comfort that is to apply during scheduling here. If you wish to set similar scheduling for every day of the week start by filling in “all” and then changing the desired days. Chapter 3 | F470 – at your service NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 50: Periodic Increases

    The length of time between increases can be selected here. The time can be set between 1 and 90 days. Factory setting is 14 days. Untick "activated" to switch off the function. Chapter 3 | F470 – at your service NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 51: Hot Water Recirc

    "operating time" decide how long the hot water circulation pump must run per operating instance. "downtime" decide how long the hot water circulation pump must be sta- tionary between operating instances. Chapter 3 | F470 – at your service NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 52: Get Information

    No changes can be made. The information is on several pages. Turn the control knob to scroll between the pages. Symbols in this menu: Com- Heating pressor Addition Hot water Ventila- tion Chapter 3 | F470 – at your service NIBE™ F470...
  • Page 53 Information about the additional heat settings, operating status and statistics can be obtained here. No changes can be made. The information is on several pages. Turn the control knob to scroll between the pages. Chapter 3 | F470 – at your service NIBE™ F470...
  • Page 54 You can see information for the 10 most recent alarms. To view the run status in the event of an alarm, mark the alarm and press the OK button. Information about an alarm. Chapter 3 | F470 – at your service NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 55: Indoor Temp. Log

    You can now select to take read outs for different weeks by turning the control knob to the right or left and read off the average temperature. Press the OK or Back button to exit read off mode. Chapter 3 | F470 – at your service NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 56: Adjust The Heat Pump

    "active" displays if any part of the Vacation schedule is active, otherwise it displays "off". advanced Setting heat pump work mode. plus functions Menu Settings for any additional functions installed in F470 can be made in the sub menus. Chapter 3 | F470 – at your service NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 57: Op. Mode Menu

    (crossed out = not permitted) and selectable alternatives to the right. To select selectable functions that are permitted or not you mark the function using the control knob and press the OK button. Chapter 3 | F470 – at your service NIBE™ F470...
  • Page 58 Caution If you deselect "addition" it may mean that insufficient hot water and/or heating in the accommodation is achieved. Chapter 3 | F470 – at your service NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 59: My Icons Menu

    Menu You can select what icon should be visible when the door to F470 is closed. You can select up to 3 icons. If you se- lect more, the ones you selected first will disappear. The icons are displayed in the order you selected them.

  • Page 60: Holiday Setting

    If you choose to switch off hot water production during the vacation “peri- odic increases" (preventing bacterial growth) are blocked during this time. "periodic increases" started in conjunction with the vacation setting being completed. Chapter 3 | F470 – at your service NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 61: Auto Mode Setting

    Select the average outdoor temperatures in this menu. You can also set the time over which (filtering time) the average temperature is calculated. If you select 0, the present outdoor temperature is used. Chapter 3 | F470 – at your service NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 62: Factory Setting User

    If two settings conflict with each other a red exclamation mark is displayed at the end of the line. When scheduling is active the actual blocking symbol in the main menu on the heat pump symbol is displayed. Chapter 3 | F470 – at your service NIBE™ F470...
  • Page 63 If the stop time is before the start time it means that the period extends past midnight. Scheduling always starts on the date that the start time is set for. Caution Long term blocking can cause reduced comfort and operating economy. Chapter 3 | F470 – at your service NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 64: Disturbances In Comfort

    This can mean that the heat pump's compressor is not running. In this case the immersion heater produces heat and/or hot water. Chapter 4 | Disturbances in comfort NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 65: Troubleshooting

    (temporary lux) can be activated in menu 2.1. Too low hot water setting. Enter menu 2.2 and select a higher comfort mode. Filter blocked. Clean or replace filter (see page 20). Chapter 4 | Disturbances in comfort NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 66: Low Room Temperature

    If the room temperature is only high in cold weather the curve slope in menu 1.9.1 (heating curve) needs to be adjusted down. External switch for changing the room heating activated. Check any external switches. Chapter 4 | Disturbances in comfort NIBE™ F470...
  • Page 67 Bleed the supply air battery. Trim valve too restricted Contact your installer! High supply air temperature Trim valve not sufficiently restricted. Contact your installer! The compressor does not start There is no heating requirement. Chapter 4 | Disturbances in comfort NIBE™ F470...
  • Page 68 Wait until the temperature condition has been reset. Minimum time between compressor starts has not been reached. Wait 30 minutes and check if the compressor has started. Alarm tripped. Follow the display instructions. Chapter 4 | Disturbances in comfort NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 69: Technical Data

    5 Technical data Detailed technical specifications for this product can be found in the installa- tion manual (www.nibe.eu). Chapter 5 | Technical data NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 70: Glossary

    A malfunction in the heat pump can sometimes be noticed in the form of a disturbance in comfort. In most cases, the heat pump notes operational interference and indicates this with alarms and shows instructions in the display. Chapter 6 | Glossary NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 71: Domestic Hot Water

    F470. Exhaust air devices Vents, usually in the ceiling, in the kitchen/bathroom/clothes closet where the air is drawn in to be forwarded to F470. Expansion valve Valve that reduces the pressure of the refrigerant, whereupon the temperature of the refrigerant drops.

  • Page 72: Heating Medium Side

    Mixing valve A valve that mixes the cold water with the hot water leaving the heater. Outdoor air Air that is drawn into the heat pump and heated. Chapter 6 | Glossary NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 73: Safety Valve

    Radiator Another word for heating element. They must be filled with water in order to be used with F470. Refrigerant Substance that circulates around a closed circuit in the heat pump and that, through pressure changes, evaporates and condenses. During evaporation, the refrigerant absorbs heating energy and during condensing, gives off heating energy.

  • Page 74: Supply Air

    Supply temperature The temperature of the heated water that the heat pump sends out to the heating system. The colder the outdoor temperature, the higher the supply line temperature becomes. Chapter 6 | Glossary NIBE™ F470...

  • Page 75: Item Register

    Item register Adjust the heat pump, 54 Important information, 2 Contact information, 5 Back button, 12 F470 – An excellent choice, 7 Installation data, 2 Serial number, 4 Contact information, 5 Information window, 10 Contact with F470, 10 Installation data, 2...
  • Page 76 Technical data, 67 The heat pump – the heart of the house, 8 Troubleshooting, 63 Chapter 7 | Item register NIBE™ F470...
  • Page 77 Chapter 7 | NIBE™ F470...
  • Page 78 Chapter 7 | NIBE™ F470...
  • Page 80 NIBE AB Sweden Hannabadsvägen 5 Box 14 SE-285 21 Markaryd info@nibe.se www.nibe.eu 0 3 1 5 0 1...

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