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Water fan coil adds nanoe X filtration

UK: Panasonic Heating & Cooling has launched the FK1, the company’s first water fan coil unit featuring its nanoe X air purification technology. 

The wall-mounted FK1 offers cooling capacities from 1.9kW to 5.2kW and heating from 2.2kW to 5.3kW. It is available in six sizes and two configurations (with or without a 3-way valve).

Equipped with a high-efficiency DC fan motor, it offers motorised inner and outer louvres with five-step positions to control airflow direction and volume.

The new FK1 is fully compatible with all Panasonic commercial single and centralised remote controls, including both wired and infrared models, as well as Panasonic’s centralised controllers. 

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