DAIKIN SKY AIR
A light-commercial wall unit for rooms that work hard
Sky Air is Daikin’s light-commercial range, built for offices, shops, server rooms and the larger rooms of modern homes, wherever a standard wall split runs short on capacity, control or piping length.
This system pairs the FAA71B wall-mounted indoor unit with the AZAS71MV1 Active Series outdoor unit and a Madoka wired controller. Daikin rates the pair at 6.8 kW of cooling (about 23 200 Btu/h) and 7.5 kW of heating at its nominal rating.
It is the wall unit for rooms with no ceiling void for a cassette or ducted unit and no floor space to give up, and it runs on R32 refrigerant and a single-phase 220–240 V supply.
“Cost-effective solution for infrastructure cooling applications with embedded duty rotation and back-up operation.” Daikin, on the Madoka controller supplied with this system.
EFFICIENCY AND PIPING
Active Series outdoor unit, 30 m of piping
Daikin rates the FAA71B with AZAS71MV1 at a seasonal efficiency of 5.77 (SEER, A+) in cooling and 3.81 (SCOP, A) in heating. The inverter compressor slows down once the room is at temperature, so for most of the day it runs well below its rating.
The outdoor unit allows up to 30 m of piping to the indoor unit and up to 30 m of height between them, with no extra refrigerant needed across that length. That gives the installer room to put it on a roof, a side wall or a yard well away from the room it cools.
It cools at outdoor temperatures from −5 °C up to 46 °C and heats down to −15 °C, measures 770 × 900 × 320 mm and weighs 60 kg.
SERVER ROOMS AND IT CUPBOARDS
Duty and standby for rooms that cannot overheat
A server room makes heat day and night, and a single air conditioner is a single point of failure. The usual answer is two complete systems: one runs while the other stands by.
Daikin builds that into the Madoka controller. With two systems connected to it, it rotates the duty between them so they share the running hours, and starts the standby system automatically when the running one stops with a fault.
Size a server room on the heat output of its equipment rather than its floor area. Send us the load and we will check the selection with Daikin.
WHERE IT WORKS
For rooms with a solid ceiling and full walls
Large open-plan living areas, offices, shops, consulting rooms and server rooms often have a solid ceiling and walls lined with desks, shelving or racks. High on one wall is the only place left for the air conditioner.
The FAA71B spreads the air from there: five discharge angles set from the controller, vertical auto-swing and three fan speeds plus auto. On high it moves 16.2 m³/min in cooling.
A dry programme lowers humidity without swinging the temperature, and home-leave operation holds an empty office or shop at a set temperature after hours.
INSTALLATION AND SERVICE
Easy to fit, easy to service
Piping can leave the indoor unit from the bottom, left or right, so it suits new buildings and refurbishments alike. When an older system is replaced, Daikin designed the R32 outdoor units to reuse sound existing piping, subject to the installer’s checks.
Maintenance is done from the front of the unit, the flat front panel wipes clean, and self-diagnosis points a technician to a fault. A drain pump kit is available where condensate cannot run away by gravity.
The indoor unit is 290 mm high and 1 050 mm wide, weighs 14 kg, and runs at 40 to 45 dBA from low to high fan.
MADE FOR SOUTH AFRICAN POWER
Daikin South Africa stock, single-phase
The system is supplied through Daikin South Africa for a single-phase 220–240 V supply, so the local Daikin warranty applies and parts come through Daikin’s South African network.
Auto-restart returns the system to its previous settings when the power comes back after load-shedding or an outage, which matters most in a room that cannot be left to warm up.
A Sky Air system has to be installed by a qualified installer. Our installers cover the major South African cities and quote separately.
Sky Air FAA71B specifications
| Indoor unit | FAA71B wall mounted |
| Outdoor unit | AZAS71MV1 (Sky Air Active Series) |
| Cooling capacity (nominal) | 6.8 kW (about 23 200 Btu/h) |
| Heating capacity (nominal) | 7.5 kW |
| SEER / SCOP | 5.77 (A+) / 3.81 (A) |
| Indoor sound pressure | 40 / 42 / 45 dBA (low / medium / high) |
| Indoor airflow (high) | 16.2 m³/min cooling, 16.9 m³/min heating |
| Indoor unit (H × W × D, weight) | 290 × 1 050 × 269 mm, 14 kg |
| Outdoor unit (H × W × D, weight) | 770 × 900 × 320 mm, 60 kg |
| Outdoor sound pressure | 46 dBA cooling, 47 dBA heating |
| Operating range (outdoor) | Cooling −5 to 46 °C; heating −15 to 15.5 °C (wet bulb) |
| Refrigerant piping | Up to 30 m, 30 m height difference, no extra charge up to 30 m |
| Functions | Five discharge angles, vertical auto-swing, three fan speeds plus auto, dry programme, home-leave operation, auto changeover |
| Controller functions | Weekly timer, duty rotation and standby across two systems |
| Power features | Auto-restart after a power failure, self-diagnosis |
| Options | Infrared remote, Onecta Wi-Fi adaptor, drain pump kit |
Figures from Daikin’s published data for the FAA71B and AZAS71MV1 and Daikin South Africa’s specifications. Nominal cooling at 35 °C outside and 27 °C indoors. Read the Daikin FAA-B installation and operation manual (PDF).
How the Sky Air FAA71B sits against the alternatives
The Daikin Perfera 24 000 Btu and Sensira 24 000 Btu are the largest residential wall splits, rated at 7.1 kW. In a bedroom they are the better fit: much quieter on low fan, controlled from Daikin’s Onecta app, and they cost less. The FAA71B suits a large open-plan living area in a modern home as well as an office or server room, with a wired controller on the wall, 30 m of piping and duty rotation between two systems.
If 6.8 kW is not enough, the Daikin Sky Air FAA100B is the same wall unit in its larger body, rated at 9.5 kW of cooling with the AZAS100MV1.
Where the room has a ceiling that can take it, the Daikin round flow cassette pairs the FCAG71B with this same AZAS71MV1 outdoor unit and the same 6.8 kW rating. It throws air four ways from the centre of the room, which suits a square shop or office better than a unit on one wall.
Questions we are asked about the Sky Air FAA71B
Daikin rates the FAA71B with AZAS71MV1 at 6.8 kW of cooling at its nominal rating, about 23 200 Btu/h, and 7.5 kW of heating. As an inverter system it runs below that most of the time once the room is at temperature.
It sits in the same capacity class as a 24 000 Btu wall split. The right size depends on glazing, the number of people and the equipment in the room; in a server room it is the equipment’s heat output that decides. Send us the room and how it is used and we will check it.
Yes, and Daikin lists infrastructure cooling among its functions. The outdoor unit keeps cooling at outdoor temperatures down to −5 °C, which covers most of South Africa. On the Highveld, where winter nights can go colder, ask us about the Advance Series outdoor unit, which cools down to −15 °C.
For a room that must never overheat, install two systems with one Madoka controller so they run as duty and standby.
Yes. Connect two systems to one Madoka controller and it rotates the duty between them, so they share the running hours, and starts the standby system automatically if the running one stops with a fault. Order two systems and tell us it is a duty and standby installation so the installer sets the controller up for it.
No. The AZAS71MV1 runs on a single-phase 220–240 V supply.
Up to 30 m of piping, with up to 30 m of height between them. No extra refrigerant is needed across the full 30 m.
Yes. A Madoka BRC1H52W7 wired controller comes with the system. An infrared remote and Daikin’s Onecta Wi-Fi adaptor are available as options.
Yes. Auto-restart returns it to its previous settings when the power comes back.
No. A Sky Air system has to be installed by a qualified installer, with copper piping, cabling and a bracket or base for the outdoor unit. Our installers cover the major South African cities and quote separately.
This is genuine Daikin South Africa stock, so Daikin South Africa’s local warranty applies. If anything goes wrong, you deal with us: we log the claim with Daikin South Africa and follow it up on your behalf.
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Supplied through Daikin South Africa, so the full local warranty applies.
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