ErP 2026 · Regulation (EU) 2024/1834

AC to EC Fan Replacement for ErP 2026

Regulation (EU) 2024/1834 applies to fans first placed on the EU market from 24 July 2026. If you are replacing AC fans to keep market access, the question is not “which fan is compliant” — it is “which fan is compliant at your duty point.”

Updated 2026-08-31 · LONGWELL application engineering

The one thing to take away
Compliance is decided at your duty point, not by the model. The same fan can meet the requirement in one project and miss it in another, because the regulation now assesses efficiency across the real operating range rather than at the best efficiency point alone. No supplier can honestly declare a model “ErP 2026 compliant” without knowing your airflow, static pressure, voltage and control method.

Start here: what actually changed

Plenum plug fan mounted inside an air handling unit
Plenum plug fan in an AHU — a typical ErP 2026 replacement scenario.

(EU) 2024/1834 replaces (EU) No 327/2011. It evaluates the complete fan assembly — impeller, motor, electronics, inlet cone and housing — for fans with electric input power between 125 W and 500 kW, whether sold standalone or built into an AHU, rooftop unit, precision air conditioner or industrial ventilation package.

Three changes matter most to a buyer: higher minimum efficiency grades, a wider assessed system boundary, and a shift toward partial-load behaviour. Expanded obligations on product information, spare parts availability and long-term online technical information apply on top. Full breakdown in our ErP 2026 requirements guide; test a specific duty against Annex II Table 1 with the ErP 2026 efficiency calculator.

How to use the tables below

1 Find your airflow. Locate the row whose airflow range covers your required volume flow.

2 Check static pressure. Confirm your requirement sits within the band maximum. Maximum airflow and maximum static pressure are two separate extremes — they do not occur at the same operating point and cannot be combined into one duty.

3 Send us the duty point. We return the candidate models sitting closest to their efficient region at that point, with the measured performance data behind them.

A larger, slower impeller is generally easier to bring into compliance than a smaller, faster one at the same duty. If your existing AC unit runs throttled, the replacement is often one size up and one speed step down — not a like-for-like swap. This is why retrofit projects benefit from a duty-point review rather than a catalogue match.

LONGWELL EC fans within ErP 2026 scope (125 W – 500 kW)

352 EC models fall inside the electrical input power band covered by the regulation. Models below 125 W sit outside its scope and are not listed. Every product page in this range now carries an ErP scope note with its estimated input power.

EC Backward-Curved Centrifugal — 196 models in ErP scope

Typically replaces: AHU plug fans, belt-driven AC centrifugal fans, double-inlet forward-curved blowers. Browse the full range: EC Backward-Curved Centrifugal fans →

Impeller Ø Airflow (m³/h) Max static (Pa) Input power (W) Models Example model
Ø175 mm 700 – 924 ≤ 893 138 – 276 9 LWBE3G175-072PS-10
Ø190 mm 639 – 973 ≤ 1,009 127 – 299 9 LWBE3G190-072NS-06
Ø220 mm 886 – 1,184 ≤ 978 138 – 293 10 LWBE3G220-072NS-08
Ø225 mm 1,009 – 1,630 ≤ 1,030 138 – 430 16 LWBE3G225-092PS-07
Ø250 mm 1,184 – 3,708 ≤ 1,751 138 – 782 29 LWBE3G250-102NT-21
Ø270 mm 1,545 – 1,545 ≤ 332 264 – 299 2 LWBE3G270-092NS-02
Ø280 mm 1,743 – 4,378 ≤ 1,751 198 – 920 23 LWBE3G280-102NT-17
Ø310 mm 2,235 – 5,593 ≤ 1,730 276 – 960 24 LWBE3G310-138PT-10
Ø355 mm 2,472 – 8,034 ≤ 2,524 207 – 1,976 21 LWBE3G355-188PT-11
Ø400 mm 3,554 – 9,682 ≤ 1,627 345 – 1,680 11 LWBE3G400-188PT-07
Ø450 mm 5,050 – 12,647 ≤ 2,342 334 – 3,040 15 LWBE3G450-188PT-16
Ø500 mm 8,137 – 14,214 ≤ 1,541 584 – 3,600 10 LWBE3G500-188PT-04
Ø560 mm 14,879 – 23,896 ≤ 1,545 1,760 – 3,800 10 LWBE3G560-218PT-06
Ø630 mm 19,158 – 21,742 ≤ 1,677 1,760 – 3,240 7 LWBE3G630-188PT-04

EC Forward-Curved Centrifugal — 86 models in ErP scope

Typically replaces: AC forward-curved blowers in fan-coil units, small AHUs, cabinet ventilation. Browse the full range: EC Forward-Curved Centrifugal fans →

Impeller Ø Airflow (m³/h) Max static (Pa) Input power (W) Models Example model
Ø108 mm 330 – 330 ≤ 330 150 – 150 1 LWFE3G108-072NS-01
Ø120 mm 350 – 433 ≤ 412 127 – 154 2 LWFE3G120-072DS-01
Ø133 mm 433 – 979 ≤ 484 138 – 218 4 LWFE3G133-072DS-02
Ø140 mm 453 – 597 ≤ 979 133 – 196 6 LWFE3G140-072SS-03
Ø146 mm 752 – 1,133 ≤ 876 138 – 368 5 LWFE3G146-092DS-05
Ø150 mm 577 – 577 ≤ 412 322 – 322 1 LWFE3G150-092SS-01
Ø160 mm 597 – 814 ≤ 989 150 – 414 11 LWFE3G160-092SS-08
Ø175 mm 700 – 912 ≤ 876 150 – 276 4 LWFE3G175-072PS-04
Ø180 mm 927 – 2,060 ≤ 824 281 – 437 4 LWFE3G180-102DS-01
Ø190 mm 814 – 973 ≤ 1,009 150 – 299 4 LWFE3G190-072PS-03
Ø200 mm 1,638 – 2,575 ≤ 1,030 313 – 713 3 LWFE3G200-102DS-02
Ø220 mm 937 – 1,184 ≤ 978 163 – 292 3 LWFE3G220-072PS-03
Ø225 mm 1,009 – 3,605 ≤ 1,030 161 – 805 8 LWFE3G225-138DS-01
Ø250 mm 1,184 – 4,058 ≤ 1,751 207 – 805 10 LWFE3G250-138DS-02
Ø280 mm 2,008 – 4,422 ≤ 1,751 276 – 805 7 LWFE3G280-138DS-02
Ø310 mm 2,266 – 5,150 ≤ 1,730 288 – 713 5 LWFE3G310-102PT-09
Ø315 mm 8,732 – 8,732 ≤ 783 1,520 – 1,520 1 LWFE3G315-188DS-01
Ø355 mm 4,172 – 8,799 ≤ 1,751 713 – 1,140 4 LWFE3G355-188DS-01
Ø400 mm 6,489 – 6,489 ≤ 978 713 – 713 1 LWFE3G400-102PS-02
Ø450 mm 7,468 – 8,652 ≤ 1,390 713 – 720 2 LWFE3G450-102PT-06

EC Axial — 70 models in ErP scope

Typically replaces: AC axial fans in condensers, dry coolers, unit coolers, roof extract. Browse the full range: EC Axial fans →

Impeller Ø Airflow (m³/h) Max static (Pa) Input power (W) Models Example model
Ø200 mm 886 – 1,391 ≤ 395 132 – 187 8 LWAE3G200SS-7PNW-15
Ø250 mm 1,627 – 1,916 ≤ 1,140 134 – 198 10 LWAE3G250SS-7PNW-09
Ø300 mm 1,751 – 2,781 ≤ 228 154 – 242 9 LWAE3G300SS-5PEW-09
Ø315 mm 2,575 – 2,575 ≤ 164 242 – 242 4 LWAE3G315SS-5PNW-01
Ø350 mm 2,884 – 3,554 ≤ 150 220 – 264 9 LWAE3G350SS-5PEW-09
Ø400 mm 4,871 – 5,562 ≤ 258 269 – 352 9 LWAE3G400SS-5MEW-07
Ø450 mm 4,266 – 6,695 ≤ 242 158 – 473 10 LWAE3G450SS-5MNW-01
Ø500 mm 5,900 – 9,122 ≤ 176 322 – 518 3 LWAE3G500SS-5PKW-12
Ø630 mm 12,777 – 13,670 ≤ 224 628 – 837 3 LWAE3G630TS-5PEW-11
Ø710 mm 13,905 – 19,177 ≤ 244 788 – 805 2 LWAE3G710TS-5PKW-03
Ø800 mm 24,892 – 29,400 ≤ 420 1,068 – 1,444 2 LWAE3G800TS-4PKW-04
Ø900 mm 32,192 – 32,192 ≤ 244 1,116 – 1,116 1 LWAE3G900TS-5PKW-02

Compare against your current unit in the cross-reference guide, or estimate payback with the EC vs AC energy savings & ROI calculator.

Four ways replacement projects fail late

Selected on catalogue peak efficiencyThe published best-efficiency figure is not the figure that governs your project. What matters is efficiency at the duty you actually run.
Duty changed, selection not re-checkedA late change in ductwork or filter loading moves the operating point out of the compliant region. Re-run the check after any system change.
Procurement substitutionA “same size, cheaper” substitute at the same duty may not carry the same efficiency grade. It has to be re-verified, not assumed.
Documentation missingThe efficiency figure must be traceable to a recognised laboratory test method and stated in the technical documentation. Request it early — see certifications & declarations.

Why EC is usually the answer

EC (electronically commutated) drives hold efficiency across the speed range, whereas AC induction motors lose efficiency quickly when throttled or speed-reduced. Because ErP 2026 weights partial-load behaviour more heavily than the previous regulation did, this difference now shows up directly in the assessment.

In our own European retrofit work, EC replacements have delivered energy savings of around 30% against the AC units they replaced, with higher savings on strongly variable loads — the actual figure must be confirmed against the load profile of the specific installation. Worked examples in our engineering cases.

Ø355 mm EC backward-curved fan (LWBE3G355-102NS-33) — the size band most affected by ErP 2026 in AHU and HVAC retrofits.

Performance test on our own rig — the airflow, static pressure and power figures in the tables above come from measurements like this. Third-party reports available on request.

Where these fans are typically installed

Data notes and disclaimer

Airflow and static pressure figures are catalogue extremes taken from separate operating points and cannot be combined into a single duty. Input power is derived from rated voltage and current and indicates regulatory scope only. Performance data is obtained using recognised laboratory test methods; third-party reports available on request.

This page explains the regulation and our product coverage — it is not a declaration of conformity for any specific model or project. Final selection must be confirmed against the duty point (airflow / static pressure / voltage / control method) and project verification.

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