Aprilaire 500 User Manual
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OWNER’S MANUAL
Includes Operating and
Maintenance Instructions
MODEL 5000
ELECTRONI C AIR CLEANERS
Nobody Makes Clean Air Easier
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WARNING:
• 120 Volts may cause serious injury from electrical shock.
Disconnect power to the furnace/air handler before
starting installation. Leave power disconnected until
installation is completed.
• Arcing in electrical components may cause an explosion.
Do not install unit where explosive gasses will be present.
• Sharp edges may cause injury from cuts. Use care when
cutting and handling sheet metal.
• To reduce the risk of electrical shock, this equipment has a
grounding-type (three prong) plug. This plug will fit only
into a grounding-type power outlet. If the plug does not fit
into the outlet, contact qualified personnel to install the
proper outlet. Do not alter this plug in any way.
• To reduce the risk of electrical shock, locate product so
that the power cord can be plugged into an electrical outlet
without the use of an extension cord.
CAUTION:
• To prevent component failure, do not install the air cleaner
on the warm air supply or in an area wher e the temperatur e
may exceed 125° F. This may include areas above heat
exchangers in downflow furnaces or above exhaust flues in
lowboy furnace cold air returns.
• The air cleaner must be installed where the ambient air
temperature remains between 40° F and 125° F [4° C
and 52° C].
• Installation must conform to all applicable codes.
• Do not install an atomizing humidifier upstream of the air
cleaner. W ater or mist will cause power supply to shut down.
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table of contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Principle of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Trouble Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Media Replacement Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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ELECTRONIC AIR CLEANERS
Nobody Makes Clean Air Easier
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Thank you for your recent purchase of an Aprilaire
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Electronic Air
Cleaner. W e sincerely appreciate your business and are pleased to add
your name to our growing list of customers. With this purchase, you
have invested in the highest quality equipment available. Absolutely
no other whole-house air cleaner on the market today can provide
cleaner, healthier indoor air. Research Products Corporation is one of
the largest manufacturers of indoor air comfort products and a
recognized leader in the heating and air conditioning industry.
Please be assured that in addition to product quality and performance,
we’re also committed to customer satisfaction.
IMPORTANT: Scheduled replacement of the Aprilaire Electronic Air
Cleaner filtering media and cleaning of the control electrode is
necessary. See page 7 for details.
Please take a few minutes and read this booklet. This will familiarize
you with the benefits you will receive from the equipment you just
purchased and help you understand the routine maintenance that will
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To obtain service parts and/or replacement media, please
proceed with any of the following options:
• Call the installer of your Aprilaire Electronic Air Cleaner.
This information is often found on your equipment.
• Call your heating and air conditioning contractor.
• Use our Dealer Locator at www.aprilaire.com.
• Look for the Aprilaire brand name in the Yellow Pages
under air cleaning and purifying equipment.
• Look in the Y ellow Pages under heating and air
conditioning contractors. Many contractors can order
service parts or media replacements for you.
ELECTRONIC AIR CLEANERS
Nobody Makes Clean Air Easier
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performance
be required. Be sure to register your warr anty with us for our recor ds
and your protection. You can do this by either returning the warranty
registration card or by registering on line at www .aprilaire.com/warr anty.
Your Aprilaire Electronic Air Cleaner delivers the cleanest, healthiest
air ever available from a whole-house air cleaner! It is an investment
in healthful comfort for your family and protection for your home
and furnishings.
Your Aprilaire Electronic Air Cleaner features patented, breakthrough
“electrically enhanced air filtration” technology that provides a unique
combination of both electronic and media air cleaner qualities. It
permanently traps even the smallest particles so they cannot re-enter
the air stream.
PERFORMANCE
Air cleaners are effective only when air is circulated through them. The
Aprilaire Electronic Air Cleaner operates silently , removing a very high
percentage of the pollutants from the circulated air while maintaining
its level of efficiency with use. There is pollution in air everywhere –
even in the air we normally consider to be fresh outdoor air. The
infiltration of outside air into the home can be minimized by keeping
doors and windows closed as much as possible, therefore, increasing
the indoor air quality.
You may have pur chased your air cleaner for allergy relief. Allergy cases
differ widely – and not even the Aprilaire Electronic Air Cleaner is a sure
cure for any allergy. However, this air cleaner can be highly beneficial
because it is over 98.5% efficient at removing particles the same size
as allergy-causing pollen, fungus, mold, and spores from the air passing
through it, which makes it the healthy choice for cleaner indoor air . It will
also remove over 90% of particles the same size as many diseasecausing airborne bacteria.
The reduction of household dust, tobacco smoke particulate, and
smudging particles may have been the motivating influence in your
decision to have an air cleaner installed. The Aprilaire Electronic Air
Cleaner removes 86% of cigar and cigarette smoke particulate which
represents greater efficiency than any other residential air cleaner . Since
this air cleaner reduces the amount of particles in the air , you can expect
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