And Inner Housing Assembly - Aprilaire 5000 Installation Instructions Manual

INSTALLING THE OUTER HOUSING AND INNER HOUSING ASSEMBLY
WARNING
ELECTRIC SHOCK HAZARD: 120 volts may cause serious
injury from electric shock. Disconnect electrical power to
the HVAC system before starting installation or servicing.
Leave power disconnected until installation/service is
completed.
1. Turn the system OFF at the thermostat by changing the
mode selector to OFF . This may be a switch or a push
button, depending on the type of thermostat .
2. Disconnect power service to the furnace or air handler .
3. Remove air cleaner power pack/door assembly and pull
inner assembly out of the outer housing .
4. Remove the air filter carton and the cardboard inserts and
strapping, used to hold the air filter, from the inner housing.
5. On retrofit applications, remove and discard the existing
filter and filter housing. Thoroughly clean the blower, blower
compartment and evaporative coil .
6. With the airflow label on the outer housing pointing toward
the furnace/air handler (see FIGURE 8), attach the outer
housing to the furnace/air handler .
7. Provide support for the housing, as shown in FIGURE 8, if the
unit is to be installed on the side of an upflow furnace/air
handler (see example of this type of installation in FIGURE 6) .
8. Seal the perimeter of the inlet and outlet connections with
mastic, caulk or tape as desired . DO NOT USE SILICON BASED
CAULK.
9. Open the inner housing and install the air filter. Use the
instructions provided on the air filter carton.
10. After installing the air filter, close the inner housing. Check
the media ground strip to ensure it is properly contacting
the pleats (see FIGURE 9) . If not, remove the ground strip by
removing the ground contacts, and reposition as shown in
FIGURE 9 . Verify that the holes in the media ground contacts
go over the ground contact retainer posts .
11. Check to make sure that the ionizer frame is fully installed
onto the inner housing and that the control electrode is
inserted fully into the ionizer frame .
12. Insert the inner assembly (ionizer frame and inner housing)
into the outer housing .
13. Continue with WIRING AND START UP on page 7 .
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FIGURE 8
AIRFLOW LABEL
SUPPORT AIR
CLEANER TO PREVENT
TORQUE ON OUTER HOUSING
FIGURE 9
GROUND CONTACT
MEDIA GROUND STRIP
AIR FILTER MEDIA WITH
COATED PLEAT TIPS
INCORRECT
IF THE ALUMINUM FRAME OF THE
MEDIA GROUND STRIP BENDS IN
TOWARD THE PINK SEAL, FLIP THE
GROUND STRIP OVER.
90-1348
RETAINER POSTS
MEDIA
GROUND
CONTACT
3/4"
MIN
OR
90-1154