HE220, HE260 HUMIDIFIER AND INSTALLATION KIT
69-1645EF
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MAINTAINING YOUR HUMIDIFIER
A regular maintenance program prolongs the life of your
humidifier and makes your home more comfortable. The
frequency of cleaning depends on the condition of your
water.
You can use either hard or soft water in your humidifier,
but hard water mineral deposits are more difficult to clean
than soft water deposits.
Use the following procedure to clean your Honeywell
humidifier.
WARNING
Serious Personal Injury Hazard.
Can cause electrical shock and injury from
moving parts.
Disconnect power and shut off water supply
before removing cover.
IMPORTANT
Never oil any part of the humidifier.
Every 1 to 3 Months (Depending on Water
Quality)
1.
Disconnect the power and turn off the humidifier
water supply.
2.
Remove the humidifier cover. See Fig. 16.
3.
Remove the humidifier pad assembly from the
humidifier by grasping the top of the tray and pull-
ing it toward you.
4.
Pull one side of the humidifier pad assembly frame
toward you and remove the tray from the frame.
5.
Gently pinch the water nozzle catches inward until
you can lift the water nozzle off the tray.
6.
Slide the humidifier pad out of the frame.
7.
Carefully remove any mineral deposits from the
tray and frame. Be sure the frame drain hole has
nothing blocking it.
8.
Disconnect the drain hose from the drain fitting on
the bottom of the humidifier housing.
9.
Clean the drain fitting, if necessary.
10.
Bend the drain hose to loosen any mineral depos-
its.
11.
Flush the drain hose with pressurized water (a run-
ning tap) to clean the hose.
12.
Reattach the drain hose to the drain fitting.
13.
Slide the humidifier pad back into the frame.
14.
Snap the water nozzle back on the tray.
15.
Reattach the tray to the frame.
16.
Place the humidifier pad assembly in the humidifier
housing and press until the assembly is completely
seated. Be careful not to pinch or kink the water
feed tube.
17.
Replace the humidifier cover.
18.
Verify the humidifier operation by following the
steps in the Checking Your Humidifier for Correct
Operation section.
End of Humidification Season
•
Clean the humidifier and shut it off at the end of the
heating season.
•
Use Every 1 to 3 Months section steps to shut down
for the season.
IMPORTANT
Be sure the humidifier power is off.
Vacation
•
When leaving on vacation, turn off the humidifier
water supply and your humidistat.
•
When you return, turn on the humidifier water supply
and reset your humidistat.
Fig. 16. Cleaning your humidifier.
CHECKING YOUR HUMIDIFIER FOR
CORRECT OPERATION
After winter startup or servicing, use the following steps
to check your humidifier operation:
1.
Turn on the humidifier power and water supply.
2.
Turn the humidistat to its highest setting and set
the thermostat to 10°F (6°C) above the room tem-
perature.
3.
Observe that water is flowing out of the drain hose.
NOTE:
The furnace blower must be running to activate
the humidifier.
4.
Reset the thermostat and humidistat to a comfort-
able setting for automatic operation.
M12327A
PerfectFlo™ WATER
DISTRIBUTION TRAY
HUMIDIFIER PAD ASSEMBLY
WATER FEED NOZZLE
HUMIDIFIER HOUSING
SIDEWALL
BYPASS SIDEWALL
COVER
WATER FEED TUBE