top view of VacPort
24 Volt
Pigtail Wire
LED
Circuit Board
2) pipe coupling
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Connecting the VacPort to your Central Vacuum
ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS:
The low voltage Control Wires from your Central Vacuum Cleaner have mostly an
output of 24volt AC.
Note: some Central Vacuums have 24volt DC output. If your vacuum does not start ---
just reverse the 2 wires at the wire nuts. (Reverse the polarity).
Maintenance:
After a year or two the low voltage contacts in the back of the unit might be accumulating
some dust. Flip the door quickly up and down a few times, to shake the dust off.
Or remove the VacPort and clean around the steel rod and the circuit board.
Installation:
into a kitchen cabinet kickboard or room baseboard, flush with the floor.
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MPORTANT:
DISCONNECT THE POWER TO THE CENTRAL VACUUM BEFORE INSTALLING
WITH TRIM-PLATE INSTALLED:
1) Your VacPort is supplied with a Trim-Plate in case you need more height, than the
2-1/2” to reach with your hand into the cut-out. It is also used as a template to mark the
cut-out. See STEP1. The minimum opening is 6-1/8” wide x 2-1/2” height.
2) After cutting the hole, STEP2, attach the Trim-Plate with the 2 pan head screws in one
1) elbow with
pipe coupling
) Press-fit flex-hose
ith threaded
upling #
into
ipe coupling.
r hose clamp
of the outer holes on each side, see STEP3.
3) Connect the VacPort to your central vacuum with 2” diameter flex-hos
e.
WITHOUT TRIM-PLATE INSTALLED:
4) If you do not need the Trim-Plate, attach the VacPort directly to the wall with the 2 flat
head screws, see STEP4. Keep Trim-Plate for future reference.
5) See next page for wire connections.
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Please Note: The connection to the VacPort should be flexible enough so that you can
pull the FLEXIBLE HOSE and central vacuums Low Voltage Wires out of the wall
and connect both to the VacPort outside the wall.
You have 3 option to connect to the VacPort:
1) with PVC cement, glue the elbow to the pipe coupling and then to the VacPort, the other
end of the elbow connects to a black threaded pipe coupling. Do not glue this coupling,
just twist and press fit into elbow, check if you still can slide the VacPort with the
flex-hose attached in or out of the cut-out.
2) with pipe coupling, push black threaded coupling directly into pipe coupling.
3) with the flexible hose, you can either connect the flexible hose directly with a hose
clamp to the VacPort’s pipe or connect with the black threaded coupling to the pipe
coupling (2)
Connect the 24volt wires from the Central Vacuum to the VacPort.
Leave slack in the wires at the connections.
with LED
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