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INTRODUCTION
Your Slim Wall evaporative air cooler was thoroughly tested
and inspected before leaving the factory. This manual is
your guide to proper installation procedures along with
information about reasonable care and maintenance that will
ensure safe, economical and trouble free cooling. Failure to
follow these instructions may damage your cooler, impair
its operation, create the potential for serious personal injury
and/or void the warranty.
Read it carefully.
A Note About Air Exhausting/Maximum Cooling
Since coolers function best when there are plenty of
openings for the air to exhaust, you can leave doors or
windows open so your house can breathe. To get the
maximum capacity of your cooler, and to help keep insects,
dust, dirt, etc. out of the cooled space, the house should
maintain a slightly positive air pressure (there should be
slightly more air going into the house than is leaving). This is
controlled by how much the windows or doors are opened.
How much should you open your windows or doors? You
should adjust your openings until the air pressure inside
the house is nearly balanced with the air outside. A good
method to determine when the air is reasonably balanced is
to place a tissue paper against the screen in the window or
door farthest from the cooler and adjust the other openings
in the house until the tissue paper stays lightly on the
screen. You can adjust different windows in the house to
direct the most airflow to the areas that are occupied during
different parts of the day or night (example: living room
windows during the day and bedroom windows at night.)
Carefully read the contents of the manual and review the
drawings of the cooler to familiarize yourself with the
various parts before beginning the installation process.
Do NOT attempt to perform any part of the installation
described in this owner's manual unless you are
fully
qualified
to do so.
CAUTION:
Disconnect all electrical power to the
cooler before attempting to install, open or service your
cooler.
Even while routinely inspecting or servicing the inside, the
cooler can be accidentally started. Keep people and pets
away from the cooler and electrical supply when you are
working on it. Before opening, servicing or cleaning the unit,
unplug the unit from the wall receptacle and take steps to
ensure that the cord cannot be plugged back in and the
cooler turned on accidentally. Do not plug power cable into
receptacle until installation or service work is complete.
Before attempting to install the cooler, confirm that the
following preparations have been made:
• This cooler must be plugged into a 120 volt GFCI (Ground
Fault Circuit Interrupter) protected receptacle. If you are
not sure that the receptacle is GFCI protected, consult
INSTALLATION
• Install cooler where only fresh outside air can enter.
Avoid installing the cooler in an area where the free
air movement around and into the cooler is restricted
or locations where obnoxious odors or fumes may be
drawn into cooler from vent pipes, kitchen exhausts, etc.
• Proper installation requires a wall with a thickness
between 6" and 8-½". If the wall is thinner than this a
spacer can be installed on the outside of the wall to
properly space the unit.
• It is extremely important to create a watertight seal
between the outside wall and the duct passing through
the wall.
INSTALLATION
THROUGH THE WALL
REQUIRED TOOLS:
• Drill
• Stud finder
• ¼" nut driver
• 1/2"& 7/16" inch socket
• Ratchet
• Level & measuring tape
• Drywall saw
• Stucco/Siding Cutting blade and saw
Fig. 1 - Inside of Cooler
(back panel removed)
located within 5 feet of planned installation location (cooler
power cord is 6 ft long, use of extension cords is not
recommended).
CAUTION:
When cutting or drilling into the wall,
do NOT damage electrical wiring or other hidden
utilities (water or gas lines, sewer lines, etc.).
Installation work and electrical wiring must be done
in accordance with all applicable building codes and
standards, including fire rated construction.
