Honeywell F300 Manuel Du Propriétaire

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F50F AND F300E ELECTRONIC AIR CLEANERS
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Turn on the air cleaner. If the cell(s) and prefil-
ter(s) are wet, the neon light may not come on 
and you may hear arcing. If the arcing is annoy-
ing, simply turn the air cleaner off for two to 
three hours or until the cell(s) are dry.
HOW ELECTRONIC AIR 
CLEANING WORKS
A word about particle size
The particles removed by the electronic air cleaner 
tend to be very small—less than ten microns. But what 
is a ten-micron particle? The eye of an average size 
sewing needle is about 750 microns across, and the 
dot in the i in the word micron is about 400 microns. 
Generally, particles smaller than ten microns can be 
seen only with a microscope, except in very large 
concentrations, such as a puff of smoke. Your 
electronic air cleaner can remove even smaller 
particles that can be seen only with an electron 
microscope.
Although particles one micron and smaller make up 
only about 20 percent of the total weight of particles in 
unfiltered air, they account for over 99 percent of the 
numbers of particles.
Because they are so tiny, these particles tend to 
remain suspended in the air unless they collide with a 
solid surface. Then they attach by molecular adhesion 
and stick like glue, staining walls and furniture and 
coating your air conditioning coils. And of course, 
some of these particles can cause allergic reactions or 
simply make the environment less pleasant.
How the electronic air cleaner works
First, large particles (lint, hair) are caught by the 
prefilter(s). Then, as the dirty air passes through the 
intense high voltage electric field surrounding the 
ionizer wires, all particles, even the smallest particles 
down to 0.3 micron are given an electric charge.The air 
then passes into the collector where the alternate 
parallel plates are charged positive and negative, 
creating a uniform electrostatic field. Since opposites 
attract, the charged particles stick to the collector 
plates, having an opposite electric charge.The 
precharged postfilter continues to remove small 
particles from the air. The air leaving the air cleaner 
contains very few particles.
Each time the air circulates through the heating/air 
conditioning system and air cleaner, more particles 
are removed. These particles are generated by normal 
household activities and also enter the house from 
outside. That is the reason we recommend that you 
use the air cleaner as much as possible.
Electronic air cleaner vs standard 
furnace filter
The regular furnace filter collects mainly large, visible 
particles that reach the filter. Its main purpose is to 
protect the furnace and air conditioner blower. The 
electronic air cleaner collects these large particles 
plus many of the smaller, mostly invisible particles. Its 
purpose is to reduce indoor air pollution as well as to 
protect the blower, air conditioning coils and heat 
exchanger.
M3582
25,400
749
M6031
Postage
397
CELL
PREFILTER
IONIZER WIRES
(CHARGING
SECTION)
COLLECTOR PLATES
(COLLECTOR SECTION)
CLEANER
AIR
OUT
DIRTY
AIR
IN
M6030A
POSTFILTER