Your Aprilaire® Air Cleaner is an investment in healthful comfort for your family and protection for your home and furnishings. With this purchase, you have invested in an air cleaner that is many times more efficient than ordinary furnace or air conditioning filters with which you may be familiar. There are many benefits you may expect from your Aprilaire® Air Cleaner. This booklet is furnished to acquaint you with these benefits, and with operation and maintenance information to insure the high level of performance this high efficiency air cleaner is designed to provide.
PERFORMANCE
Air cleaners are effective only when air is circulated through them. So, it is unrealistic to expect complete removal of all contaminants. However, the efficiency of the Aprilaire® Air Cleaner actually increases with use, and removes a very high percentage of the pollutants from the circulated air. There is pollution in air everywhere — even in the air we normally consider fresh outdoor air. The infiltration of outside air into the home is minimized by keeping doors and windows closed as much as possible, therefore, increasing the indoor air quality.
You may have purchased your air cleaner for allergy relief. Allergy cases differ widely — and the Aprilaire® Air Cleaner is not a sure cure for any allergy. However, if you suffer from allergies caused by pollen, mold, spores, dust and other airborne allergens, this efficient air cleaner can be highly beneficial because it removes up to 99% of these pollutants from the air passing through it.
The reduction of household dust, tobacco smoke particulate and smudging particles may have been the motivating influence in your decision to have an air cleaner installed. The Aprilaire® Air Cleaner removal efficiency of
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