Humidifiers

Automatic Digital Control Humidifiers

Model 700 Model 600 Model 500 Model 400 Model 800
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Drainless		 Residential
Steam


Evaporative flow-through technology you can trust.

  • Reliability
    - Delivers optimum humidity
    - Flow-through technology provides efficient evaporation; extends water panel life
    - Minimal components for easy care; trouble-free performance

  • Engineered Simplicity®
    - Versatile applications
    - Simple installs in six easy steps
    - Automatic control continually delivers optimum humidity 24/7
    - Simple, annual maintenance

Deliver more with the industry leader - Aprilaire

  • Digital control provides more accuracy and information - exclusively from Aprilaire
  • Delivers proper amounts of humidity and automatically adjusts for changes in temperature or conditions.

Designed for your customer

  • The upgraded Automatic Digital Control provides comprehensive information to the homeowner.
    - Relative humidity percentage
    - When unit needs service
    - When unit needs maintenance
    - When unit is on and operating properly

  • Set-it-and-forget-it control ensures maximum comfort throughout the home - every hour, every day, all season long.
  • The attractive housing color - a light blend of blue and gray creates a subtle presence in the installed environment.
  • Delivers perfectly humidified air to every room of the house, minimizing cold triggers, dry, itchy skin and static shocks.

Digital Control provides accurate information and automatically delivers proper humidity levels continually; regardless of the temperature or conditions.
  • Know your relative humidity.
  • Know when your system is running.
  • Know when to replace your water panel™. (Evaporative Only)
  • Know immediately when service is needed.
  • Turn on the HVAC blower for humidification.

For some homes, a manual control may be recommended. The Aprilaire digital control can be used in manual mode. Still providing all the great benefits of the Automatic control that your customer wants:
  • Relative humidity percentage
  • When unit needs service
  • When unit needs maintenance
  • When unit is on and operating properly

Built for you

  • Reduced nuisance calls - control tells homeowners when service is required.
  • Research indicates that 84% of customers would choose digital control and are willing to pay up to $70 more for the upgraded features provided by Aprilaire. With 98% of households in need of a humidifier, that means bigger profit margins in an untapped market.
  • Both the unit and the control were specially designed for easy installation - the easiest in the industry. Limited tools and parts make the job simple, saving you valuable time and money. The humidifier control requires only a simple 3/4-inch drill bit and no tin snips.
  • Service codes on the digital display of the control panel allow your customers to communicate with you more clearly, saving time on service calls.
  • When customers know exactly when a water panel replacement is needed, they'll call you for product installation, giving you another opportunity to assess their indoor air quality needs.

Residential Steam Humidification

  • Quality and Reliability
    - Proven design using electrode technology perfected by Dr-Steem® a subsidiary of Research Products.

  • Easy to Install
    - Remote or duct mount with no additional accessories.

  • Easy to Maintain
    - No cleaning or scrubbing, simply remove canister and replace.

  • Dispersion and Absorption
    - Steam dispersion technology, ensures proper dispersion into the air, preventing condensation in duct.

  • No Accessories Required
    - Water filtration not needed even in most difficult conditions.
    - Control, dispersion tube, steam hose and drain tube included in the box.

Model 850 Fan Pack

  • Weight: 10 lbs, 24 VAC, 60 HZ and 0.75 Amps
  • The Model 850 Fan Pack marries with the Aprilaire Model 800 Steam Humidifier to provide comfortable humidity levels to homes without duct work.
  • Quiet Operation makes the Model 850 Fan Pack practically unnoticeable
  • Designed to blend into a home's environment
  • Easy install - Recessed into a wall and connects directly to the Model 800 Steam Humidifier.

Voltage kW Maximum Steam Capacity Current Draw (amps) Humidifier unit operating weight
gal/day Amps lbs
120V 1.4 11.5 11.5 23
208V 2.4 20.5 11.5 23
240V 2.8 23.3 11.5 23
  • Water Hardness - 3 to 36 grain per gallon, water filtration not necessary
  • Supply water pressure must be between 25 psi and 120 psi
  • Drain water flushes with fresh inlet water
  • Electrical draw 11.5 amps ±10%, use 12.7 amps when sizing circuit 208 or 240V, run two conductors plus neutral plus ground
  • Canister replacement once per humidifier season under normal conditions. Unit will automatically notify when canister must be replaced.


Steam Humidifiers for businesses

The Need for Precise Humidity Control is Widespread.

Many businesses have valuable inventories and specific processes that require protection. Most businesses rely significantly upon electronics to conduct day-to-day operations and all strive to increase employee productivity. Insufficient humidity levels in the workplace, however, can present significant roadblocks.

The light commercial solution is steam humidification from Aprilaire.

Your customers need a humidification system that is designed with their applications in mind. A steam system will provide them the capacity and precise humidity control they need. You need a humidification system that is built with you-the contractor-in mind. A steam system will provide you easy installation and maintenance, and will reduce service callbacks by maintaining accurate control of your customers' humidity needs. You and your customers need Aprilaire.


Aprilaire Steam Humidifiers are built to last.

Through extensive research and over 50 years expertise in humidification control, Aprilaire has incorporated superior design features into each of the three models of Steam Humidifiers:

  • Model 1150: 12 lb/hr unit featuring on/off control
  • Model 1160: 24 lb/hr unit featuring a modulating output designed to regulate the output of the humidifier based on the humidity need in the building
  • Model 1180: 48 lb/hr unit featuring a modulating output designed to regulate the output of the humidifier based on the humidity need in the building


A complete humidification system in a single box-ready to ship now.

Both full self-contained units come with everything needed for installation:

  • Steam Humidifier
  • Automatic Control
  • Air Flow Proving Switch
  • Steam Distribution Tube
  • 10 ft. Flexible Steam Hose

Optional Components:

  • Hanging Bracket Kit
  • High Humidity Limit Switch


Aprilaire helps you make opportunities happen.

Add a profitable new line to your company with Aprilaire's new Steam Humidifiers. Ask your Aprilaire distributor, or call 800-334-6011 for more information.

Commercial Humidification Calculation Software

Use this (Windows) software to determine the Aprilaire Humidifier that's perfect for your application - (HumidCalcSoft.exe). This is an EXE file. Right click and choose "Save Target As." When the download is complete, find the file on your computer and double click on it to install. If you choose to install this software after download, please note that NO information is collected or shared during installation or while the program is resident on your computer. It is simply a stand-alone program that we hope you'll find informative and useful.

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