How to Replace the Fan Motor in your Alpine Air Purifier
Before you begin to dismantle your unit, make sure your unit has been turned off and is unplugged! Removing the fan motor from your XL15 purifier should be easy to follow along as it involves a process of removing parts from the front and rear of the unit (hence, giving access to the fan motor). If performed correctly, the process shouldn’t take longer than 15-30 minutes!
Starting with the front of the unit, first remove the two knobs for the ozone (purifier) and fan by sliding them off (pull them towards you). Next, remove the front grill by unscrewing its screws. Then, remove the fan motor’s fan blade (pull it towards you again). Once you’ve done these three steps, you’re ready to move onto the disassembly of the back of your unit!
From the rear of the unit, start by removing the lint screen filter, then remove the ozone plate(s). After, flip the unit carefully so that it is resting on its top and remove the four screws located at each corner. Flip the unit back to standing on its bottom. Now, you want to locate 3 separate red wires all coming from the unit’s chassis. Two of the three red wires should be connected to the fan motor while the other one connects to the needlepoint ionizer located right above the fan motor. Carefully disconnect all three of these wires. Once you remove these wires, you’re ready to gain access to the fan motor!
Carefully remove the chassis from the cabinet. Once you locate the fan motor, locate the fan motor bracket (it should be connected to the fan motor with two long connecting screws). Unscrew these two screws using pliers if necessary (if your unit is old or has accumulated rust). If there is no way to unscrew the screws with a screwdriver or plier, you will have to use cutters to cut and break the screws so that you can remove your fan motor. Each new air purifier you’ve purchased should come with two extra screws, so don’t worry if you must!
Now remove the old fan motor and carefully pay attention to the way it is positioned and located (as you will be placing the new fan motor the exact same way). Then, place the new motor in and screw the two original screws (or new if you stripped them) so that the fan motor and the fan motor bracket are securely connected again. After, put the chassis back into place in the cabinet to ensure the two front metal pieces on which the knobs fit go through the two holes on the front of the cabinet. With the chassis inside the cabinet, reconnect the three red wires back to where they were originally. Two wires should go to the new fan motor and one wire to the needlepoint ionizer (it doesn’t matter which wire goes where, they’re all the same). If you have difficulty connected the third wire to the needlepoint ionizer, try to reach into the chassis from the front of your unit and connect the wire as the needlepoint ionizer is much closer to the front of the unit than the back. Now, you can secure your unit!
Flip the machine upside down and fasten the four screws that hold the chassis to the cabinet. Then, after making sure the chassis was placed in the right position so that it could fit the two knobs, reconnect the two knobs in the front. Then reconnect the fan blade to the fan motor carefully and gently. Once this is secure, place the fan grill, ozone plate(s), and then the lint screen filter back the same way you took them off. Now you’re ready to start using your air purifier once again!
If your unit still has issues, it’s more than likely something is not connected well (red wires maybe) or there is a bigger problem within the unit (electrical). If this is the case, we highly recommend our unique and special trade-in program since old XL15 air purifiers are no longer repairable. We actually recommend this program even if your XL15 unit it working simply because its technology is out of date and you aren’t getting the best quality air! Instead of replacing your blade, you’re better off replacing the entire unit! You could replace the fan blade, however you’re more than likely to encounter the same problem again as well as additional wear and tear issues. The newer and identical model to the XL15 is the Classic LA-3500 v2.0 which is more powerful and provides for quick and efficient air pollution control and reduction. Protection against corrosion, more powerful ionization, more sanitizing power, enhanced protection, and improved filtration are all benefits that come with the new and improved version of the XL15! In fact any of our newer models are better than the XL15 version, chiefly because greater efficient square foot coverage. Please take a visit to alpineairtechnologies.com!
