How to Install an Electronic Air Cleaner | This Old House
How to Install an Electronic Air Cleaner | This Old House
Improving indoor air quality with This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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Shopping List for Installing an Electronic Air Cleaner:
– electronic air cleaner
– self-adhesive gasket
– sheet metal duct and flexible adapter
– foil-faced duct tape
Tools for Installing an Electronic Air Cleaner:
– drill/driver
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Did you have the baffles installed in the bottom of the duct adapter ? Love to see a real setup vs the drawing
make and model?
We have very hard water here. It creates real problems. In fact, after taking a shower, it is necessary to use a squeegee or towel to dry the glass shower door else mineral deposits will quickly build up on it. I’d be concerned that if the electronic filter were washed in the dishwasher, minerals could build up on it thereby causing it to become ineffective.
Does anyone know whether that could be a problem?
"don’t cut yourself" "don’t cut yourself" How about giving her a pair of work gloves instead.
Oh my god!!! just like in my parents house
Unfortunately I can only fit one at a time in my dishwasher.
does this replace the paper/ cloth filter, or does this work in addition to it?
my cleaner stopped working wont turn on or light up saying its on. how do you diagnose issues
‘Okay’ counter anyone?
I have installed 2 F300 electronic air cleaners by Honeywell. The first one when I push the test button I would get a strong zapping nosie put the 2nd one I installed the zapping noise isn’t as strong , did I do something wrong ? My house has been pretty dusty with the 2nd air cleaner.
Love those hands, with no gloves,"whatch it, there sharp!" Rule one, wear gloves and eyewear.
these electronic air cleaners produce ozone, a lung irritant and possible health concern. I took mine out of my house and replaced them with high quality disposable filters
Probably a couple of Saburus parked in the driveway……
This shows the unit being installed vertically… I wonder if it could be installed horizontally?
Probably a couple of Saburus parked in the driveway……
How are the electronic filters cleaned when they get dirty?
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Be nice to know what brand this air cleaner is?
I can just imagine it zapping all day long..
electrostatic precipitator – cleaned these often
The unit used in this video appears to be the Trane Perfect Fit Air Cleaner…..
https://www.trane.com/residential/en/products/add-on-components/air-quality/trane-perfect-fit.html
I just added a Carrier Electronic Air Filter to my unit. I installed it at the base of my air handler, in a horizontal position, per instructions. However, my system now has a "Turbulence Issue " that apparently is not uncommon. What exactly to do about it is where I am now. I don’t have the knowledge to assess this correctly and unfortunately, my HVAC guy is stumped as well. I think I’ll have to change the duct work as it leaves the unit. It currently (and by the way, worked perfectly before I installed this EAF. only 8 month old 3.5 ton Carrier Heat Pump) has a straight 90 coming from the air handler outlet and into the main duct system. I’m going to fabricate a 90 with a radius at the intersection. Instead of the straight 90.
I have lost most of my air volume as you get to the fartherest vent.
any comments on Air Turbulence related to an EAF would be appreciated.
Richard is very concerned about her fingers in this and her not cutting them. I guess he knows she needs them for other things
What brand is this Electronic Air Filter? And where can it be purchased? I presently have a Honeywell Electronic Filter installed in my A/C Heat air intake located in the hallway f my home – it is housed in the the forced air system return vent. Installed in 1977, but continues to work just zapping away at particles. The fin or grid system looks very much like the one you installed except the fin housing loads in the front rather than side entry as the model you installed. Each 90 days for the past 39 years I remove the units and wash them on my driveway..never thought of the using the dishwasher.
The wall opening is 24 X 24 and the electronics occupy the upper 4 X 24 and each grid panel is 12 X 20
So where can I find the unit you used? I don’t know how much longer my Honeywell will last. The electronics has been replaced once but I bet there is little chance it could be replaced again…Response to michaelmrw@gmail,com would be appreciated—MichaelR
He stripped the shit out of that first zip screw
My air handler runs on 240V and there is no convenient source of 120V near the air handler. Do they make units which will run on 240V?