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All About Filters

Fiberglass throw-a-way filters is the most common of all filters used by residential homeowners.  They are easy to locate in any grocery, retail or hardware store.  These disposable air filters are rigidly constructed using a progressively dense fiberglass or polyester media to maximize dust-holding capacity. The sides for the filter are made of a heavy-duty, one-piece fiberboard frame. Available in 1” and 2" thickness in all common and custom sizes.

 Good Things About The Filter                             

  • They are cheap to buy.

Bad Things About The Filter

  • They are expensive to use!

  • They were designed to hold dirt and work like a sponge, holding until full and then the filter begins releasing the dirt into the blower and coils creating mechanical, maintenance, wear and tear issues.

  • They must be changed every month to provide any useful operation and protection of the equipment.

  • The pressure drop through the filter drags on the blower motor creating additional wear.

Every heating and cooling service company should love these filters.  They provide more nuisance, wear and tear service opportunities they any other product in the market place.  Provides NO consistent protection for Danger Level 1 hazards.

Pleated throw-a-way filters.  The next most common filters used by residential homeowners.  They are usually found at a hardware store or specialty supplier.  These disposable air filters are rigidly constructed using an extended surface pleated filter media produced from high quality blends of natural and man-made fibers with metal pleats implanted across the media for additional strength and stability allowing the filter to remain rigid increasing efficiency and low resistance to air flow.  The media can be ordered in different efficiency ratings.

 Good Things About The Filter                             

  • They are fairly economical to buy and use.
  • The stability of the pleated material keeps them from acting as a dirty bag spilling dirt back into the system and allows a higher percentage of airflow than the fiberglass.

Bad Things About The Filter

  • They were designed to hold dirt and work like a sponge, holding until full and then the filter begins releasing the dirt into the blower and coils creating mechanical, maintenance, wear and tear issues.

  • They must be changed every two (2) months to provide any useful operation and protection of the equipment.

  • The pressure drop through the filter although better than the fiberglass, still creates a drag on the blower motor creating additional wear.

These filters provide a viable protection of the equipment.  There is NO consistent protected for Danger Level 1 hazards. 

The Electrostatic Air Filter.  These filters were designed to replace the fiberglass throw-a-way filter offering homeowners an economic, permanent and cleanable filter that not only protects the equipment, but also begins the important job of addressing Level 1 Health Effects.  This allows people the piece of mind of a good filter without paying for one.  This filter is only as good as the care it is given.

 Good Things About The Filter

  • It fits the same mounting rack as the most common throw-a-way filters simplifying installation.

  • They are washable media minimizing your investment in filters over the life of the equipment.

  • They improve on the amount of air flowing through the filter decreasing pressure drop.

  • This filter is designed to create a static charge from the airflow allowing it to act like an electronic filter without the electric to trap airborne containments in the filter media.

 Bad Things About The Filter

  • They must be cleaned every two months or so to remain effective.

  • The pressure drop has improved, but it still allows drag on the blower motor.

  • If the media is not kept clean, you loose the ability to create a static charge from the airflow allowing your Electrostatic Air Filter to become a sponge just like the throw-a-way rendering it useless for equipment or Level 1 Health Hazards.

These filters provide a viable protection of the equipment and with proper bi-monthly cleaning can provide basic Level 1 Health Hazard Protection.

The Electronic Air Filter.  These filters were designed for Level 1 Health Hazards protection first with equipment protection as a secondary job.  With the electronic air filter you have an electric charge designed to trap airborne particles and you are not reliant on airflow to create it.  This filter has replaceable media providing the best protection for contaminants trapped in the filter by disposing of it in lieu of trusting that the media was washed clean. 

 Good Things About The Filter

  • It fits the same mounting rack as the most common throw-a-way filters simplifying installation.

  • It has replacement media allowing you to keep the same mounting frame minimizing your investment in filters over the life of the equipment.

  • They improve on the amount of air flowing through the filter decreasing pressure drop.

  • This filter is designed to create a static charge allowing it to trap airborne containments in the filter media helping to clean the air of particulates.

  • This filter media in most cases can be replaced bi-annually.

 Bad Things About The Filter

  • The media must be changed bi-annually to keep it addressing Level 1 Health Hazards.

These filters provide a viable protection of the equipment and with proper bi-annual replacement of media will provide a consistent Level 1 Health Hazard Protection.

Electronic Air Filter HEPA.  The next generation Electronic Air Filter offers HEPA CLASS™ PERFORMANCE for about 1/4 of the price of HEPA air cleaner. It silently works in the background while you work, play or sleep. It purifies your indoor air to the smallest particle. This filter is a high security prison for mites, bacteria, mould, viruses and other harmful microscopic airborne particles and organisms. Its electro-fibers evenly deliver just the right amount of charge to feather-light media. Once charged, the media acts as a powerful magnet quietly attracting particles below one micron.

Good Things About The Filter

  • Higher efficiency of the media let’s it reach out and grab something from the air flow in lieu of waiting for it to settle and be trapped in the media.

  • Lower pressure drop helps to allow the blower unit to operate without effects from the filter and media.

  • Superior electronics has maximized performance while minimizing operating costs.

Bad Things About The Filter

  • The media must be changed bi-annually to keep it addressing Level 1 Health Hazards.

These filters provide the best protection of the equipment and with proper bi-annual replacement of media will provide a consistent Level 1 Health Hazard Protection.

 All of the above filters have the same Most Common Problem – The homeowner forgets the filter is there or remembers seasonally at best.

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