Call me crazy but I think despite the fumes wood fires exhaust, I always feel the fire actually cleanses the air and actually it smells really nice too.
Moving into an apartment after three decades in houses, I'm learning how bad CO2 build-up can be, esp. since it pools from the floor up, and my futon bed is low. A C-R filter works great, but I'm considering a soda lime filter for the CO2. This might be particularly helpful around babies and day care, if there are no side-effects.
The Corsi-Rosenthal filter is easy to search on TH-cam, or even to imagine taping a 20x20 filter to a simple box fan. I have two and they work fairly well. The Corsi is a step up.
As an ex HVAC tech A simple box fan motor will burn up due to restriction of the said filters. I recommend getting one from a store with a good warranty, because it will get hot and fail. Have you ever seen a box fan sold with a filter? Or seen filters made for box fans?
Hi Miles. I had similar concerns and initially watched my Corsi Rosenthal boxes like a hawk. It turns out that the four (or even five) filter cube design allows so much airflow that there really isn't much resistance on the fan motor at all. I have regularly run them in 8-hour intervals for six months without issue. Common sense stuff like not running them in an unoccupied space is still smart though. 👍 The only box fan/filter model I am aware of is the Lasko FF305 Air Flex 2-in-1. It uses a MERV 10 filter, and I wouldn't feel comfortable upping it to the recommended MERV 13.
It would be also interesting to understand which role do sensors (CO2, PM2.5 etc..) play in this, especially if energy efficiency of the whole system is also a factor which need to be watched. What do you guys think?
It’s funny to me we’re isolating homes seal tight, just to start blowing air through it. We need air people! Might as well just not seal the building so tight. And yes this also means we are bound to lose heat to this airflow! There is no way around it, we are humans!
🤪I'm not scared of covid. We have flu every year in every country and it will never stop happening. Nothing has changed that. But it is good to pay attention to air quality. We need testers.
equity equity equity please say something different about my equity for a change tired of getting picked over by my own damn family im on an air quality video not the zoo!
She’s soooooo scared of Covid and did soooooo many things to prevent it and still got it, but she wants you to know how wonderful and better than us she is. How does she work at a science magazine? Incredible.
Or we could stop listening to the advice given by people who are freaked out by life in general (like video above) for a virus that is mild in nature who do not kow what they are talking about Seriously you work for a "science magazine"..... and your duct tape filter box in a dorm room is not comparable to a hospital.
It is not race so much as socioeconomic status. The most deleterious environmental industries are often located in poor areas because they lack the resources to contest placement.
Last 2 and half years I have spent mostly indoors due to the situation. I never fell sick, I never contracted COVID. Indoor air quality is anyway good considering you stay in a less polluted environment. So these videos are just money making schemes to make Dyson or other companies rich!
How about putting the link to those plans in the description
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Here are directions for making your own DIY air filter - the CorsiRosenthal Box cleanaircrew.org/box-fan-filters/
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Call me crazy but I think despite the fumes wood fires exhaust, I always feel the fire actually cleanses the air and actually it smells really nice too.
Moving into an apartment after three decades in houses, I'm learning how bad CO2 build-up can be, esp. since it pools from the floor up, and my futon bed is low. A C-R filter works great, but I'm considering a soda lime filter for the CO2. This might be particularly helpful around babies and day care, if there are no side-effects.
If you are interested in CO2 monitoring, we have a new model that is small and compact: th-cam.com/video/z59ve7T407M/w-d-xo.html
FYI, the DIY box is very loud
I set mine to medium or low after a while. As long as it works, eh?
If you do the PC fan model, the noise is less than many HEPA devices
Can you put that link to DIY filters in the description?
The Corsi-Rosenthal filter is easy to search on TH-cam, or even to imagine taping a 20x20 filter to a simple box fan. I have two and they work fairly well. The Corsi is a step up.
As an ex HVAC tech A simple box fan motor will burn up due to restriction of the said filters. I recommend getting one from a store with a good warranty, because it will get hot and fail. Have you ever seen a box fan sold with a filter? Or seen filters made for box fans?
Hi Miles. I had similar concerns and initially watched my Corsi Rosenthal boxes like a hawk. It turns out that the four (or even five) filter cube design allows so much airflow that there really isn't much resistance on the fan motor at all. I have regularly run them in 8-hour intervals for six months without issue. Common sense stuff like not running them in an unoccupied space is still smart though. 👍
The only box fan/filter model I am aware of is the Lasko FF305 Air Flex 2-in-1. It uses a MERV 10 filter, and I wouldn't feel comfortable upping it to the recommended MERV 13.
www.epa.gov/air-research/research-diy-air-cleaners-reduce-wildfire-smoke-indoors
It would be also interesting to understand which role do sensors (CO2, PM2.5 etc..) play in this, especially if energy efficiency of the whole system is also a factor which need to be watched. What do you guys think?
Good to know! Thank you for sharing! Greetings from Canada!💯💯✅✅😃😃
It’s funny to me we’re isolating homes seal tight, just to start blowing air through it. We need air people! Might as well just not seal the building so tight.
And yes this also means we are bound to lose heat to this airflow! There is no way around it, we are humans!
Very neglected area in regards to public health
🤪I'm not scared of covid. We have flu every year in every country and it will never stop happening. Nothing has changed that. But it is good to pay attention to air quality. We need testers.
Pass gas outdoors.
🤣
Any new yorkers here?
Youd think more people, could do more work . But now more people mean more assistance. Because equality of .......... gun power ?
equity equity equity please say something different about my equity for a change tired of getting picked over by my own damn family im on an air quality video not the zoo!
Always sneeze out your window!
The answer is always to force people to do our bidding.
She’s soooooo scared of Covid and did soooooo many things to prevent it and still got it, but she wants you to know how wonderful and better than us she is. How does she work at a science magazine? Incredible.
What you said makes no sense
@@Josh-Parkhill ok
Or we could stop listening to the advice given by people who are freaked out by life in general (like video above) for a virus that is mild in nature who do not kow what they are talking about Seriously you work for a "science magazine"..... and your duct tape filter box in a dorm room is not comparable to a hospital.
Bad air quality makes me sick, I guess “I must be freaked out by life in general”
I was with you until you brought race into it.
It is not race so much as socioeconomic status. The most deleterious environmental industries are often located in poor areas because they lack the resources to contest placement.
Your own fault for being with her until that. This was clearly bullshit from the start.
Such a delicate flower. Please, no one remind him that there are people who are different. Steve is sensitive.
@@olorin4317 Your leftist bullshit is no longer welcome anywhere.
Last 2 and half years I have spent mostly indoors due to the situation. I never fell sick, I never contracted COVID. Indoor air quality is anyway good considering you stay in a less polluted environment. So these videos are just money making schemes to make Dyson or other companies rich!
You figured it out. Will the fan industry ever grow tired of manipulating us with their insidious viral marketing?
@@olorin4317 Fan cools your body through surface evaporation. Dont know about viral marketing but fans are necessary.
Lmao
You really aren't very smart are you?
Move to Venus. If you're having problems on earth. And don't come back complaining that we didn't told you that you forgot carry your food.
Uh oh, I think it's happening. This dude clearly has insufficient oxygen going to his brain.