Re: Whole House Filtration/ Electronic Air Cleaners

[Guest guest]

Hi Barb,

The guardian does not sell an electronic filter, that page compared

their product to an electron air filter among others.

The guardian heat exchanger has a pipe to the outside and sucks in

cold air and it warms the incoming cold air through a heat exchanger

which is expelling stale warm, inside air through another pipe. Our

basement ceiling was removed so suction vents were put into my

bathrooms upstairs and hallway. The fresh air is simply dumped into

the suction side(return) of my furnace.

My inlaws put in a heat exchanger, but they did it the simple way.

The heat exhanger removes inside air from the return side of the

furnace and puts fresh air into the return side as well, but its

pipe is way closer to the furnace fan.

You already have a cold air pipe pulling in cold air and the

incoming air will simply find escapes through bathroom and kitchen

fans, leaky windows, doors etc.

If you put in a MERV 11 pleated filter that fits your electronic

filter's slot, you should be fine. The heat exchanger saves a

little money because it captures back some of your outgoing heat,

but that is offset by the cost of putting it in. Heat exchangers

are pressure neutral to the house, but I like the idea of having a

positive pressure myself. You said you don't plan on living there

long, just find a filter to fit and keep your furnace fan running 24

hours a day and you will have clean fresh air. The links I gave

must have your size there, they list a few electronic filter

replacements.

Fletch

[Guest guest]

Hi Barb,

The guardian does not sell an electronic filter, that page compared

their product to an electron air filter among others.

The guardian heat exchanger has a pipe to the outside and sucks in

cold air and it warms the incoming cold air through a heat exchanger

which is expelling stale warm, inside air through another pipe. Our

basement ceiling was removed so suction vents were put into my

bathrooms upstairs and hallway. The fresh air is simply dumped into

the suction side(return) of my furnace.

My inlaws put in a heat exchanger, but they did it the simple way.

The heat exhanger removes inside air from the return side of the

furnace and puts fresh air into the return side as well, but its

pipe is way closer to the furnace fan.

You already have a cold air pipe pulling in cold air and the

incoming air will simply find escapes through bathroom and kitchen

fans, leaky windows, doors etc.

If you put in a MERV 11 pleated filter that fits your electronic

filter's slot, you should be fine. The heat exchanger saves a

little money because it captures back some of your outgoing heat,

but that is offset by the cost of putting it in. Heat exchangers

are pressure neutral to the house, but I like the idea of having a

positive pressure myself. You said you don't plan on living there

long, just find a filter to fit and keep your furnace fan running 24

hours a day and you will have clean fresh air. The links I gave

must have your size there, they list a few electronic filter

replacements.

Fletch