Re: Would this filter work in my holmes window fan?

[Guest guest]

Hopefully someone else will contribute besides me but it's not

expensive so I would try it and see, but I would only run the fan while

you are home. This way if fan overheats it doesn't start a fire when

you aren't there. Turn it off when you go out or go to bed always. If

you run it for weeks without problem, then perhaps you can go to bed

without fear. If it doesn't work, you can use an extra fabric on your

vents. The only problem I see with filters if they are so tight that

air flow is restricted to point motor overheats and causes a fire.

Possibly motor may overheat and it ruins motor only and not start a

fire.

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> I could cut this. Any thoughts?

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> http://www.theallergyreliefcenter.com/store/moreinfo2.cfm?

Product_ID=36

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> Hope THIS URL comes thru.

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[Guest guest]

Thanks Barb. Geez I never thought about a fire...good point.

Sorry the vacuum link didn't come through. Do you use a hepa vacuum?

I've never liked this vacuum actually.

[Guest guest]

if your attaching it to the back grill its not going to fit up tight,

if it starts getting full of dust ect. the air well start makeing its

way around it instead of through it,depends on many things, how tight

it fits,(mine have a plastic cup in the center, i just used a few

pieces of tape to hold it in place and so i could take it off easily

and take outside in beat the dust out once in a while, like you would

a aor inlet filter or carborator filter in a car. if you cook alot of

greasy foods it no dought would get clogged with grease,mot good. you

just have to experment and keep a eye on it, to many veriables to

consider, if your house is pretty dust free and the filter is not fit

tight it should be fine, not much different than filters on ac's or

other air intake devices. ? but yes,good to keep a eye on it until

you see.

>

> Hopefully someone else will contribute besides me but it's not

> expensive so I would try it and see, but I would only run the fan

while

> you are home. This way if fan overheats it doesn't start a fire

when

> you aren't there. Turn it off when you go out or go to bed

always. If

> you run it for weeks without problem, then perhaps you can go to

bed

> without fear. If it doesn't work, you can use an extra fabric on

your

> vents. The only problem I see with filters if they are so tight

that

> air flow is restricted to point motor overheats and causes a fire.

> Possibly motor may overheat and it ruins motor only and not start a

> fire.

>

> --- In , " jill1313 " <jenbooks13@>

wrote:

> >

> > I could cut this. Any thoughts?

> >

> > http://www.theallergyreliefcenter.com/store/moreinfo2.cfm?

> Product_ID=36

> >

> > Hope THIS URL comes thru.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I have an ten year old Kriby vaccum I use hepa bags for but am moving

toward all hard surfaces, so thought I would not invest in hepa vacuum

UNLESS I find one that is very reasonable, as I need as much money as

possible for health care costs and house repairs, but it would be nice

for vaccuming some things. I took up my wall to wall carpeting. Other

things I clean off different ways, swiffer duster, damp cloth. ly

I'm afraid to aerosolize any dust. Vaccuming can be helpful so if it

was maybe few hundred dollars. I did see a good deal on a badless

hepa, Dyson, but didn't act fast enough. I do have a Shop Vac, which I

have never used but looks like it perhaps would take the CleanStream

filters if it is the right model. It's just so cumbersome to handle.

I hate vaccums. I've never had any luck with the hand vacs. They

usually pick nothing up and I wish I had not bought the upright I have

since it is very very heavy, out before hepa, Kirby. I feel I've spent

enough money on vacuums and haven't liked any of them so far. I'd

rather put the money toward more non-fabric things and not need one at

all. However my Kirby with hepa bags has alot of air leakage as I can

smell the dust when I'm vaccuming.

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> Thanks Barb. Geez I never thought about a fire...good point.

>

> Sorry the vacuum link didn't come through. Do you use a hepa vacuum?

>

> I've never liked this vacuum actually.

>

[Guest guest]

I would imagine it would just burn out the motor and motor would stop,

but you don't want to take a chance. I would run all day some time

when you are going to be home all day and awake. After running it, see

if there is any burnt odor near motor, feel the motor to see how hot

and the plug to see if plug is hot.

>

> Thanks Barb. Geez I never thought about a fire...good point.

>

> Sorry the vacuum link didn't come through. Do you use a hepa vacuum?

>

> I've never liked this vacuum actually.

>

[Guest guest]

They are cumbersome to handle but they are also great because they are

easy to wash.

I had not realized how much dust s created when contractors work but

the wet dry vacumn with the gore-tex filter was able to

handle sawdust and drywall dust on a large scale and still not make me

sick when it was used..

It is very clean after the dust, etc, is hosed off..

When I do that I also wash the hoses out and the inside of the bucket,

top areas, etc.. Its around a 10 or 15 minute chore..

There is no way our upright vac could handle that much dust.

Plus, I think that the ability of being able to wash the filters and

the unit itself makes a huge difference.

Standard HEPA material looks like some kind of paper.. but I am sure

it is porous on a microcellular level.

I wonder if one could use an ultrasonic cleaner or something similar

to wash standard HEPA filters using some kind of solvent/agitation

process.. to dislodge the stuff that it catches, so it could be

reused..

Sort of like dry cleaning????

That might be a workable solution if it worked. I am asking about the

thin, non-charcoal kind.. Has anybody ever tried it?

I wonder what they look like under a microscope..

On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 4:33 PM, barb1283 <barb1283@...> wrote:

> I have an ten year old Kriby vaccum I use hepa bags for but am moving

> toward all hard surfaces, so thought I would not invest in hepa vacuum

> UNLESS I find one that is very reasonable, as I need as much money as

> possible for health care costs and house repairs, but it would be nice

> for vaccuming some things. I took up my wall to wall carpeting. Other

> things I clean off different ways, swiffer duster, damp cloth. ly

> I'm afraid to aerosolize any dust. Vaccuming can be helpful so if it

> was maybe few hundred dollars. I did see a good deal on a badless

> hepa, Dyson, but didn't act fast enough. I do have a Shop Vac, which I

> have never used but looks like it perhaps would take the CleanStream

> filters if it is the right model. It's just so cumbersome to handle.

> I hate vaccums. I've never had any luck with the hand vacs. They

> usually pick nothing up and I wish I had not bought the upright I have

> since it is very very heavy, out before hepa, Kirby. I feel I've spent

> enough money on vacuums and haven't liked any of them so far. I'd

> rather put the money toward more non-fabric things and not need one at

> all. However my Kirby with hepa bags has alot of air leakage as I can

> smell the dust when I'm vaccuming.

>

>

>>

>> Thanks Barb. Geez I never thought about a fire...good point.

>>

>> Sorry the vacuum link didn't come through. Do you use a hepa vacuum?

>>

>> I've never liked this vacuum actually.

>>

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