Diy Air Filter Box Fan

There will be a little arrow on the filter showing which way the air should flow.
Diy air filter box fan. Most conventional air purifiers on the market have decidedly puny air filters that measure well under 10 x 10. Using our lighthouse 3016 iaq laser particle counter air samples were collected for 2 minutes with a 2 min delay. The diy box fan filter was able to drop pm2 5 particulates down 77 the hepa filter dropped the pm10 down 94 46. This filter will filter pollen dust mites mold spores bacteria proplet nuclei droplets from sneezing and smoke.
Build an affordable air purifier with a box fan and hepa filter mike senese he is also a tv host starring in various engineering and science shows for discovery channel including punkin chunkin how stuff works and catch it keep it. This project is so simple and inexpensive. 20 inch box fan. This set up was done in 2 rooms.
In fact most purifiers have filters that are around 6 x 8 or 9. 20 by 20 by 1 merv 13 furnace filter. One with the box fan and one with the hepa filter. On the other hand when you fit a filter for a box fan the most active area will extend across the entire diameter of the blades.