Recommendations for electronic air filter?

[YNOT2K]

can anyone give recommendations for a whole house electronic air cleaner? the kind that goes in the cold air return ducting.
also looking for best price, so any recommendations for where to buy would be appreciated too.
any tricks to installing it myself?

thanks.

 

[theoldwizard1]

This is a "be careful what you ask for, you just might get it !"

Electronic air filters require frequent cleaning, like once a month, for them to be effective. Best way to clean them (used to be) in a dishwasher,

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

...Electronic air filters require frequent cleaning, like once a month, for them to be effective. Best way to clean them (used to be) in a dishwasher,

We literally JUST had the entire HVAC system in our house replaced. Finished last Friday. This included having all the asbestos wrapped ducting removed/replaced. We went with a Goodman system. Looked at Trane and others but the Goodman has a lifetime warranty on a stainless firebox - our old, cracked one was the reason we had to make the investment now, and also the fact that the A/C unit had died last summer.

Our contractor and the literature told us we only need to put the filters into the dishwasher about every 6 months. Don't know if that would be different in other less dry parts of the country compared to SoCal.

 

[K'ledgeBldr]

Whenever I had a buyer that wanted an EAC, my HVAC contractor installed this one-
http://www.aprilaire.com/index.php?znfAction=ProductDetails&category=7&item=5000

It's the number 1 rated EAC on the market.

 

[YNOT2K]

thanks for the responses so far.

any insight into whether i can install one myself?

 

[K'ledgeBldr]

Insight scale:

HANDY-----/-----/-----/-----/-----/-----/-----/--$--/-----/-----Professional

Somewhere in there-
Sheet metal work (rebuild the plenum), electrical work (need dedicated 15amp circuit), General HVAC knowledge.

 

[YNOT2K]

Insight scale:

HANDY-----/-----/-----/-----/-----/-----/-----/--$--/-----/-----Professional

Somewhere in there-
Sheet metal work (rebuild the plenum), electrical work (need dedicated 15amp circuit), General HVAC knowledge.

yikes! i thought it would just wire into the furnace's supply panel, like a thermostat. rethinking this now....

 

[HVAC Phil]

If you have a newer furnace, there will be EAC terminals for the power to the air cleaner. You don't need a seperate circuit for it.

 

[Tech Guy]

Had one for over 12 years. PITA. Glad I got rid of it when I replaced the furnace.

 

[YNOT2K]

here is what i have to work with - the sheet metal seems to be already in place for a quick install. let me know what you all think.

 

[csp]

Is that the return or supply duct?

I prefer the 3"-5" thick, low pressure drop filters like the Air Bear vs. electronic.

 

[YNOT2K]

it's the cold air return. the heated air goes out the back at the bottom.

 

[YNOT2K]

Is that the return or supply duct?

I prefer the 3"-5" thick, low pressure drop filters like the Air Bear vs. electronic.

just checked out the Air Bear online and they look good. thanks for the advise. i may end up going that route.

 

[hobie1dog]

You should check this out before you spend alot of money on a conventional electronic air filter:

 

[Tech Guy]

Holy **** that looks like my old furnace and the template for the Honeywell POS I had !

 

[Rudyjr]

I installed a Spacegard filter that is a pleated media filter. If the installers left room for an electronic filter there is enough room for a Spacegard. Elements are fairly expensive but you only change them once a year. I believe that they are now Aprilaire :http://www.aprilaire.com/index.php?znfAction=ProductDetails&category=7&item=2200

 

[John Timmins]

Thanks for all the comments. I wanted to know about these