Last summer at the end of July, our air conditioner fan died. Seeing as how the house was built in 86 and is a manufactured home, it wasn't a big surprise. We live in Las Vegas where the summers are brutal. This particular day the temperature in the house reached 102 degrees. We took bids on a new heating and air conditioner system. We need a 4 ton air conditioner to keep our 1500 SQF home cool.
We got the system including new lines for 5 grand installed. The owner of the heating and air conditioning company was an old guy who had been in the business 40 years. Wile his guys were working, we got to shooting the breeze and the topic of filters came up. I had asked him about these filters that claimed to trap more particles and cost much more. I asked him if they were worth their price. He said don't use them. I said why not. Because to trap more particles, the holes that let air through have to be smaller. The more it traps, the smaller the holes have to be. As a result of these filters, your fan motor pulls less air through the filter. This means that there is less cold air getting into your house. Less air in the house means the air conditioner will run longer trying to cool down the house. We replace these motors all the time and they aren't cheap. People buy into the advertising when you hear things like it removes more dust and pet hair! Removes spoors and mores! I guess. Because of living in the desert there is a lot more dust. I've found that by changing my filters twice a month and using the second from the bottom filters that lets more air through that in the long run, I'm saving more on my 400 dollar a month electric bill and my filter cost is 120 dollars a year. Even in the owner's manual for my heating and air conditioning system it warns against these high end filters as doing more harm them good and actually can cause damage to your heating and air conditioning system. Alan Please click on: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ There, you'll find files of my arrangements and performances played on the Yamaha Tyros keyboard. I often add files so check back regularly! The albums in Technics format formerly on my website are still available upon request. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Fowle" <fo...@ski.org> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 4:40 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Air Purification Systems > Claudia, > You should change or wash your furnace filter as often as is reccommende > You could get a so-called HEPA filter for more money > those are not washable but are a much finer filter that is pretty muh as > good > as anybody needs. > > From all you've said, i doubt you have a mold problem and if your > allergologist > said no, that's pretty good, much better ahan any commercial inspector. > > Tom > > On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 06:19:27PM -0500, Claudia wrote: >> What do you mean by forced air? >> I'm not sure. >> >> We have a heating and cooling system, in one; we have vents, and the >> duct work is all in the basement. I'm thinking that this is forced air? >> The vents are floor-level, and the filters are just the kind you slide in >> and out of the furnace, nothing electronic! >> >> Claudia >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Dale Leavens >> To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 4:07 PM >> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Air Purification Systems >> >> >> >> Claudia, >> >> Do you have a forced air furnace system? Does it have an electronic >> filter? >> >> Dale Leavens. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Claudia >> To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 4:41 PM >> Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Air Purification Systems >> >> RJ, >> >> Do you recall how much you paid for your air purifier? >> >> Claudia >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: RJ >> To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 3:40 PM >> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Testing for Mold? >> >> I do have one from Shaklee, that my wife swear by. I don't have >> allergies, so I can't tell. Plus the house is only 7 years old. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Claudia >> To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 16:36 >> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Testing for Mold? >> >> County Health Dept. referred me to a company that you have to pay. >> When I did talk with this company, they stated they could come out and >> do an initial inspection for free. >> They also stated that mold clean-up can get very, very expensive, and >> it doesn't permanently cure the problem because it could potentially come >> back? >> Then, he talked to me about purchasing an air purification system, one >> that he swears by, of course, that only costs $750, plus tax. Go figure! >> >> Does anyone know whether these air purification systems really work? If >> anything, I would ask him, if we could try it, for a week or two, before >> deciding whether or not we wanted to purchase. >> I think this guy probably just wants my money, but at this point, I >> don't know of any other companies that come out to test. >> >> Claudia >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Tom Fowle >> To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 12:48 PM >> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Testing for Mold? >> >> The last place you should go is a company that also fixes the >> roblem, it's one of the big current scams out there. >> >> Molds and mildew and th like are everywhere and apparrently not usually >> a >> real problem. unless you've had long term water remaining in your >> place. >> >> County health dept. sounds like a good plan. >> >> Tom >> >> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus >> signature database 5199 (20100615) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus >> signature database 5199 (20100615) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus >> signature database 5199 (20100615) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus >> signature database 5199 (20100615) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> >> >> >> >> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus >> signature database 5199 (20100615) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> >> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus >> signature database 5199 (20100615) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! 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