| Do a quick search on Google using the keyword | | | | light to disinfect the filter, don't I still have to |
| "electronic air cleaner" or " electronic air purifier" | | | | replace the filter regardless of the particles it |
| and you get a list of sites with name brands | | | | catches being made harmless. And don't that |
| advertising all about the same type of air cleaner. | | | | mean I have to replace the UV bulb once a year |
| You got one that goes in the duct work that | | | | now too? |
| uses an ionizer to collect particles into a HEPA | | | | And what about UV electronic air purifiers, despite |
| filter and then there's another one that ionizes | | | | having to replace the UV light, am I then going to |
| particles and traps them onto collection plates. | | | | have to put up with potential hazardous levels of |
| I'd probably pick the electronic air cleaner with the | | | | ozone? |
| filter if I had my rathers because changing a filter | | | | Okay, Just forget it! I mean Jeez, Give me a |
| is a lot more appealing than scrubbing plates once | | | | break? What's the use? |
| a week. But as I'm saying that I'm reminded of | | | | Isn't there a electronic air purifier that doesn't |
| the fact that HEPA filters are pretty expensive | | | | require of me the love and attention of a baby? |
| replacement parts and since I'd have to slap down | | | | Oh Yeah, One of the ads for electronic air |
| a handsome hunk of change for the air purifier in | | | | cleaners I looked at on Google said that the noise |
| the first place, it might be the one with the | | | | it makes is like a blanket of calming white noise to |
| collection plates I want. | | | | help your baby sleep. What if You don't have a |
| The indecision is making me sleepy. | | | | baby? Whatever. |
| But maintenance seems to be the running theme | | | | But there is one type of electronic air purifier that |
| here. | | | | will cover the entire house and doesn't require an |
| What kind of maintenance or replacement parts | | | | emotional investment or yearly maintenance. |
| am I willing to put up with to own an electronic air | | | | (Why didn't I just say so at the start, right?) |
| purifier? | | | | The type I'm talking about is the photo catalytic |
| Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the fact that | | | | electronic air purifier. |
| HEPA air filters are so effective that they can | | | | Instead of throwing all the technologies in one box |
| remove particles as small as .03ppm and the fact | | | | and calling it Multi-Tech, the photo catalysis air |
| that NASA uses them in the space station. But an | | | | cleaner uses multiple technologies in concert with |
| appliance that requires me to replace a expensive | | | | one another to create a ionizer that does not |
| filter once, twice, three times a year is just that. | | | | need a filter or collection plates. |
| Expensive! Another issue with filters is that they | | | | One photo catalytic electronic air purifier can |
| can become a breeding ground for the bacteria | | | | cover an entire home up to 3000 sq. ft and is |
| and virus particles they catch. | | | | effective at destroying, not just collecting airborne |
| That brings me to the next point, the | | | | contaminants. The best part may well be the fact |
| multi-technology electronic air cleaners being | | | | that there is no maintenance for 3 years. |
| touted lately. If a air purifier has a filter, and a UV | | | | |