Basement shop DC addition

[Mac McQuinn]

I was at my local HVAC store today and inquiring about ways to minimize dust in the house. I mentioned I use to have a basement wood shop and salesman directed me over to air cleaners which are mounted between your furnace & fresh air returns. It was a Trane electronic unit and he stated it filters, get this.....99.98 of everything down to .1 of a Micron! I believe this beats the Hepa filter by quite a bit. As a final wall of defense from wood dust circulating in your house, this might be just the thing. He quoted me around $1000.00 which seemed a bit much for what I saw but if the performance is as good as it sounds, It would arguably be worth it. FWIW

Mac

[Phil Thien]

My house was previously owned by someone with terrible allergies. Thus it has a hole-house electronic air cleaner. The Dylos particle counters seem to confirm that it works outstandingly well.

[Sonny Edmonds]

Here, Mac...
Straight from the horse's mouth.
Trane Clean Effects
While it so states up to 99.98% free of allergens, it sez nothing about .1 micron, until you go to the Upgrade Kit Features.
Then it sez about the .1 micron.
Sez you just vacuum it every 3 to 9 months.

When we put in our new system, our guy said they weren't all they were cracked up to be. We did wind up with a 5" thick filtration element in our system. We don't have allergies, and have 3 dogs living in the house with us as well.
But the air stays surprisingly clean, without a $1000 filter.
Your call.

[David Christopher]

Here, Mac...
Straight from the horse's mouth.
Trane Clean Effects
While it so states up to 99.98% free of allergens, it sez nothing about .1 micron, until you go to the Upgrade Kit Features.
Then it sez about the .1 micron.
Sez you just vacuum it every 3 to 9 months.

When we put in our new system, our guy said they weren't all they were cracked up to be. We did wind up with a 5" thick filtration element in our system. We don't have allergies, and have 3 dogs living in the house with us as well.
But the air stays surprisingly clean, without a $1000 filter.
Your call.

Sonny, can you give me some info on your 5" filter

[Paul Demetropoulos]

I have a similar system made by Honeywell. It uses a wire mesh prefilter before the electo-static filter. To clean, both filters are vacummed and then run through the dishwasher. Easy to maintain and very effective.