It is recommended not to – the virus might be on the filters – but It is far more likely that airborne transmission will occur. The odds of transfer from the filters to the hands and then to the mucosal… Read More »How to keep little fingers out of the filters? Or – can students touch the filters?
This is a great question! Two part answer. First part is that it’s actually two different technologies. Bulbs are usually used to clean items in a sealed container in a hospital. Hospitals use UVGI to clean the air. And it… Read More »Wouldn’t it work better if we added UVC bulbs under the shroud like hospitals do?
This could not be farther from the truth. Air cleaning is additive – not subtractive. For example – hospitals have excellent air cleaning. In this preprint of a study – “A single bed hospital room equipped with an excellent ventilation… Read More »HVAC – someone said it will mess up the HVAC of our building?
This is with the Utilitech 20″ Box fan – 58 Watts when cranked to max, as measured by Jim Rosenthal. The measurements below are for: No filter attached. 1 filter attached – 1″, 2″, 4″ Box filter – the full… Read More »Electricity – how much does it use?
No: Measured by Underwriter’s Laboratories, Inc. Smart Air has been doing the same thing since 2013 – only 5 had issues, most likely issues with the fan motor itself, not the load. There were no actual fires.
