HEPA Filtration

One of the most important aspects of you heating and cooling system is filtration which can affect the performance, capacity, efficiency and longevity of your system. Not only does it help maintain peak performance but it also enhances your indoor air quality which affects your families over all health. What you can’t see, can hurt you. It’s a fact: the trapped air we breathe in our homes can be loaded with dust, pollen, spores, and other pollutant particles. In many cases, it’s worse than the air outside. Especially if you one of the more than 40 million allergy sufferers in North America. Combine that with the fact that we spend 90% of our time inside and indoor air quality becomes a major concern. Although most pollutant particles are so small that you can’t see them, many are annoying or even harmful to you and your family, and potentially damaging to your furnace, air conditioner, and related equipment. The standard throw away filter or electrostatic filter in your furnace traps only about 15% of the pollutant particles in your home’s air. The rest circulates throughout your home. Standard throwaway furnace filters and electrostatic filters permit dirt and dust to collect on sensitive heating and cooling equipment, decreasing efficiency by as much as 10-25%. The Aprilaire High Efficiency Hepa Air Cleaner protects blowers, evaporator coils, and other operating equipment from dust and dirt, increasing efficiency and service life.

THE PERFECT SOLUTION
Installed in your heating / cooling duct system, central air cleaners with sophisticated filtering capabilities have become the accepted way to improve indoor air quality. And the Aprilaire Hepa Air Cleaner has proven to be the perfect, practical solution for whole house use. Absolutely silent operation, minimal maintenance, and 99% efficiency on pollen and spores, has made Aprilaire the clean air choice throughout North America. In addition to providing protection for your heating and cooling equipment, the Aprilaire Hepa Air Cleaner provides your family with clean air throughout your home. A pollutant-trapping, equipment-protecting Aprilaire Hepa Air Cleaner will turn your furnace and air conditioner into a clean air system. In fact, your home’s furnishings will last longer. Carpeting and upholstered furniture will stay cleaner and last longer; draperies will need cleaning less often. The best part is that you change the filter once a year. And all this means is less work for you. The Aprilaire Heap Air Cleaner is an essential part of the Total Indoor Air Comfort System.

HOW IT WORKS
The Aprilaire Hepa Air Cleaner removes dust and other irritating particles from your home as the blower fan in your furnace draws them to the tightly sealed air cleaner. This clean air is then circulated throughout your furnace and back to the rooms in your home. The highly efficient HEPA filtering media (similar in principle to those used in hospital operating rooms and other clean room environments) allows the Aprilaire Hepa Air Cleaner to effectively trap a wide range of particle types and sizes. And the media becomes even more efficient as it collects particles. It also provides more than 72 square feet of particle trapping surface throughout its pleated design. That’s the usable surface area equivalent to more than 31, 20” x 20” typical furnace filters. This feature allows the Aprilaire Hepa Air Cleaner to have a very service life, typically one year or longer.

HOW DOES IT HELP HAY FEVER & ALLERGY SUFFERERS?
Aprilaire is widely recommended by allergists, and these medical specialists understand the effectiveness of the high efficiency media in providing relief to their patients. For most sufferers, hay fever and similar illnesses are a result of breathing pollen, molds, spores, or pet dander. Some of these particles can be as small as five microns in size. The Aprilaire Hepa Air Cleaner reaches 95% efficiency on particles of one micron, such as dust particles, and 99% efficiency on particles of 10 microns, such as pollens. The smallest particle that can be seen with the naked eye is also about10 microns. The Aprilaire Hepa Air Cleaner reaches 99% efficiency in removing these particles. This means practically all of the allergy-causing irritants are removed from the circulated air stream.

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