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The only downside of the DIY route is the noise. Most box fans that I've seen are very noisy relative to "real" air cleaners/purifiers. I've used a box fan pl
by Mister_Snuggles 6y ago
The only downside of the DIY route is the noise. Most box fans that I've seen are very noisy relative to "real" air cleaners/purifiers.
I've used a box fan plus furnace filter for years to deal with cat litter dust. Since the particles I want to filter are quite large, I can get away with using a fairly cheap furnace filter. The nice thing about this is that it's really easy to scale it to your requirements.
To deal with the noise, I used a motion sensor and switched outlet to only run it for 10 minutes after the litter has been used. This runs through my existing home automation stuff (Home Assistant+Node-RED), but it could also be done with an Arduino (you don't even something that powerful - two I/O lines is enough), a PIR sensor, and a solid state relay for the fan control.
I've tried a number of low-dust/no-dust litters, but most of have lead to the cats finding other places to do their business or have disappeared from store shelves when I've needed to replenish it. Everything about this is a compromise between litter acceptance, litter availability, litter cost, filter cost, filter life, noise, and dust production.
- batter 6y agoI'm using Vornado fan with 2 16x20x1 merv 11 filters from lowes (2 to make triangle). And in lowest speed it's very quiet. I have commercial air cleaner and my diy is way cheaper to run and as quiet. https://tombuildsstuff.blogspot.com/2013/06/better-box-fan-air-purifier.html?m=1 https://tombuildsstuff.blogspot.com/2013/06/better-box-fan-a... - like this.
- Mister_Snuggles 6y agoI swear I came across that post at one point - it looks very familiar! I really want to do this because 20x25x1 filters are a LOT easier to find (where I am anyway) than 20x20x1 filters. The only obstacle is that the resulting unit ends up taking a lot more space, and that's at a bit of a premium in the place I need it. If I move the litter boxes to somewhere with more space I will definitely switch to this design.
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