I have owned a free standing unit from Sears but it only lasted a few years and cleaning the filter was a pain. In the end I started cleaning it in the dishwasher but I expect that removed some of the corona dope like stuff they used to insulate trouble spots. In the end it generated too much ozone to use.
My concept is to make a unit that hangs on the wall like a large picture or mirror. The ideas is to use one large cell (can we call it that) rather then several stacked. The cell would be hinged to for cleaning with a vacuum cleaner or even a dust collecting cleaning cloth.
I am thinking a floor to celling mirror about 12 or 18 inches wide would be a good choice.
If this is reasonable I will use Chemelec's (thank you) design for the electronics to build an electrostatic air filter.
Most units use a mechanical prefilter. The one I had used a metal mesh. I am still thinking about how to incorporate that into the design. The unit may have to be built into the wall to get enough space to make it work.
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My concept is to make a unit that hangs on the wall like a large picture or mirror. The ideas is to use one large cell (can we call it that) rather then several stacked. The cell would be hinged to for cleaning with a vacuum cleaner or even a dust collecting cleaning cloth.
I am thinking a floor to celling mirror about 12 or 18 inches wide would be a good choice.
If this is reasonable I will use Chemelec's (thank you) design for the electronics to build an electrostatic air filter.
Most units use a mechanical prefilter. The one I had used a metal mesh. I am still thinking about how to incorporate that into the design. The unit may have to be built into the wall to get enough space to make it work.
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