FC100A1052 Honeywell® Replacement Filters for Honeywell F100 Media Air Cleaners by Accumulair®
Maintaining the appliances and foundation of your home can become difficult and costly over time. The average person probably uses low cost, ineffective fiber glass filters to protect their HVAC unit. While these filters may be effective for a short time, they end up becoming costly due to their short life span, and if not changed regularly could cause damage to your HVAC unit.
A good guide to go by for when to change your filter is if you have a 1” filter, change it every month, 2” every 1-2 months, and 4-5” filters every 3-6 months. The average filter is about 1”-2”, so if you happen to be using cheap fiber glass filters, then chances are you need to be changing your filter every month to effectively maintain and protect your HVAC unit, but what about the health of your family and your furnishings? If you’re using a fiber glass filter, chances are, they aren’t doing anything to protect your family. Fiber glass filters will only trap the largest of dust particles, and only occasionally.
There are two different types of air pollutants present within your living environment:
- Particulate matter
- Gaseous pollutants
Particulate matter consists of:
- Household dust
- Insecticide dust
- Mites
- Pollen
- Animal dander
- Many more
Honeywell® media filters capture these unwanted airborne particles. In fact, these filters are so efficient that they trap particles as small as 0.3 of a micron. With this filter having the ability to capture these small particles, it is actually protecting your HVAC unit as well as your family. Filters are measured in efficiency by a MERV rating. MERV stands for minimum efficiency reporting value. Generally speaking, a higher MERV rating indicates a better efficiency. These filters can be purchased with MERV ratings of 8, 11 and 13, depending on your necessary need.
Gaseous pollutants consist of:
- Cooking odors
- Bathroom smells
- Cigarette smoke odor
- Pet odors
- Many more
To protect your family and your home from unwanted odors, Honeywell® media filters can be purchased with a carbon odor block feature. These filters are a simple solution for controlling both odors and dust particles and can be easily installed in virtually any HVAC system without modifications. Odorous gases and vapors are attracted to and held by the unique composition of the activated carbon material, leaving your home smelling fresh and clean and enabling your family to breathe healthier air.
Depending on the need of your family and home, Honeywell® media filters can solve a number of situations you may be experiencing. Whether you wish to breathe cleaner air, or rid your home of undesirable smells, this line of filters can get the job done. They also come in many different sizes so as to fit your system properly and easily with no assembly required.
