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Pete C.
 
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Default Electronic Furnace Filters

STravis wrote:

This should be an easy one.. I already have an opinion on this but
would like to hear more as I could be wrong (not being a air flow
expert and stuff).

When deciding between going with an electronic filter vs filter media
(assuming cost isn't an issue) which would be better. I've seen how
electronic filters are built and I would think that they provide less
restriction. However, I've been told the opposite - that filter media
provides less restriction than electronic filters... Is that true?


Electrostatic precipitators aka electronic filters will almost certainly
have lower airflow resistance than a media type filter, however you
should to have a conventional media type pre filter anyway though it
doesn't need to be a fancy high efficiency one. The pre filter will
remove larger things like a hair perhaps that could short out the
precipitator grid.

Pete C.