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Revision as of 21:53, 8 December 2014
What's a MERV?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_efficiency_reporting_value
51st Ave
Our air filters are 16x25 Merv 8 Honeywell FC100A1029 (http://www.airmechanicalinc.com/honeywell_filter_fc100a1029_16x25_2_pack.html)
http://www.honeywell.com/yourhome
http://www.google.com/search?lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=FC100A1029
http://www.airmechanicalinc.com/Honeywell_Enviracare_Elite_F100-F150-F-25_Media_Air_Filter_Replacement.html (even though that is MERV 10. I had trouble finding MERV 8 for sale anywhere and Air Mechanical is directly linked from the Honeywell site as a trusted source of replacement filters.)
| Date | |
|---|---|
| 4/1/2008 | Changed filter after about a year. Used last filter on hand. Bought 2 more filters. |
| 12/18/2008 | Changed filter after the fireplace put a lot of smoke into the system. Took out a MERV 8, put in the first MERV 10. |
| 1/1/2010? | Changed filter after furnace stopped working for renter. |
| ? | Hopefully some changes were unrecorded |
| 3/30/2013 | Completely filthy. Went to Home Depot for replacements. |
| 2/21/2014 | Some dust bunnies, but not clogged. Used last spare, need to buy more. |
48th Ave
I think the right part for this furnace is the 20x25x4 Merv 13:
| Date | |
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| 3/1/2010 | Replaced the 20x25x1 with a 20x25x4 Merv 12 |
