Air filters inside the car?
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From: Devil's_Advocate on 14 Mar 2010 16:48 "ron" <randus3(a)teranews.com> wrote : > they seem to me to be pretty dirty in about a year - I change them in > the spring and use the electrostatic ones - probably better for small > particles than the foot borne larger ones. BUT there is still some > dust on the dash etc.. The gases are more of a concern to us, than the particles. I realize that nothing removes carbon monoxide, but it's the other burning by-product gases that make us the sickest for some reason.
From: Ray O on 14 Mar 2010 21:06 "Devil's_Advocate" <Devils_Advocate(a)devils_.xyx> wrote in message news:Xns9D3AEC16FE44EDevilsAdvocatedevils(a)216.196.97.142... >I was looking online at one of the newer Corollas and noticed an air >cleaner > listed as a feature on one. Is that inside the car, for the passengers? > > Is it anything serious, or just a dust filter? > > I keep an Austin Air HM200 seatbelted in my back seat, with an inverter. > Helps some. > It depends on the car and filter. Some Lexus models have a pleated filter with charcoal, and a gas sensor switches the ventilation system from outside air to recirculated air when it detects certain gases like diesel fumes. -- Ray O (correct punctuation to reply)
From: C. E. White on 15 Mar 2010 21:57 "Ray O" <rokigawa(a)NOSPAMtristarassociates.com> wrote in message news:hnk25c$uts$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > It depends on the car and filter. Some Lexus models have a pleated filter > with charcoal, and a gas sensor switches the ventilation system from > outside air to recirculated air when it detects certain gases like diesel > fumes. Wow..that is impressive. Have you experienced it. Are they effective? Ed
From: jim beam on 16 Mar 2010 00:12 On 03/15/2010 06:57 PM, C. E. White wrote: > > "Ray O" <rokigawa(a)NOSPAMtristarassociates.com> wrote in message > news:hnk25c$uts$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > >> It depends on the car and filter. Some Lexus models have a pleated >> filter with charcoal, and a gas sensor switches the ventilation system >> from outside air to recirculated air when it detects certain gases >> like diesel fumes. > > Wow..that is impressive. Have you experienced it. Are they effective? > > Ed are astroturfers effective? -- nomina rutrum rutrum
From: jim beam on 16 Mar 2010 00:16
On 03/13/2010 10:12 PM, Devil's_Advocate wrote: > I was looking online at one of the newer Corollas and noticed an air cleaner > listed as a feature on one. Is that inside the car, for the passengers? > > Is it anything serious, or just a dust filter? it's the filter that prevents goop accumulating in the matrix of your nice damp or frosty air conditioner core, molding, then stinking your car out. > > I keep an Austin Air HM200 seatbelted in my back seat, with an inverter. > Helps some. wear a gas mask. it's infinitely more effective and you won't be burning pollutants for the sake of self delusion. -- nomina rutrum rutrum |