I recently stayed in an apartment that didnt have central air so I created a corsi-rosenthal box since the smoke from the Canadian wildfires were so bad.

After 30 days of continuous use, with very minimal periods of it being turned off, this is what the filters look like!

It’s disgusting yet also so satisfying to see the filters get darker from debris, dust, and dirt.

Edit: typos

  • renrenPDX@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    These are great, but if you’re looking for something slightly less bulky, there’s a dude selling kits online using pc fans. I’ve got two and they’re pretty much a CR box in its final form. Kits come with laser cut panels, fans, grates, etc. only need to supply two filters. Way quieter than a box fan. They’re a bit pricey but worth since they can pretty much be placed anywhere.

    google clean air kits.

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      13 hours ago

      For that money, you can buy actual air filtration units. The box fan may be noisy, but something that big is going to have massive surface area and provide a lot of filtration.