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

    • SmokeyDope@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      51 minutes ago

      Hi, electrical systems engineer with an offgrid solar system powering fans I tested with meters signing in.

      The typical fans you can buy in consumer stores are about 100W on average a little less on low aroubd 80w a little more on high like 110-120w.

      They make more energy efficient fans, particularly brushless motor DC powered fans meant for marine boating power systems are incredibly energy efficient and quiet but they’re also incredibly expensive.

      Also keep in mind consumer fans kind of suck compared to a true industrial fan which can take a lot more power for serious wind speed output which the Wikipedia for this device says improves efficiency of purification. You can get power tool industrial fans that run off dewalt tool type batteries that are low DC voltage but high amperage, they’ll be more powerful than typical consumer fans too but run out of juice battery wise within hours.

      I personally like the 10-15watt DC fans with pass through USBC charging for personal cooling but thats not what were talking about.

    • baldingpudenda@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      I looked up a 20 inch box fan on Amazon and it was rated for 67 watts. I ran it almost 24 hrs a day(kids loved to mess with it) and didn’t notice it on my bill.