I Can Haz Fitlered Air
Feb. 11th, 2011 08:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lsandersonIn the annals of Some Time Ago, I washed the Honeywell air cleaner filters in the dishwasher as I am wont, took them back downstairs, stuck them in the furnace, and forgot about 'em. Some longish period of time after that, I noticed that the little neon pilot light wuzn't glowing as it is wont to do if the filter is working after it dries out, which by that point it had had a month or so to do. I called Standard Heating, the guys wot put in the furnace quite some time ago, and a man came out who poked at it with an electrical meter and declared it dead. I asked him about fixing it, and instead of repair, he came up with two impressive bids -- one to replace it for only $1,000 and another to replace it with a different unit for only $1,500 dollars, off which he might take the $100 fee for the service call. I sulked for quite some period of time, but bought a filter at Menards to cram into the Honeywell as a replacement for the filter cells.
Eventually, as grief turns to acceptance, I turned to procrastinating on Ghoogle, where I found air filters for rather substantially less than than $1,000 even with a $100 off for the service call. I read Consumer Reports online, then I started refining the Ghoogle query and found that they sell power heads for the Honeywell units, for way, way, way, way less than $1,000. I put one in a shopping cart, and then noticed a Check here to receive emails and special offers check box, which of course, froze the shopping cart, because who wants to buy a power head for an air cleaner only to receive a coupon for 20% off the next day? Not me! Who need air anyway? Isn't that why I take all these drugs anyway?
The expected 20% off coupon never arrived, but earlier this week, I sent Ghoogle back out across the Intarwebs to powershop for a Honeywell power head, and lo and behold, it found some. Of course, they were not for the unit I have so I was really comparing the prices of oranges when I needed an apple, but before I hit the Buy button, down I went to the basement, yanked off the front panel to the Honeywell filter, stalked back up the stairs, and looked up the right unit. I added it to the cart, and then noticed that it was the 240 V version, which is to say it wasn't the one that I wanted either. I added the third power head to the shopping cart after removing the other two one at a time, and proceeded to PayPal.
The Honewell powerhead arrived yesterday, and rather late last night, I went down to switch it out. It was a terrible amount of work. Two whole metal screws had to be taken out, and then I eventually figured out I had to slide the unit forward, then clip the new unit on the back prong like thingies and replace the two metal screws. I gleefully slid in the two filter cells, plugged the powerhead in, and was crushed that the neon light didn't glow forth. Despondent, I crammed the Menard's filter back, and noticed the glow of the light. I slid the filter out, and one cell in. No light. Bugger it! I took the cells back to the shower and washed them off, and called it quits for the ngiht after cramming the Menard's filter back in the void.
This morning I took the filters out of the shower and set them on a cabinet to inspect the fins. There, in the corner, one was clearly bent against the other. I retrieved a screwdriver, and bent it straighter. Then I took out the Menard's filter and slid the two cells in. (I also checked the other cell) The Neon Light Came On! Ittsa Miracle!
Now, of course, I want to put the other powerhead back and see if it was just a bent fin from the get go.
Eventually, as grief turns to acceptance, I turned to procrastinating on Ghoogle, where I found air filters for rather substantially less than than $1,000 even with a $100 off for the service call. I read Consumer Reports online, then I started refining the Ghoogle query and found that they sell power heads for the Honeywell units, for way, way, way, way less than $1,000. I put one in a shopping cart, and then noticed a Check here to receive emails and special offers check box, which of course, froze the shopping cart, because who wants to buy a power head for an air cleaner only to receive a coupon for 20% off the next day? Not me! Who need air anyway? Isn't that why I take all these drugs anyway?
The expected 20% off coupon never arrived, but earlier this week, I sent Ghoogle back out across the Intarwebs to powershop for a Honeywell power head, and lo and behold, it found some. Of course, they were not for the unit I have so I was really comparing the prices of oranges when I needed an apple, but before I hit the Buy button, down I went to the basement, yanked off the front panel to the Honeywell filter, stalked back up the stairs, and looked up the right unit. I added it to the cart, and then noticed that it was the 240 V version, which is to say it wasn't the one that I wanted either. I added the third power head to the shopping cart after removing the other two one at a time, and proceeded to PayPal.
The Honewell powerhead arrived yesterday, and rather late last night, I went down to switch it out. It was a terrible amount of work. Two whole metal screws had to be taken out, and then I eventually figured out I had to slide the unit forward, then clip the new unit on the back prong like thingies and replace the two metal screws. I gleefully slid in the two filter cells, plugged the powerhead in, and was crushed that the neon light didn't glow forth. Despondent, I crammed the Menard's filter back, and noticed the glow of the light. I slid the filter out, and one cell in. No light. Bugger it! I took the cells back to the shower and washed them off, and called it quits for the ngiht after cramming the Menard's filter back in the void.
This morning I took the filters out of the shower and set them on a cabinet to inspect the fins. There, in the corner, one was clearly bent against the other. I retrieved a screwdriver, and bent it straighter. Then I took out the Menard's filter and slid the two cells in. (I also checked the other cell) The Neon Light Came On! Ittsa Miracle!
Now, of course, I want to put the other powerhead back and see if it was just a bent fin from the get go.
