Another thing you might consider - I installed a regular 1" furnace filter in front of the unit's intake filter which works extremely well - can't remember the last time I had to clean or exchange the units filters. Any simple method of hanging the filter will work because when the unit is turned on it will suck the furnace up against the frame. I also attached 3 or 4 small 1/4" wide (maybe 12" long) ribbons on the exhaust end. These help me determine how good the air flow is - when they droop its time to clean the filters.Thanks for all your tips!
Mine is going in my garage shop. It has joists on 24" centers so Tom's idea of using the angle iron brackets seems my best bet.
Thanks to everybody for you advice!
Bob
I like the looks of that one. Plastic would certainly make it easier to hang, I had to use a rope system to get mine up so I could put some temporary S hooks between the eyes to hold it up while I made a more permanent mounting. I also like that the newer one has filter status, can dynamically adjust speed based on particulate in the air. The RF remote is a nice touch too - you don't have to have it aimed at the correct spot on the collector to make it workIn my new shop I just purchased a couple of the new Jet units, the AFS-1000C. They are plastic (which is a good thing in this case, as they are about 40% lighter) and have some neat features. I agree it's safest to hang the metal ones with a friend. I installed these new Jet ones on shelves by myself without issue.
Hi just to give you my tip I used rubber muffler hangers on Amazon, https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07L87264K/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1 They work really well to dampen the vibration the unit caused on the ceiling of my basement.(the floor of the living room. You don't even know it's running. Before the whole floor vibrated.I've ordered a Shop Fox W1830 hanging air filter for my shop.
Does anyone know the dimensions between the hooks? I want to install the hooks in my ceiling before it gets here if I can.
Thanks!
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you can bring these units to higher filtration standards by up grading the internal find filter. When I did this originally several years ago on this unit everything I could find was either too big or too small. Found some that were approx. 2 inches shorter and 1 inch narrower. Made wooden holder to make up the space and applied weather stripping foam to the sealing face. Works well but a couple watch outs. This reduces flow on each of the speeds but since I had overkill with 4 units in my 24x30x9 shops seems fine. My other was the fan motor overheating. Sat two units on my bench side by side. One with clean standard filters and one with my upgrade. Set the run timer at the four hour max. At the end of this both motors were hot to the touch but I could still place my hand on both. It appears you can now purchase HEPA filters in the correct size but for some reason they are twice the price of my fixrealize that you may have hung this already since the post about 3 weeks old. However, since I bought my air cleaner I have hung it using S-hooks/eye bolts and vacuum cleaner belts (the round rubber belts). This serves at least 2 purposes. One is that it allows for some flexibility on the placement of the bolts/S-hooks since the vacuum cleaner belts are flexible and stretchy. Secondly, the belts dampen any vibration of the unit (which admittedly is not much). Anyway it's worked for me for 25 years. I think I've replaced the belts once, when I moved it to a different ceiling location in the shop, but I don't think it was necessary to change them even then.
It's worked extremely well for me on the ceiling. The only issue with all of these (and mine is a JDS) is that the filtering is not at the HEPA level. The only air cleaner made by a woodworking related company that is HEPA is the most recent Powermatic addition. It can also be hung from the ceiling. I did buy this Powermatic unit, but I have kept my old JDS in its place and mounted the Powermatic on wheels so that I can keep it close to where I am working; tablesaw, bandsaw, router table, sanding, and lathe. I realize that having 2 of these units might be overkill but I have always believed you can't underestimate the need for maximum dust collection, so I have a cyclone for large machines, a HEPA vac for sanding and smaller power tools, and the air cleaners for overall filtering. It does work and, as long as I don't forget to turn them on, very little dust settles on anything in my shop. I also use a HEPA powered helmet, mostly when turning, but other times as well. I never find any fine dust in my nasal passages, as sign at least to me that it's all worth it. I feel my lungs are as safe as possible.
I've ordered a Shop Fox W1830 hanging air filter for my shop.
Does anyone know the dimensions between the hooks? I want to install the hooks in my ceiling before it gets here if I can.
Thanks!
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