Suggest a location for air filtration unit

[hobbes]

Ok, now that the power needs are behind me, time for the next step. I purchased one of those air filtration units (it's one of thesehttp://www.woodshopnews.com/tools-machines/tools-a-machines-archives/499641-rockler-debuts-its-first-air-filter-unit, I would link it to the manufacturer's website but it's been discontinued thus this link). Anyhow, the size of the filter is the same as the Jet unit so it's not a problem for replacement filters down the line.

So the question I have is this, is there a suggested location for where I should mount this unit? Here's my garage setup, two car garage with most of the woodworking tools all along the left side of the garage and possibly at a later date a table saw in the center of the garage. Should I mount the unit in the middle towards the left side? or by the front where the garage door is at towards the back? And which way should the outflow of the unit be facing, inward or outwards (towards the garage door, which is the only opening/exit for the garage)?

 

[Old School Carpenter]

I would mount the air cleaner with the inlet side towards your main work area, and the outlet side away. An air cleaner is more of a circulator than an exhaust unit. You can use it with shop doors open or closed, but it will work best with them closed.
Hope that helps

Mike

 

[Alan m]

they should be put in such a way that they creat a spinong flow of air around the shop. usually that is parallel whith the long side.
dont put it in the middle because it will only pull the dirty air from infront of it. when the air mass spins around the shop it pulls in all the dirty air in those corners ect and gets filtered,

 

[hobbes]

I would mount the air cleaner with the inlet side towards your main work area, and the outlet side away. An air cleaner is more of a circulator than an exhaust unit. You can use it with shop doors open or closed, but it will work best with them closed.
Hope that helps

Mike

Mike, most likely I'll have the garage door open as that is the only opening to my detached garage and having it closed feels too cluster-phobic.  I know there'll be more airflow coming in from the outside so I think the best use is just leaving it on for a couple hours after I'm done to clear the air so that the next session will start "fresh"...hopefully that theory pans out.

Alan, that gave me an idea. I may just place it on the top of the bench hutch. This might be good enough and let me test it out before moving it to a more permanent location. I may have to rig a deflector on the outfeed side so that it pushes the "clean" air towards the center of the garage. I looked through a Jet filtration manual (the closest I can find to my unit, until I actually get it delivered) and it doesn't really tell you how best to place it. One would think that there should be a section just on this topic.

 

[Stone Message]

Yes, put it on timer as you finish for the day, 1 hour should be plenty for your garage.

I have been doing some minor research on dust recently and one of the best things to try and get into a habit doing is to have a clean-up at the end of the day (wearing a mask or respirator) and making sure that you take the dust off flat surfaces (like static machines and shelves).

Peter

 

[mouppe]

You want to ensure that the doors from the garage to the house are as airtight as possible to prevent cross-contamination and to improve your air filter's effectiveness.

I have had a blueair 601 air purifier for many years now. I leave it running all the time, but it's so quiet I can't hear it. I find that I have to change the filters every 8 months or so. I have found that the best place to locate it is near a window to the left of centre of the long side of the workshop. To the right of centre I have another window beneath which is an air conditioner which I use as a fan in the winter. Combined with the draught from the old windows, the air in the workshop is good.