Honeywell F 300 electronic air purifier

Nov 24, 2008

-   Within a month after installation the unit started clicking like a kid running alongside a fence with a stick. I called the heating contractor and he told me to remove the electronic filter elements and make sure that the wires and fins were evenly spaced. If they get too close together then the unit arcs at that location causing the clicking. I did as he said and it worked.
Over the last year the unit kept needing the same treatment. Apparently the fins move or warp from time to time.
The biggest problem is that it doesn't seem to trap anything, even when the filter is working fine. I remove the filter element to clean them periodically and they have almost nothing to clean off. The literature says that the dust particles get electrically charged and pulled out of the air. If that was happening then those particles would have to be somewhere. But they are not! The only answer is that nothing gets pulled out of the air. An old disposable 1" fiber filter would trap more dust in one day then the Honeywell electronic has trapped in over a year.

Does anyone know of a better option? Can I just get a big 5" thick disposable filter and stuff it in place of the worthless electronic elements?
-   craphappens

Jul 06, 2008

-   We have the same problem, and we turned off the unit, only to find our air conditioner is now freezing up. -   Guest

Jun 08, 2008

-   Ours sounds like the kid with the playing card attached to his bicycle. We've not found a solution.
-   Guest