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I use my air compressor to stir up the dust and the air cleaner takes out the dust leaving me with a nearly dust free shop. I do a lot of fine sanding and can produce quite a cloud in the air. The air filter clears the shop quickly. The Delta AP200 was delivered earlier than predicted and is everything it is advertised to be. This is 5 star for me. I have a 16' x 20' shop with 8 ft. I followed the directions and had it up and running within an hour. ceiling and it changes the air in minutes.
It is within about a half inch of accepting a standard size filter that is readily available at most home improvement stores, but those filters are slightly to large to fit. My only complaint would be that the unit will only accept Delta filters, which are ridiculously expensive. Hmm, wonder if that was intentional. First and foremost, this unit performs the function it was intended for extremely well. When combined with a cyclone DCS, these two items keep my shop far cleaner than it was a few years ago.
My furnace filter has been clean ever since. When you want to change the filter, the glue offers hardly any resistance and you can pull the old one off and repeat the process with another $.50 filter.I have even used the air blower on my Shop-Vac to blow out the accumulated dust of that home improvement filter when I did not have the time to change it. The glue was strong enough to hold the filter securely over the outside of the unit where the Delta air-intake filter resides and it filters out a great deal of the sawdust etc. It has a low metalic whine but it does not seem to interfere with anything. for about $3.00. In the winter I just turn the furnace off when I go into the shop (in the cellar) and the Delta on and let the Delta run for 1/2 hour or so after I leave the shop (which is 25 ft x 18 ft x 7 ft high).
You don't even have to go through that if you just hold the 14 x 25 x 1 filter against the Delta and turn the power on, the suction will hold the filter against the Delata unit. I bought this unit because I noticed that my furnace filter was turning the color of sawdust a few days after I bought a table saw. I did not like the idea of that stuff going into the heating system, but especially hated the thought of inhaling it.I bought this instead of some of other similar units(e.g. x 24 in by 1 in.
With that power switch setup I have no need for a remote control which adds $ to the cost.To keep from buying the expensive Delta replacements I went to the local home improvement store and bought 6 filters 14 in. high)table and plugged into the ceiling socket so I can turn it on when I am walking down the steps into the shop. I took a strip of wrapping tape (thick scotch tape about 2 in. It will just fall on its face when you turn the unit off.I took a star off because of the slight metalic whine and because I am not sure how long it will last yet.
I then took one of those non-toxic glue sticks that are used to seal envelopes (that you can get at any office supply store) and applied glue across the area where the tape would meet the metal of the Delta unit (across the top). I have had it for a few months. wide) and put it across the top of that (very light) furnace filter. the Jet) because of some complaints that those ones had poor packaging.
They are a little larger than the air-intake end of the Delta unit. I have the unit mounted on a tall (4 ft. Before I turn the heat back on the shop is perfectly clean and the furnace's air filter no longer gets dirty.This was packed securely and is working fine. I especally like the on-off switch that is located in the middle of the power cord.
However, overall the unit is great: reasonably quiet and does a good job of getting the fine dust out of the air quickly. I received the filter system quickly -- something I didn't expect given the free shipping.The unit works well in my garage where I do a lot of sanding and lathe work. The replacement pre-filters are expensive, so I'm thinking of cutting down furnace filters as others have suggested.
Product arrived 1 day earlier than stated - packaged very well - instuctions on unpackaging done very well - unit put in place and has been working extremely well ever sinceAs per an previous review - I attached an additional standard size filter on the intake side of the unit (I purchased the filter at a home improvement store at 1/3 the cost of the delta filters and just used masking tape to put the unit in place) because of the cost of replacing the non-standard delta filters
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