The readings below are of a very clean bedroom.
Left 1.0 / 5.0 micron Unit 6 reading (600 >1 micron particles / ft3)
Right 0.5 / 5.0 micron Unit 86 reading (8,600 >0.5 micron particles / ft3) This bedroom is a Class 10,000 less than 10,000 particles/ft3
Computer Hard Disk Drive fabrication requires a Federal Standard 209 clean room Class 100. That would be a reading of 1 (100 >0.5 micron particles / ft3) on the 0.5 micron air monitor.
room size 12 x 15 x 10
It was obtained with 2 Box Fan Air Cleaners low speed (200 CFM) using Air Conditioning Merv 11 Air Filters and it took a few hours.
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Home Model 1.0 Micron Air Quality Monitor
Professional Model 0.5 Micron - Measures all the Lung Damaging Particles in the air that can reach the deepest parts of your lungs.
Asthma Trigger size particles are between 0.5 and 7.0 microns.
Asthma Trigger size particles often bring on asthma attacks.
Houston Outdoor Air Quality 1/22/2008 11AM
Left 1.0 / 5.0 micron Unit 1389 reading (138,900 >1 micron particles / ft3)
Right 0.5 / 5.0 micron Unit 2993 reading (299,300 >0.5 micron particles / ft3)
I think wood working shops should see numbers like above depending on which unit they purchase. sandy
AMERICAN ALLERGY SUPPLY HOME PAGE
1/22/2008
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