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Originally Posted by birdawg
Ac is a closed system but I change that filter every 6 months
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That is what I understand. Many posters do not realize we do not all have the same systems. I also change the filter every six months and have a closed system.
I expect there are people with the system that takes the less expensive 1 inch thick filters and the instructions are to change them every month.
I buy the original carrier filters. The off brand filters are not that much less. I had a guy in a store tell me the off brand filters that they sell are a little bit small. He offered to show me how to use wooden paint stirrers to make them fit.
The whole system is rather crude. Little prevents air from bypassing the filter. The gaskets are held on with contact adhesive-another name for scotch tape. How many people have seen them hanging and ripped them off. I had one coming off. I glued it back with plyobond a glue invented and used to glue rubber pads on to tanks in WWII.
I'm sure solvent based contact cement will work well and it is easier to find.