An Affordable Air Purifier For Dusty Computer Labs?

Alcimedes writes "Our lab has a serious issue with dust. I've had a number of power supplies stop working because of dust clogging up the fans, and it's getting annoying. So I'm looking into some kind of small (under $500) air filtration system, and was wondering if anyone else out there has already gone down this road. If so, what did you buy and would you buy it again? I'd prefer something where I don't have to keep buying filters, but that may just be a pipe dream." Anyone with cats knows the feeling. Can you suggest a reasonably priced answer to dust-borne failure?

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Re:air purifier

[t0qer]

I thought these worked because static electricity charges the dust around it to stick to the collectors. Isn't static electricity bad for components?

I would think a hepa based filter product would result in less burned out hardware, despite messy filter changes.

Re:air purifier

[Junior J. Junior III]

There is no spoon!