What is the difference between a media and electronic cleaner?
Electronic air cleaners have come to mean a wide variety of technology but most commonly refer to either electrostatic precipitators or ionizers. Electrostatic precipitators consist of a high voltage ionization section followed by a collector section which also uses a high voltage field to electrically trap the particulates which are later removed by washing the collector cell. Electronic cleaners may also be used to describe ionizers which simply emit charged particles out into the atmosphere which then attract and electrically bond to other airborne particles until they eventually become electrically bonded to a surface such as a wall, ceiling, floor or items within the area. Although uncommon, electronic filtration systems may also be used to describe ozone generators (uncommon), which are not recommended to be used as cleaners. (Source: http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/ozonegen.html) Media filtration products generally use a disposable fabric type filter to capture particulates and achi
