FRAGILE: Handle with care! Corsi-Rosenthal Box now in the space.

[Kevin Cole]

It should go without saying, but given the history of some hardware in the space...

It's not a chair. Don't sit on it. It's not a desk or shelf. Don't pile stuff on top of it.

Since long before the pandemic, the use of a carbon dioxide monitor has made it clear that our space is poorly ventilated. Today, with the coronavirus still circulating and awareness that it is airborne, our poor ventilation poses a serious health threat.

To mitigate that threat, someone constructed a Corsi-Rosenthal box for our space. Made of four MERV 13 filters, a box fan, cardboard, and duct tape, this clever device is designed to remove viruses from the air we breathe. The fan has three speed settings.

I recommend turning the Corsi-Rosenthal box on whenever two or more people are in the room together. If you are the last person in the room, please turn it OFF before leaving.

The walls of the box would be very easy to damage. Please do not sit on the box or place anything on top of it. If you need to move the box, use two hands. (Do not simply pull at one wall!)

The person who constructed the box hopes that it will have a long and productive life at HacDC. However, if there is ever a purge of equipment and someone decides to get rid of it, the person who made it would like to get it back. Please contact me if a decision is made to get rid of the box, and I will contact the person who made it.

If you would like to construct your own Corsi-Rosenthal box, see https://corsirosenthalfoundation.org/infographics/ for technical details. Be warned that local hardware stores may try to sell you filters with less than a MERV 13 rating. A good mail-order source is https://www.texairfilters.com/4-filter-corsi-rosenthal-box-merv-13-filters/

[Ethan Waldo]

Interesting.  Is this box as clearly marked with disclaimers and an explanation of its purpose as this email?

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[Blabber]

The more the merrier...? We already have an air filter in the space which is a Honeywell HEPA filter we bought collectively in 2022 specifically to remove COVID particulate from the air which people can turn on whenever there are two or more people in the space. This HEPA filter appears on the California Air Resources Board (CARB) list of certified air purifiers which supposedly ensures that additional VOCs aren't created from the operation of the air purifier itself and thus interfering with any air quality monitors in the space as well. 

Anyone know how this second air filter of type Corsi-Rosenthal improves (or duplicates) what we already have in place...?

Lastly, the person who donated (dictated?) the  Corsi-Rosenthal filter should come to our Monthly Member Meetings where they can kindly educate us on its purpose/use/maintenance and  participate in the collective/collaborative/consesus process that helps empower members at HacDC with agency and self-determination.

Michelle

[Kevin Cole]

On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 6:52 PM Ethan Waldo <ewa...@healthetechs.com> wrote:

Interesting.  Is this box as clearly marked with disclaimers and an explanation of its purpose as this email?

There was only so much space to fit text on the box, but there are labels regarding what it is and the fragile nature of the beastie, as well as a link for more info.

[Ethan Waldo]

Good deal and hopefully that'll help keep it from seeing mistreatment.  Quite often people and visitors truly don't know what they're looking at, so understand its value or its active use can be underestimated.

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[Ethan Waldo]

How apropos (or creepy) that this showed up on my news feed.

https://www.theverge.com/23698352/dyson-zone-review-headphones-wearables-air-purifier

[Kevin Cole]

On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 6:26 PM Ethan Waldo <ewa...@healthetechs.com> wrote:

How apropos (or creepy) that this showed up on my news feed.

https://www.theverge.com/23698352/dyson-zone-review-headphones-wearables-air-purifier

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[Gary Sparkes]

Honestly, I didn't know the space was even still open! 

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