source for foam filter material

From: John Amirault <amirault_at_epix.net>
Date: Wed May 26 09:00:42 1999

Hi,
I am going through my email and came across this. Here is an idea: go to
a pet supply store and get a fish tank filter refill, the kind that
looks like a waterfall, then cut it to size. This may be white instead
of black, I don't know if this will be a problem for you.

John Amirault

"James L. Rice" wrote:
>
> Go to an air conditioning supply wholesalers or appliance parts dealer
> and buy a universal window air conditioner filter kit. It is a black
> open cell foam sheet about 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick that is cut to shape
> for old a/c units that the oem filter is not readly available. costs
> about 6 to 8 dollars.
>
> Lawrence LeMay wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone know where I might be able to buy some thin black foam filter
> > material, to replace the stuiff that was used on my Teral computers?
> > These systems have a large fan that draws air into the computer, and
> > the intake air goes through this very thin filter, in order to capture
> > large particles such as lint.
> >
> > After 22+ years, that foam is nothing more than dust.
> >
> > I would need something almost 5 inches wide, that i could then trim to
> > the proper shape.
> >
> > -Lawrence LeMay
>
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