Veterans Clubs Save Thousands by Installing Patented Smoke and Odor Solution
Smoke and Odor Control for Veterans Clubs
Effective smoke and odor control for veterans clubs, including the American Legion, VFW, Eagles and Elks, can have a big impact on member participation. More people attend for social hour in the bar or for a casual lunch or dinner in clubs with dining facilities. During big events, like dances and ceremonies, the smoking and non-smoking members appreciate the impact of the ceiling-mounted Purifans on reducing the negative impact of smoke and odors.
Why Veterans Clubs Are Replacing Electrostatic Smoke Removal Systems
The Purifan Smoke and Odor Solution is rarely the first system these lodges and posts purchase, but it is almost always the last. The reason is that most prior purchases were electrostatic air purifiers costing thousands of dollars. These units have many negatives, including using a lot of electricity and requiring regular, expensive cleaning of the collection plates. They also operate very noisily, which can disrupt customers’ ability to have a conversation. The number one problem with electrostatic designs is they have a very short life. Clubs usually replace them every 24 to 36 months, adding substantially to their long-term costs. Many times the collection plates would spark loudly, sounding like a bug zapper. This would force members to shut them off due to these noise complaints. Collection plates degrade rapidly because of the cleaning processes used. Within 12 months, the cleaning substantially degrades the performance of the electrostatic smoke removal system.
This degraded collection problem gets much worse because most dealers swap the collection plates during the required monthly cleaning. The dealer takes the older, used and cleaned collection plates from another club and installs them in the club’s brand-new unit. The new collection plates become part of the dealer’s inventory, which the dealer takes back to their facility, cleans, and rotates to other customer sites. The dealer takes out many clean sets of electrostatic collection plates, pulls out the dirty set and puts in a clean set. So after one cleaning, the dealer may have installed 2-year-old collection plates in the post’s brand-new unit. The collection plates are the critical element for cleaning and quiet operation. Instead, Purifan offers clubs a more reliable long-term solution.
Purifan Delivers Long-Term Savings and Performance
Purifan provides a long-term solution for smoke and odor control for veterans clubs. Purifans come with a Lifetime Warranty. Units installed in 1998 are still providing clean air for their lodges and posts. Every time you replace the disposable PA-II Smoke and Odor filters, the Purifan operates as it was brand new. There is no degradation of effectiveness over time, even 10 or 15 years. Even Purifan replaces the ceiling fan motors for free. This applies if the club has been buying Purifan Factory Certified Filters and purchased their ceiling fan motors directly from Purifan. The cost savings over just the first five years can be thousands of dollars. This includes electricity, cleaning services, and the cost of replacing the units every few years. Here is a sample calculation of the long-term savings for a small bar area at a veterans club.
Advanced Filtration for Smoke, Odor and VOCs
Purifan’s PA-II Smoke and Odor filters also contain 6 square feet of activated charcoal in three layers of the five layer filter. This can dramatically reduce the smoking odor from cigarettes or cigars. The charcoal layers absorb the undesirable odors. The electrostatic competitors usually do not offer a charcoal filter layer to capture odors. The odors are one of the primary customer complaints. After attending the club, patrons’ clothes smell like smoke even though they are non-smokers. This can drive down participation and revenues for the veterans clubs. The layers of activated charcoal in the Purifan PA-II Smoke and Odor filters include one layer saturated with Potassium Permanganate and Alumina. These are the EPA’s recommended filter media to capture harmful Volatile Organic Chemicals (VOCs) and odors from cigarette or industrial smoke. Another layer of the PA-II Smoke and Odor Filter holds billions of tiny nano-particle sized pieces of activated charcoal. By crushing the activated charcoal to nano-sized particles the surface area of the charcoal increases 10,000 times or more. This increases the filter’s ability to capture these undesirable and harmful odors and VOCs.
Protect Your Purifan Performance and Warranty
The Purifan Company warns against the use of cheap knock-off filters in their Purifan. It usually dramatically reduces the performance of the filtration and odor capture capabilities of the Purifan Air Purifier. It voids the lifetime warranty and can damage or overheat ceiling fan motors. These cheap knock-off layers do not have the proper amount of airflow resistance. This can cause the motor to operate under a load different from what it was designed to handle. This can result in shorter motor life, motor failure or a fire. Always use Purifan Factory Certified Filters to get the best filtration and odor capture performance from your Purifan, and this will keep your Purifan under warranty. If you purchased your ceiling fan motors from Purifan, the Lifetime Warranty will also cover them when you use Purifan Factory Certified Filters in your Purifan. If you use “patent-infringing, cheap knock-off filters,” you will void the Lifetime Warranty, and these filters can substantially reduce performance.
Over 5,000 veterans clubs have made the switch to Purifans to get quiet, energy-efficient operation, disposable filters and a lifetime warranty. To find out more visit www.purifan.com.