Easter is unfortunately a mass pollution event in the Netherlands because of the tradition of Easter fires here, so it's especially important to have a decent air filter system on this weekend.

Therefore it's air filter day in our household.

For some time I've been filtering inbound air in our home through a Philips FY0194 HEPA filter. This is the same type as used in our portable AC819 air cleaners. The filter worked very well for this use, but over a year it has become full of dust and the air flow was obviously a bit restricted.

Today I've replaced the Philips filter with an Ikea Starkvind filter, with a new construction using a box instead of the filter being attached as it was previously. The same fan is drawing air through the system as before.

The Starkvind filter costs €12 and offers a 15% greater active filter area than the Philips filter which now costs a slightly absurd €30. So this will reduce the annual cost quite a lot for the price of a bit of DIY.

I also cleaned the filters in our Philips AC0819 air filters. They don't dirty as quickly as the one which all the air comes through, but they do collect a fair bit of dust and fluff which I swept and blew off in the garden.
#luchtreiniger #luchtkwaliteit #airfilter #airfiltration #paasvuur #airpollution #airpollutionasahobby

Dat er beperkingen worden gesteld aan paasvuren in Duindorp, Scheveningen en in andere dicht bevolkte gebieden, snap ik nog wel, maar niet, dat dit zich ook vertaalt naar het platteland, zoals o.a. Friesland, Drenthe en Overijssel.

Laat die mensen lekker, 1 x per jaar.

#paasvuur #stikstof #platteland

Pasen begint in het donker – en eindigt in het licht

Zaterdag 19 april | 21.00 uur
Paaswake – Oud-Katholieke Kerk Arnhem
Adolf van Nieuwenaarlaan 3

Vuur. Muziek. Stilte. Verhalen.
We vieren dat Christus leeft – en dat het leven sterker is dan de dood.
Iedereen is welkom.

Beleef Pasen anders.

#paaswake #pasen2025 #lichtindonker #arnhem #kerkzijnnu #vierhetleven #oudkatholiek #jongengeloven #samensterker #paasvuur

Je moet toch een idioot zijn om nu een #paasvuur aan te steken. Waar zit je verstand?

Steeds meer paasvuren afgelast, maar hier en daar brandt er al een https://nos.nl/l/2563454

It's Easter weekend. The weather is expected to be a bit better than we've had through winter, and lots of people have holidays. So, is this a nice time to go cycling ?

Unfortunately not in the Netherlands.

Over the Easter weekend this country is held ransom by religious (and non-religious) lunatics who light absolutely enormous fires made up of assorted rubbish and these cause ridiculous levels of air pollution, especially of particulates, which blanket the entire country. The Germans also do this, so an easterly wind (which is predicted) doesn't blow the smoke away but just brings extra smoke from Germany.

As a result of this you basically don't want to breath outside on the Easter weekend, let alone do any exercise which would make you breath deeper.

There are fires planned for this evening, tomorrow evening and Monday evening. So there's no quick escape.

The selfish people make Easter in the Netherlands almost as much "fun" as New Year's Eve !

Completely unrelated story: There's also currently a well publicized national shortage of asthma medication, as if that's of any importance at all to the selfish smoke enthusiasts.
#easterfire #airpollution #houtrook #woodsmoke #asthma #astma #netherlands #paasvuren #paasvuur #airpollutionasahobby #idiotsmakinglifeworseforeveryoneelse