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I live in a high sulphur area. When fresh air is let into the room my computer is in it most definitely contains it. As a consequence this is the air my system intakes which cannot be good as sulphur is highly damaging.

Is anyone else in a similar situation and come up with any ideas on how to combat it?
Could a air purifier be a possibility?
 
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Well sort of, a city in New Zealand which has geothermal activity, thin earth crust in areas so sulphur is in the air I think. Your right probably that it isn't good for your health. Wrecks havoc on electronics, in saying that though my old system lasted 6 years without failing to anything suplhur related that I'm aware of but I could be wrong. I'm just being more cautious with my new system as it's very nice and intakes a lot more air than my old one.
 
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I'm not sure there's much you could possibly do in this case. There are chemical absorbing filters specifically designed for airborne sulphur but they are highly expensive and intended for immediate air scrubbing in emergency situations. For residential situations I think you're either out of luck or might actually, as you suggested, search to see if there are similar filter elements available for use with household filtration systems. The product is called CSO and might be used in other types of filtration systems as well.

http://www.purafil.com/products/chemical-filtration/chemical-media/cso/
 
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if you have enough sulphur dioxide and enough moisture in the air that will create sulphuric acid which is not good for any organic material.meaning you mostly.if its enough to create corrosion on electronic components it will still get you first.as was said,if you dont smell rotten eggs odor (hydrogen sulphide gas)then its likely you and your electronics have nothing to worry about.
 
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They used to tell us hexavalent chromium wasn't dangerous at certain levels too. Boy did that turn out to be a lie. Just ask Pacific Gas and Electric, or Erin Brockovitch.
 
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It's funny you guys are mentioning the smell thing because just about everyone who lives here is so used to it that they don't smell it yet everyone from out of town complains about it. It is a lot worse in different parts but i imagine most of the city cops it at some level. Hopefully where I live there isn't enough of it to cause any major damage very quickly, like I said my old system still runs properly as far as i know after 6 years but it sure is a problem here. I'll look into some of the filtration ideas.
 
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has there been any air quality monitoring to determine just what the sulphur content is,in your air?

 
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Hi
You can get sulphur dioxide filters for face masks ,you could possibly adapt them to fit over the intake fans.
However you will need to ensure you get positive pressure in the case as the filters will restrict the airflow a bit and otherwise the fans will pull air from other places.
 
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Not forgetting about the PSU as well since it's airflow is entirely separate from the remainder of the system. If you don't already have one, it might be a good idea to at least get a case that DOES have removable filtration screens already for the chassis and PSU intakes. It might be easier to fabricate the necessary filters for a system that already has some filtration in place. Or move. Heh.
 
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My first guess was Rotorua.

I was in the PC business in NZ from the mid-late 70s and have experience with that problem when we sold to the old NZFP. There was no solution then, and even premium gold contacts did not help much.

Back then we used dual radiator fluid cooling and sealed the unit, picking up the heat with one radiator and dumping it to an external radiator that could be replaced as needed. It worked.

Modern machines are less fragile. Filtration will do nothing, and a sealed room with positive pressure and air scrubbers does not help as much as it should.

 
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Hi Donkey, yes I live in Rotorua. So it sounds like there really is no solution, I guess I just have to hope that where I live the concentration isn't the highest and hope for the best. Like I said before my old system still operates after 6 years so if the sulphur really was going to kill it, it would of by now right?

I now have a Corsair Obsidian 450D case which has front, top and bottom dust filters, I also have a Seasonic 660KM PSU which the fan only operates on under certain load so doesn't generate really any dust at least so far anyway.
 
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Looks like maybe activated carbon filters might at least help, and I'm pretty sure those are available in a variety of formats.



Activated Carbon Explained

Activated carbon is carbon that has been treated with oxygen; this causes millions of tiny pores to open up on the carbon’s surface. In fact, these pores are so numerous that a single pound of activated carbon may provide 60 to 150 acres of surface area to trap pollutants. Once carbon has been activated, it can remove a long list of airborne chemicals, including alcohols, organic acids, aldehydes, chlorinated hydrocarbons, ethers, esters, ketones, halogens, sulfur dioxide, sulfuric acid, and phosgene, among many others. It also removes odors, whether they be from humans or animals. It removes perfumes, household cleaning chemicals, and is especially good at removing volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Sometimes the carbon is treated with oxygen and another chemical, often a potassium. This creates a chemisorbent, which is better at removing inorganic gases and gases that are highly chemically-reactive.
 
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