What Happens When You Don't Change Your Furnace's Air Filter
One of the most聽basic聽problems聽that we聽come acress聽at聽天美传媒聽in聽the U.S.聽is聽dusty聽air filters. They聽might聽seem like a very聽insignificant聽piece of the聽overall聽home comfort puzzle, but the role they play in helping us聽create聽comfort is a lot聽greater聽than most homeowners聽notice. Regardless if it is cooling season or heating season, having a聽dirty聽air filter can cause a聽number聽of聽problems聽for your heating and AC system.
So what exactly happens when you聽don't remember聽to聽swap out聽your air filter? Here are just a聽handful聽of the side effects you聽might聽encounter:
- Decreased听补颈谤蹿濒辞飞.聽This is easily the聽biggest聽headache聽you’ll聽notice聽when your home’s air filter is聽badly聽clogged. The longer the air filter goes without being聽changed, the more dirt, dust and other particles build up. Of course, this聽hinders聽air from passing through the filter as it should, meaning your system is working聽significantly聽harder to聽give you聽the same amount of air.
- Frozen coil.聽If your system is聽operating聽harder聽as a result of聽a聽dirty聽air filter, you also run the聽danger聽of having the cooling coil freeze inside of the system, because it’s聽operating聽overtime to聽give you聽cool air.
- Total loss of cooling or heating.聽This is also a聽probability聽if your air filter goes聽unchanged聽for months and months on end. In essence, you will have worked your system so hard that something聽gives out聽or wears out and needs to be replaced or serviced.
- Short cycling.聽Short cycling means the heating and cooling system turns on and off聽excessively. When your system short cycles, it聽could聽overheat or break down from the added work,聽which could end up聽causing damage to your system.
In addition to these, you can also expect:
- A聽shortened聽equipment lifecycle
- Lower聽energy efficiency
- 顿别肠谤别补蝉别诲听air quality
- Increase in聽dust and debris
- Lack of comfort
If you’re not sure when you last聽changed聽your air filter, it may be a good time to do so in order to聽get around聽any聽possible聽damage that聽might聽come with a聽dirty聽air filter. If you don’t know where your home’s air filter is located or you simply have a question about the聽variety of聽air filters聽we carry, give聽天美传媒聽a call at (866) 963-7996 or聽schedule an appointment online.
