I haven't changed my air filter inside the house in quite some time. The one that connects to your heater and ac. Aside from the dust, will it actually damage the system in anyway? If so how will it do that? Thanks.Will not changing your home air filter damage things?
Dust particles can damage the air movement equipment by causing undue wear. Wear means that the unit will run less efficiently, thus causing you more money in both heating/cooling costs AND repair /maintenance. Like a car running uphill, the unit will use more energy to do what it should do more easily.
Filters are cheap. Replacing them monthly is less than a couple cups of coffee. (We just bought extra high grade filters at Home Depot and spent 9.95 for 3 of them. )Will not changing your home air filter damage things?
It will damage the motor by clogging up vital motor parts with dust and hair and other crud. We have cats and a cold air return in the floor of a hallway. We DO clean our filter downstairs at least once a month, but that wasn't even enough. We paid about $100 extra for our service last year to have the technician clean out the stuff that still got through and was collected around the motor. We added a hand-cut filter to the cold air return, and our filter downstairs stays much cleaner. You need to maintain your filter.
It also costs you much more to try and heat or cool with the efficiency blocked by a clogged filter.
Your house will stay cleaner, too, if you maintain your filter. You will recycle less dust and fewer allergens if you don't leave them to be recycled endlessly back into your house through a dirty heating + cooling system.Will not changing your home air filter damage things?
it will prevent proper circulation for the cold or heat for one, and it could damage the system because you are blocking it ,and it might cost you more then replacing a filter or washing it ,if you have one of those permanent ones installed.
By rule of thumb, they should be changed once a month , depending on where you live , in regard of dust and other air born particles, or if you had renovations done to the house, begin by vacuuming all the vents this is a plus in keeping your filter clean as well.Will not changing your home air filter damage things?
HVAC Tech.: The only thing worse than running with an OLD filter is to run with no filter at all. Any thing that slows the air flow causes the blower to work harder, using more electric for what you pay. The damage occurs when dirt, germs collect on the evaporator coil. Blocking the air flow so that air can no longer give up heat to the coil. This can cause coil to freeze over and allow liquid refrigerant to go back to the compressor and destroy the compressor.Will not changing your home air filter damage things?
not changing the filters will make your bills go even higher than they already are. The dust build up blocks the flow of the air and slows down the compressor in the A/C. Leanred the hard way, change them regularly 1-2 months with a high quality air filter.Will not changing your home air filter damage things?
It will restrict air flow,sooner or later cause your evap.to freeze up,burn your fan motor out[lack of air flow],wash the valves out in the compressor and cost you more money to run your system every day till it breaks down.Will not changing your home air filter damage things?
yes it will cause the rotation of the fan to turn the opposite way. and it will make it pull air instead of push it.
