The Top 5 Reasons You Need To Change Your Furnace Filter

By Author: Jamie Hanson
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You're walking through the local super store and you come to the furnace filters section. You stand there and think "when did I change my filter last?"

Did you know that not changing your air conditioner or furnace filter regularly can cause some serious issues!

Here is a list of the top 5 problems:

1. Increased energy consumption

2. Increased wear and tear on HVAC equipment

3. Chance of life threatening conditions

4. Poor climate control

5. Reduced air quality

1. Increased energy consumption?
When you don't change your air conditioner and furnace filter regularly the filter loads up with all sorts of contaminants like dust and pet dander, if you have a pet. As the filter starts to load it slowly reduces air flow through your furnace. The reduced air flow causes the blower to work hard, which in turn increases your utility bill.

2. Increase wear and tear on your equipment?
Adding to number one when the air flow starts to be reduced it causes the blower to work harder, which can cause it to overheat. Also when you are running your gas forced air or ...
... fuel oil furnace the heat exchanger gets out of its specified temperature range. So when it gets too hot it expands farther then what it was designed for and as it cools it can cause stress fractures. Also if you have an air conditioner the evaporator coil can freeze due to lack of air flow which causes more stress on the compressor. If you fail to notice that the coil has become frozen it can destroy the air conditioner unit and or the blower motor.

3. Chance of life threatening conditions?
As with number 2 when your furnace filter becomes dirty and you are using your gas forced air or fuel oil furnace the heat exchanger can become so hot it causes stress fractures and when it heats and cools the exchanger can crack and leak CO2 into the ventilation system or worse cause an explosion!

4. Poor climate control?
When air flow gets reduced it takes longer to heat or cool your home. Also rooms that are the farthest away may not even heat or cool at all because of the conditioned air not satisfactorily reaching them.

5. Reduced air quality?
Yes, not changing your filter can reduce the air quality because as the filter gets dirty any small air leaks in your duct work can pull dirt and debris into the system and will blow throughout the home.

As you can see, not changing your filter can cause a number of problems. From increased energy consumption to an explosion that could result in death.

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