Change Your Furnace Filters
Furnace filters are very important. Changing them regularly will help reduce your energy bills. How can furnace filters save you money? Dirty furnace filters will restrict air flow. This means your furnace will have to work harder to heat or cool your home. As the furnace filter becomes clogged with dust, it becomes less effective and the excess will pass through and start to accumulate on the burners and the A-coil (the A-coil is what the air passes through to cool and is in the shape of an A). The excessive dust will also clog the Furnace Blower Motor. The dust that passes through the furnace filter will also start to line the walls of your duct work and will cause restricted air flow. This will cause the furnace to work harder and require maintenance. This is why keeping your furnace filters clean is important.
What Type of Furnace Filter?
Should you use standard filters or filters that collect more dust and pollen? That depends on your system. If you have an older system you may want to stick with standard filters. The newer filters that collect more dust and pollen are going to restrict the air flow on an older system. No matter which ones you use they need to be changed often. Standard ones will stop collecting dust when they become dirty, and the more expensive ones that filter more dust and pollen will become clogged much sooner because they let less dust get through. Either way, change them often! Especially if you have dust problems. Standard filters are very cheap. If you have dusty conditions I recommend changing them every three months. There are more expensive filters that you can buy. They will eliminate dust and pollen. If you have a newer system they tend to have higher air flow and the filters that collect more will not affect them until they become clogged.
