Derek Cole explains how to pick the right AC filter for your home. Thicker, high-efficiency filters trap more dust but restrict airflow, which matters more in older homes. Check and change filters every 30 days, and test if one is too restrictive by how easily it pulls out.
Cheap or expensive? It kind of depends on your system. Is this Arizona talking to me again? So you kind of got to see if you get a tight house or a loose house, really. If it's a newer construction, everything's probably a little tighter. So the more expensive filter is probably going to cause a problem for the airflow because your unit needs to breathe at the same time it needs to stay clean. If you got a loose older home, then probably a better filter would help you out a little bit. But the AC professional that does the tune up for you and checks it for you can let you know which one's better. So if you buy the expensive 3M kind of filter, then you could cause a problem with airflow anytime. When you change the filter and the unit's on, if you got to pull against it to get it out of the filter grill, it's causing a problem. Okay. You shouldn't have to kind of force it out. It should just kind of come out pretty, pretty easy with the unit on. So if you got any of the forcing. I've also seen the filter. It kind of buttoned up in there and kind of crumpled because, you know, the unit's trying to breathe and it can't get the airflow because these filters are so thick. It's catching the particles and the bad stuff, but it's not allowing for air to flow through it, and that's also a problem. So just kind of go by that as well. If you got a filter in the house right now, just turn the unit on and if it's pretty simple to pull it out and to change it, you're good to go. If it takes a little bit of force to get it out, then you probably need something a little less restrictive because it needs the airflow, it needs the air to breathe, and it's going to get the air from somewhere. It's either going to pull it through the filter or it's going to get it from your house, your receptacles, your attic, your crawl space. It's going to get it somehow. But you wanted to get it through that filter and you wanted to get it through that filter. So you want something pretty easy for it to get through. At the same time, you want some protection as well. Hopefully that answers it a little bit for you. It's a little complicated, but, you know, I don't want you spending extra money and causing more problems than you have right now. So, yeah, check us out on YouTube. Just search for Derek Cole or Derek Cole, the comfort experts. And we got about 13 videos uploaded right now. Also, you'll go to my page right there and there's another 12 videos, about 30 seconds each. Kind of some little tips and little tidbits to save you some energy. So check those out for sure. But anything else, I mean, filters are one of the most. One of the biggest problems we see. I mean, the filter is something simple you can do. You know, check your filter, change your filter, check it every 30 days to make sure it doesn't need to be changed. And if you keep checking and it doesn't get dirty, then you have a problem that air is getting by the filter and it's coming from somewhere else. Air is kind of like water. I mean, the easiest avenue is the place it's going to go. So check that out. And if it's gone three months without changing it, you need to change it anyway and get it checked out and see where the air is coming from. Because you're sucking unfiltered dirty air into your system and it's clogging up and it's going to cause a problem. And when it's In Arizona, it's 110 degrees outside, you're going to break down because it's working so hard. It's just going to overheat and it's going to go out, unfortunately. So again, just check out the YouTube page again, 13 videos on the comfort experts. There's 12 videos on the other playlist I have there. And it's a lot of good little tips and things you can check yourself to make sure you're good to go. I also wrote an article on LinkedIn. If you want to check it out on LinkedIn or go to my Twitter page, ericmcole, and you can see kind of the top four reasons for my units not cooling things, you can check out. All right, guys, pleasure being with you. And we'll do this again and again. If you need anything, just let me know at Derek M. Cole on Twitter or YouTube. The comfort experts and Derek Cole. Thanks, guys.
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