There is a second, filthy, air filter
Lately our air conditioner has not been working right.
- I can hear it turn on but very little cool air gets into the house.
After dealing with this for a few days I finally decided to call up an HVAC company. After all, it is only going to get warmer. I don’t want to over work the air conditioner either. That will reflect badly when my electric bill arrives. The HVAC company came out a few days later and took a look at our system. I felt offended when the foreman said that it sounded like we might be dealing with a dirty air filter. I change my HVAC air filter every 2 months. Sometimes it is still almost pure white but I change it anyway. But then the HVAC technicians opened up my air intake vent cover and found the problem. Sure enough, it was the air filter. Only, it wasn’t my air filter. Someone must have put an air filter in the wrong place before we moved in. We moved in over 4 years ago. So there was a lot of nasty dirt and dust all built up on this air filter. No wonder the air filter I change is frequently clean. Everything gets trapped on this dirty, nasty, old air filter. Once the old air filter was removed our air conditioner started working great again. The HVAC technicians serviced the machine and everything. Hopefully running the air conditioner with a clogged up air filter didn’t cause any long term damage. I hate to think that my family has been breathing air that’s passed through such filth too. It is really disgusting.