You think I would have learned my lesson by now, but I guess I’m a complete idiot.
I was told by the HVAC professionals long ago that I needed to use quality air filters for my HVAC system.
They didn’t tell me the reason why I needed the expensive air filters, they just said it was important. I honestly thought they recommended that because I needed to improve the air quality in my home. Well, when I ended up getting a quality air purification system in my home, I was thinking that I could switch to the cheap air filters again in my HVAC unit. The air purification system was using a HEPA filter, so I figured that would be good enough for suitable air quality. Well, it certainly helped, but I later learned that by using the cheap air filters in the HVAC unit, I wasn’t protecting the actual HVAC components. The inner workings started accumulating dust particles and debris as the cheap air filter was just fiberglass and a lot of the particles easily went through it. The HVAC professional who came to clean out my HVAC unit stressed the importance of using a quality air filter. He honestly didn’t understand how I had an air purification system but wasn’t protecting my HVAC unit with a quality air filter. You can’t imagine how stupid I felt in that moment because it made sense as he was explaining everything. I mean I don’t know, I guess I just don’t know anything when it comes to HVAC systems, but I do know that I have to use quality air filters now.