| Many homeowners with central heat are unaware | | | | with the traditional physical filters you can also get |
| that they even need a filter for their HVAC | | | | electronic air cleaners and electrostatic filters. |
| system. The filter cleans the air for two primary | | | | These offer much more filtering ability and do not |
| reasons: to keep you healthy, and to keep your | | | | need to be regularly replaced. |
| heating and air conditioning equipment healthy. | | | | The electric charge on an electrostatic filter pulls |
| For your central air system to work properly, air | | | | dust to it out of the air. The dust is attracted |
| should easily circulate through the ducts, vents | | | | from a distance, instead of having to get caught |
| and evaporator coils. All of these parts can | | | | up in a tangle of webbing like a traditional filter. A |
| become clogged by dirt and other foreign | | | | HEPA (high efficiency particulate air) filter is the |
| particulate matter. Clogged air works means the | | | | Denver heating professional's choice when it |
| compressor and blower have to work harder to | | | | comes to air filtration. These filters are certified |
| push air through the system. They will heat up | | | | by the Department of Energy as being very |
| and eventually work at high energy, sub-optimal | | | | effective at removing small airborne particles. |
| cooling modes, then fail. Dust inside the | | | | The first filters were created for work on the |
| evaporator clings to the moist coils and stops the | | | | atomic bomb to stop the spread of radioactive |
| heat transfer between he air and coil coolant. You | | | | particles. HEPA filters are well used in hospitals and |
| can get a recommendation for a good quality | | | | research labs, these filters will stop most airborne |
| HVAC filter from your local Denver air conditioning | | | | viruses, mold and bacteria. Hospital filters may |
| service company. A poor quality filter will not | | | | include a ultraviolet light to kill all organisms in the |
| strain out enough particulate matter to be | | | | air. Airlines used to be a prime location for the |
| effective. | | | | transmission of disease untill HEPA filters were |
| These quality air filters also make a big difference | | | | installed. Now airline cabins have lower dangerous |
| on the quality of air you breath in your home. | | | | organism rates than the average home. |
| Your filter should stop pollen, dirt, harmful | | | | Residential HEPA filters are also available and you |
| chemicals and allergens from being circulated | | | | HVAC company would be happy to help you |
| though your home's Denver HVAC system. Along | | | | install one. |