Why YSK: Back in 2020 when Australia had our massive wildfires I still had to drive to work everyday in the smoke. I also went and got my car serviced around the same time and they showed me how dark my cars air filters had gotten after just a few weeks of those conditions. The air filters in cars aren’t designed to filter out so many particles so as soon as you can you should get them replaced.
As a non-car person, what happens if you don’t?
Reduced air flow means lower miles per gallon.
Oooh! That makes sense! Thank you :)
Car gets emphysema. Dies.
Like my… dad
Aww. Next time you should try to change the filters. :(
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This is also very true for the air filters on your home furnace/heat pump, if you have one. Even if you aren’t running the heat, if you are running the furnace/heat pump’s fan to circulate air periodically (which you should be doing to avoid stagnation), air is still passing through the filter. I live in the Seattle area, and our furnace filter comes out absolutely filthy black after every bout of wildfire smoke. It nasty.
A fun fact about those furnace filters is that combined with your aver 20-22 inch box fan they’re a cheap way of getting very clean air in your house with a Corsi-Rosenthal box. https://cleanaircrew.org/box-fan-filters/
Well I’ll be damned. Never thought of that but it makes sense. I imagine it might be the same if there are a lot of bad air quality days? (Looking at you Canada). I’ll check mine later.
Yes, look at us. We’re beautiful. I can understand why you’d be looking.
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