Where is the ac filter located
How to Change a Furnace or Air Conditioner Filter | GoPro View Inside Furnace
hi guys this is your furnace your
furnace is the most expensive component
of your entire house and your furnace
needs a clean filter to run correctly I
will show you how to change that filter
it's gonna save you money on operations
and it's gonna make your furnace last a
lot longer and you can do it yourself
it's super easy
in fact the manufacturer of the machine
made it so you can do it so that you do
it right look like that nasty well it's
time to replace it hello people of
YouTube I am recommending that if you
have not changed your furnace filter in
the last three months that you go change
it right now changing your furnace
filter is actually very quick you just
pull out well shut off the unit pull
that filter out put the new one in and
then you're good to go for another three
months your furnace and air conditioner
is probably together if you have central
air if you have course their heat you
have a furnace filter guaranteed if it
blows there you have a filter if you
have a filter it's recommended that you
change it every quarter but you should
look at it every month first and most
importantly shut off your unit if you
don't know how to shut off your furnace
then check your owners manual because if
it is running and here's circulating
through it if you pull the filter the
dust will break loose that's all around
your filter and we get sucked right in
directly into that unit I'm lucky I just
have a simple on and off switch right
here see that so I can just shut my
machine off so if you don't have an
on/off switch on your furnace then you
can just simply go to your thermostat
control and turn it off right there
there that just shut the system off
you'll have to let the fan actually shut
off the fan too if you don't have the
capability either way by shutting it off
here or there then you might be able to
show
off at your circuit breaker box what I
recommend though is if you've never done
this before
you really should have a furnace
inspection anyway every two years just
have them tell you where to shut it off
when they do your furnace inspection
you basically just remove the cover
we'll find where that air filter is
located it's going to be located where
your when your air returned from your
house goes into the machine and that's
that simple it's right at the entryway
before I change this I'm gonna pull it
out and take a quick look it just slides
out it's just a piece of cardboard and
it's very light sometimes it's kind of
stuck the side of it looks like it's in
good shape but I'm gonna take a look and
see what size I need to go get and then
also notice which way it points for the
air flow before you take it out an
additional tip for you when you pull out
your air filter and you see that the air
flow is pointing this way make that note
on the hard part of your furnace so I
just simply like that then you'll know
it's in three months when you change
your filter again you won't remember so
write it down right away okay let's go
get a new filter I happen to have one
I'm a good boy I bought several when I
was at the store so I don't have to go
to the store and you don't have to wait
for me it's right here the same exact
size notice the air flow direction we're
gonna unwrap it okay again furnace is
off I shut off the off switch and I
don't hear it running at all the fans
have all stopped the hot parts are not
hot anymore doesn't matter you gonna put
you're not putting your hand into the
machine at all so basically even if it's
not running you can just change it it's
really easy takes you a few seconds okay
I'm are almost there
hold that cover that I showed you put it
to the side these are usually sharp so
be careful so again you're gonna find
that air filter you're gonna get get in
there pull it out carefully
and I recommend look at that dust on
there that's only a few months worth
definitely needs changing it should look
it should look like this one nice and
clean okay you don't have to reach in
there and do anything with it but if if
you feel like vacuuming that out as long
as you are safe and your machine is off
then go ahead I am going to take a peek
with a flashlight
that's from underneath this is where the
filters sitting and that's what it looks
like inside your furnace the air comes
from inside your house from your coal
air return bed sits the vents that have
suction
they suck into the wall that air comes
into here right through through where
the filter is which is right where the
camera is right now and then this motor
pushes the air back through the heating
the heating part of the furnace that's
what the inside of your furnace looks
like where your air is returning
you're not seeing where the flame is
that's on another part of the furnace
which we are not accessing that's
actually up here right in this area okay
it's very clean in there and so it's
ready to go for this to carefully be put
back in again it's very easy you go with
airflow pointing that way it doesn't
matter if it's this direction or this
direction go either way
airflow aims toward your furnace it's
that simple okay
no fit it in there okay so it'll be a
tight fit you might have to push it in
and wiggle it a little bit you can see
it's very nice and tight it has to go
straight in if it if it tilts one way or
another it's not gonna fit there you go
carefully put it in so you don't rip the
material all the way in you may have to
back it up push it the rest of the way
there you go and it's flush with the top
so already
put the access panel back you may not
have an access panel some air filters
are a lot thinner than that and it just
sets in there and you don't even have to
remove a cover mine is larger and so you
have a cover and all those sounds you
make make you sound more important
people in your household will hear that
through the vents and they'll think man
he's really working hard to maintain our
furnace okay it's in place simply turn
it back on
now that you've installed the new filter
you can turn your furnace back on and
then turn the fan to on I always have my
fan circulating which is why I need to
change the filter more often also do not
ever buy a house until you have the
furnace inspected and if the inspector
finds a problem have the current owner
get that fixed before you offer to buy
the house or you can write it as
contingency in your offer that that item
be fixed also when I look at a house I
pull the filter up and take a look at it
and with that your furnace is gonna
light up or if it's summer your air
conditioner is gonna go for stair runs
whether it's an air conditioner or a
furnace a runs through the filter the
filter takes out the things that would
kind of otherwise wreck your furnace fan
and your furnace will be a lot more
efficient so yeah get that checked out
be safe be efficient have fun change
your filter only take you five minutes
do it four times a year at least cost
you 20 30 bucks for the filter and you
are saving money on your heating and
air-conditioning bill by doing this and
it's the right thing to do well no it's
the responsible thing to do it's the
smart thing to do write the comments if
you have any experiences with putting in
your furnace filter or not putting in
your furnace filter those are really the
stories I want to hear what happened if
you didn't change it tell me your story
