I had a question. The other day. I actually had a couple comments on a a video where i mentioned electrostatic filters in fact that particular video. I think we talking more about media.

Filters and someone was commenting and saying hey i like electrostatic filters. I think electrostatic filters are good in theory. I think if you are a homeowner that happens to see this video and you're considering electrostatic filter or possibly you already have one in your home. I think they're a thing of the past.

I think that they're a little antiquated. I know that there are a lot of other guys that still believe in them. But those were something that we pushed more 20 30 years ago when i first got in this trade. I haven't been in this trade 30 years.

But i have been over 20 years now i remember it was something that we pushed back then in fact. It's more likely. If i lay hands on an older system that has any air quality products at all i'm. Most likely laying hands on electrostatic filter.

Not a uv light or some of the air cleaners. We see today so do i think electrostatic filters are bad do i think that they're snake. Oil do i think that they're a waste of money. I don't think they're snake oil.

I don't think that they're bad. But i do think that they're a waste of money why because i think there are better products on the market that do the same thing if not better that electrostatic filters. Do. But the reason i really hate electrostatic filters and this is what this gentleman and i were talking about is i was saying that look electrostatic filters are rendered useless because they're not taken care of in fact in my entire career.

I could probably count on less than one hand. How many people actually care for their electrostatic filter regularly like they should a lot of our homeowners. When i mention to them hey you have an electrostatic filter on your system and i need to clean the cells and make that filter new again a lot of them didn't even know they had it to start with maybe. They forgot maybe they had no idea to start with maybe they bought the house and didn't realize.

It was there. But regardless a lot of folks will see that little red light in there whatever color light. It is that's on that electrostatic filter and they'll think that oh yeah i'm cleaning my air this is great because they don't take care of it i mean a lot of them should be cleaned regularly. I would say at least annually.

But i would dare argue that they should be cleaned every quarter. If not every month. Depends on the traffic in your home and the type of system you have definitely every quarter. I would say that those cells should be clean otherwise it is a useless product you have a dirty filter and it's not cleaning.

The air like you are believing. It is so that's my whole thing. I think that they're useless because no one takes care of them like they're supposed to so this gentleman's comment was well does that make the product useless just because folks don't take care of their system should you not sell us great car just because you got to put a certain fuel in it i think that was the analogy you used and my answer to that is yeah you should not be selling people products. That are going to be rendered.

Useless. That's my opinion nobody takes care of them like they should rendering them useless. So why would you try to upsell someone the one especially when you could get them in a high merv media filter that will do the job and then there's other products that will ionize the air or clean. The air better anyway in my opinion.

So if you're in the market for a heating and air system and you've got a guy pushing electrostatic filter on you i'm not saying it's bad i'm not saying he's bad. But i am saying that if you do decide to pull the trigger and put another electrostatic filter in your home. That you need to be on top of it you need to make sure. It's being cleaned.

Often otherwise you just paid money for a useless product. Just my opinion. I learned it from the guy that i learned from that was always his thoughts obviously passed down on me. That's my reasoning for it and i hope that helps thanks for watching hit that subscribe button.

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