{"id":682,"date":"2013-10-08T10:17:50","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T02:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/cn\/?p=682"},"modified":"2020-07-15T11:56:08","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T03:56:08","slug":"china-english-%e5%9b%9e%e7%ad%94%e9%97%ae%e9%a2%98","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/blog\/china-english-%e5%9b%9e%e7%ad%94%e9%97%ae%e9%a2%98\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&amp;A: Do ACs Bring in More Dirty Air?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tmthyliu.tumblr.com\/\"><strong>tmthyliu<\/strong><\/a> <strong>\u63d0\u95ee: Just built a DIY air filter, pretty excited to have clean air in the house! I was wondering though, how does this work when the air conditioner is on? Does it make a difference at all? I don&#8217;t know how ACs work but it seems they pump more air into my room (where does the air come from, outside??). Would it make sense to strap a filter on the AC unit? When you ran your tests did you have the AC on in the same room? Thanks for the amazing work!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Excellent question! I long wondered whether ACs bring in dirty outside air. I tested that question with my particle counter and the answer is no:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/blog\/china-english-does-air-conditioning-bring-in-dirty-outside-air\/\">http:\/\/particlecounting.tumblr.com\/post\/59177803065\/does-air-conditioning-bring-in-dirty-outside-air<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And a video test here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/blog\/is-your-air-conditioner-bringing-in-dirty-outside-air\/\">http:\/\/particlecounting.tumblr.com\/post\/59177657783\/is-your-air-conditioner-bringing-in-dirty-outside<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To the two other questions:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Does the fact that the AC is moving air influence purifier effectiveness? I suspect if you were blowing air around AND running your purifier, you might actually get slightly better performance because it\u2019s taking that clean air and spreading it around the room. But that\u2019s just a hunch.<\/li>\n<li>Would it make sense to strap a filter onto an AC? Yes! I wouldn\u2019t strap a HEPA there because the AC isn\u2019t strong enough for it, and you\u2019d really weaken the cooling effect of the AC. But a weaker filter could help.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>tmthyliu \u63d0\u95ee: Just built a DIY air filter, pretty excited to have clean air in the house! I was wondering though, how does this work when the air conditioner is on? Does it make a difference at all? 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