Comments on: Skin Flakes in Your Air Conditioner https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/skin-flakes-your-air-conditioner/ Building science knowledge, HVAC design, & fun Sat, 25 May 2019 09:53:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Donald Endsley https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/skin-flakes-your-air-conditioner/#comment-12280 Sat, 25 May 2019 09:53:22 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=skin-flakes-in-your-air-conditioner#comment-12280 Do you happen to have any
Do you happen to have any anecdotal evidence on if air sealing measures reduces particle build-up on/in HVAC filters?

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By: Scott Copeland https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/skin-flakes-your-air-conditioner/#comment-12267 Sat, 04 May 2019 23:16:32 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=skin-flakes-in-your-air-conditioner#comment-12267 In reply to oliver.

Is the game room under
Is the game room under negative pressure? If the room is negative couldn’t the dirt be anything from behind your walls or from the attic?

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By: Susie Dunn https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/skin-flakes-your-air-conditioner/#comment-12266 Sat, 04 May 2019 17:40:53 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=skin-flakes-in-your-air-conditioner#comment-12266 Is that why we have customers
Is that why we have customers complain about “the dirty sock smell”? Is it due to the body odor from squames.

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By: oliver https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/skin-flakes-your-air-conditioner/#comment-12265 Sat, 04 May 2019 13:56:35 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=skin-flakes-in-your-air-conditioner#comment-12265 my game room is cooled by a
my game room is cooled by a dedicated ac, no pets, no carpet, no windows open, so the only thing that can produce “dirt” is me, and seing that all test i’ve seen from studies/labs outside the US stating its mainly skin particles, i can confirm it.
outside that i virtually bad similar room setups in different locations and even different countries, yet color/size of the particles was always the same.

Not even talking about the fact that the bacteria causing odors live on our skin and wont survive long enough to cause smell.
One reason why sweat doesn’t smell until the bacteria actually processed it.

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