Video: Tip for Fresher Indoor Air

REDWOOD CITY — Host, Sarah Rutan: If you want fresher indoor air, you’ll be glad to know there’s a simple way to get it. Today we’re in Redwood City with Diamond Certified Expert Contributor Rick Lazzarini of Degree HVAC to learn more.

Diamond Certified Expert Contributor, Rick Lazzarini: A lot of people don’t realize that better indoor air quality can be as simple as turning on the fan selector switch. Go to your thermostat, go to the switch that says “fan”, and place it into the on position. This promotes better air circulation through the house, which you don’t normally get, because a lot of people will just leave their system running in auto. So, every time the furnace comes on or the air conditioner comes on it only runs the fan for the duration of that cycle and, usually, your house will be pretty even-tempered after it runs, so there’s no need for the fan to run. There are also thermostats that have this programmable feature in them and will alleviate the need to run back and forth every hour for 15 minutes and turn your fan on.

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