We live in a one story home that has a central 4-ton hvac unit. Recently I've noticed that after the A/C kicks on, I get a heavy dose of a smoke smell. Badly enough to where my eyes(burning) and mouth/throat are affected. There are smokers in the house but no one actually smokes inside, only outside on the patio. And last week we had company that were HEAVY smokers(stronger ciggarettes too), all smoked on patio only. I thought that their smoke might be traveling inside the attic from the soffit vents around the perimeter of house and into the a/c system from poss. vent leaks in attic. So I closed up all the soffit vents along that side of the house and created new ones on the opposite side of the house. STILL, the problem occurs. Thought maybe the smoke is coming in from openings in siding? I even went upstairs into attic expecting to see it full of smoke, but have yet to find any(using a hi-beam narrow light). Is it possible for the smoke to have lined/coated the a/c's ventilation system so that everytime it runs the smoke smell causes my eyes to burn? I also read in this ng that some folks have had a failing blower motor cause smoke to go into the system. Could that cause these same effects? thanks for any suggestions!
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20 years ago