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Grille Size vs Duct Size StarkShark 10-29-2007
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Posted by on October 30, 2007, 12:01 pm

>
> >
> >>
> >> > kjpro @ usenet.com wrote:
> > <snip>
> > Because the Homeowner was to cheap to do it right.
> Point well made. I'm sure you are right.
>
> >
> >> I was not here when the furnace was installed. I know that
> it was
> > installed by
> >> a "*LOCAL*, competent, licensed, insured, professionally
> trained,
> >> HVAC
> > technician"
> >> because the company's faded sticker is on the side of the
> furnace.
> >
> >
> > Has a faded sticker, so they have to be competent... LOL
> I see that you have the ability to read, but your comprehension
> isn't very strong. You'll need to work on that. Find the right
> book about reading. I was describing the condition of the
> sticker, not the ability
> of the technician. It was the name printed on the sticker that
> brought me to the belief that a "competent" installer did the
> work...a long time ago, as suggested by the faded condition of
> the sticker.


I read and comprehend just fine...
You again state, "It was the name printed on the sticker that brought me to
the belief that a "competent" installer"

That says you thought the installer was competent because of a sticker,
Period.



Posted by Simon Schnizzard on October 29, 2007, 9:09 pm

>
> "giant one in the kitchen"
>
> Against Code
>

But I like having a big grill in the kitchen--can fit quite a few more
burgers...

--







Posted by udarrell on October 29, 2007, 8:59 pm
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Simon Schnizzard wrote:

>
>
>>"giant one in the kitchen"
>>
>>Against Code
>>
>>
>But I like having a big grill in the kitchen--can fit quite a few more
>burgers.. .
>
>
You made my evening! Ha! Great come back! udarrell

--
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http://www.udarrell.com/ (Updated Again)
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How much can your Constructive Wisdom Principled Communicated Ideas be worth to
America & the world?

If President Bush "unjustifiably" bombs the huge number (hundreds) of identified
targets in Iran, there could be an oil shortage causing a global economic
catastrophe. Could your effective communications stop this tragedy from
happening? How many lives & Trillions of Dollars would that save & be worth?

There's nothing more unjust or terrorizing than modern warfare & it is totally
self-defeating. He now has 30,000-lb 15-ton Depleted Uranium (DU) Bunker Busting
bombs, the DU has a life of 4.5 billion deadly years and causes cancer &
chromsome damage resulting in horrid unbelievable genocidal birth deformities.

Iran is NO threat to America, Bush is a gigantic threat to America!

It is time to create a "Department Of Peace - HR 808)" that will preempt the
Department of War, camouflaged as the Department of Defense.

http://www.udarrell.com/my_pages2.htm (Gravel's Audio concerning Iran)
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WISDOM PRINCIPLED EMPOWERMENT COMMUNICATIONS -
THE REAL POLITICAL ISSUES &amp; WISDOM Principled PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT

<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.udarrell.com/">http://www.udarrell.com/</a> (Updated Again)
PBS Audio Interviews with Mike Gravel &amp; Ron Paul - NO attacks on Iran!

How much can your Constructive Wisdom Principled Communicated Ideas be worth to
America &amp; the world?

If President Bush "unjustifiably" bombs the huge number (hundreds) of identified
targets in Iran, there could be an oil shortage causing a global economic
catastrophe. Could your effective communications stop this tragedy from
happening? How many lives &amp; Trillions of Dollars would that save &amp; be
worth?

There's nothing more unjust or terrorizing than modern warfare &amp; it is
totally self-defeating. He now has 30,000-lb 15-ton Depleted Uranium (DU) Bunker
Busting bombs, the DU has a life of 4.5 billion deadly years and causes cancer
&amp; chromsome damage resulting in horrid unbelievable genocidal birth
deformities.

Iran is NO threat to America, Bush is a gigantic threat to America!

It is time to create a "Department Of Peace - HR 808)" that will preempt the
Department of War, camouflaged as the Department of Defense.

<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.udarrell.com/my_pages2.htm">http://www.udarrell.com/my_pages2.htm</a>
(Gravel's Audio concerning Iran)
(* My Airconditioning Links, Hunting Shooting, Angus Cattle)

Reality Is Not An Easy Thing To Be Confronted With, or to ACCEPT.

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Posted by Zyp on October 29, 2007, 11:24 pm
StarkShark wrote:
> The heating and cooling in my house is functioning well. One room
> upstairs is a little cool when the heat is on, a little warm when the
> AC is on, but that's about it. It's a forced air system that was
> installed to replace a gravity feed coal furnace.
>
> The system has two air returns. One in the living room, about 12
> inches square, and a giant one in the kitchen, 24 X 30, or 720 square
> inches. The duct in the kitchen is formed from two 10 inch deep
> joists. As I see it, the joists form a return duct about 28 X 10, or
> 280 square inches.
>
> With all else remaining the same, can I reduce the opening in the
> floor to about 10 x 30, or 300 square inches without harming the
> intake volume of the duct?
>
> To me, it looks like breathing through a straw. You can put a funnel
> on the straw, but it won't make you get any more air through the
> straw. So does the opening in the floor need to be so huge?
>
> I suspect it's so large only because the duct was that way when the
> furnace was installed.
> Thanks

Just like writing code. Call your local HVAC guy and see what he thinks you
should do. It's simple. A lot simpler than finding someone to write
computer C++ Code.

--
Zyp



Posted by StarkShark on October 30, 2007, 9:34 am

> StarkShark wrote:
>> The heating and cooling in my house is functioning well. One room
>> upstairs is a little cool when the heat is on, a little warm when the
>> AC is on, but that's about it. It's a forced air system that was
>> installed to replace a gravity feed coal furnace.
>>
>> The system has two air returns. One in the living room, about 12
>> inches square, and a giant one in the kitchen, 24 X 30, or 720 square
>> inches. The duct in the kitchen is formed from two 10 inch deep
>> joists. As I see it, the joists form a return duct about 28 X 10, or
>> 280 square inches.
>>
>> With all else remaining the same, can I reduce the opening in the
>> floor to about 10 x 30, or 300 square inches without harming the
>> intake volume of the duct?
>>
>> To me, it looks like breathing through a straw. You can put a funnel
>> on the straw, but it won't make you get any more air through the
>> straw. So does the opening in the floor need to be so huge?
>>
>> I suspect it's so large only because the duct was that way when the
>> furnace was installed.
>> Thanks
>
> Just like writing code. Call your local HVAC guy and see what he
> thinks you should do. It's simple. A lot simpler than finding
> someone to write computer C++ Code.
>

I was trying to avoid paying a bunch of money for a 5 minute visit to get
the answer to a question I /thought/ was simple. I also thought I would
be asking HVAC guys in this group what they think I should do. The
answer is obvious: hire them.

I think I'll try that attitude in comp.lang hierarchy and see how far it
gets me. Or maybe in a computer repair forum on the web: "You want to
learn how to fix your hard drive? Call a pro and give up."

Thanks for the civil answer, anyway. I'll probably do that.



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