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Furnace filter? Sandy K. 07-20-2005
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Posted by Sandy K. on July 20, 2005, 9:22 am


This may sound like a dumb question, but it's been bothering me for quite a
while. Our forced hot air furnace/AC unit in the basement has a fan at the
bottom. Filters (those carboard/blue things - ours is 16x25x1) are placed
between the fan and a large duct. The filters have an arrow on them that
show how it should be placed - given the direction of the airflow. Only
problem is, is that I don't know the direction of the airflow. Does it flow
from the fan to the duct or from the duct to the fan?

TIA,
Sandy K.




Posted by Mikepier on July 20, 2005, 6:40 am


Usually filters are placed as close as possible to the intake of the
fan, which is usually at the end of the return duct, so the arrows
should point towards the fan.



Posted by on July 20, 2005, 6:52 am


Not a dumb question at all. My new house had 2 AC/Furnaces. They had
non descript filters without arrows when I moved in. I basically
looked at the ductwork and realized that the returns were coming down
adn going to the main unit and the filter was in between the two.
Therefore I put them in with the arrows pointing towards the main unit.
I also figured that while air quality is important, Carrier would want
to protect their equipment from the dirt and whatnot, so it would
probably be before the main unit. Hope that makes sense...it did to me
when I first started writing it. :-)



Posted by on July 20, 2005, 6:52 am


Not a dumb question at all. My new house had 2 AC/Furnaces. They had
non descript filters without arrows when I moved in. I basically
looked at the ductwork and realized that the returns were coming down
adn going to the main unit and the filter was in between the two.
Therefore I put them in with the arrows pointing towards the main unit.
I also figured that while air quality is important, Carrier would want
to protect their equipment from the dirt and whatnot, so it would
probably be before the main unit. Hope that makes sense...it did to me
when I first started writing it. :-)



Posted by Joseph Meehan on July 20, 2005, 2:39 pm


Sandy K. wrote:
> This may sound like a dumb question, but it's been bothering me for
> quite a while. Our forced hot air furnace/AC unit in the basement
> has a fan at the bottom. Filters (those carboard/blue things - ours
> is 16x25x1) are placed between the fan and a large duct. The filters
> have an arrow on them that show how it should be placed - given the
> direction of the airflow. Only problem is, is that I don't know the
> direction of the airflow. Does it flow from the fan to the duct or
> from the duct to the fan?
>
> TIA,
> Sandy K.

Not a dumb question. The filter's main job is to protect the fan and
furnace from too much dust. It should be placed before the fan, so the
arrow should point towards the fan.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit




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