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Furnace Filter Location?
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| Looking for input on the "best" location for a furnace filter. Two
options - at the main air intake in the ceiling or at the cold air return at
the furnace?
Thanks . Art
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| Joseph Meehan 2006-04-20, 9:21 am |
| Art wrote:
> Looking for input on the "best" location for a furnace filter. Two
> options - at the main air intake in the ceiling or at the cold air
> return at the furnace?
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> Thanks . Art
Describe "main" If it is main because it is one of several, then your
only good choice is at the furnace. You want to filter ALL the air entering
the furnace.
That filter is there to protect the furnace, not to provide you with
clean air. It may do both, but the primary purpose is to keep the dust out
of the furnance/AC and keep it running longer. Putting just one filter on
one of more than one air returns will allow un-filtered air though to the
furnace.
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Joseph Meehan
Dia duit
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| Robert Gammon 2006-04-20, 9:21 am |
| Art wrote:
> Looking for input on the "best" location for a furnace filter. Two
> options - at the main air intake in the ceiling or at the cold air return at
> the furnace?
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> Thanks . Art
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As has been suggested elsewhere, the ONE single location where ALL air
returns to the furnace is THE place for the filter.
If the ceiling return is the ONLY return in the house, that's ok. It
puts the filter where you can be reminded to take a look at the filter
to monitor its cleanliness.
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| Robert Gammon 2006-04-20, 9:21 am |
| Art wrote:
> Looking for input on the "best" location for a furnace filter. Two
> options - at the main air intake in the ceiling or at the cold air return at
> the furnace?
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> Thanks . Art
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As has been suggested elsewhere, the ONE single location where ALL air
returns to the furnace is THE place for the filter.
If the ceiling return is the ONLY return in the house, that's ok. It
puts the filter where you can be reminded to take a look at the filter
to monitor its cleanliness.
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| m Ransley 2006-04-20, 10:21 am |
| Put it at the furnace , you will get the tightest filter edge seal and
air to furnace should remain the cleanest, putting it downline can allow
dust to bypass the filter from leaks in ductwork and dust already in the
ducts.
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