Air Handler In The Attic

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Air handler in the attic.

One of the advantages of an attic ac handler installation is that it makes it easier to. As its name suggests an air handler handles the air inside your home and delivers warm or cool indoor air throughout your entire home. The first and possibly most important thing is to make a commitment to yourself to change your hvac filters regularly. Put it in an attic full of blown insulation.

Pros and cons of having the ac handler in the attic easier to cool higher levels. Having your hvac system in your attic isn t dire though you ll need to do some work to keep your air conditioner or furnace system running as efficiently as possible. Many times homeowners buy a house with an air handler already located in the attic and sometimes people will place the air handler in the attic when building their new home. After all the attic is full of empty space.

Notice the drain pan under the air handling unit to catch condensation if the primary pan were to overflow. If your air handler is in an attic it should have a secondary pan to catch the water in case the primary condensation pan or condensation drain line gets clogged. The simple physics behind sweating is. Typical items that clog condensation lines are algae muck and trash like insulation from the attic.

Attics and heat the condenser in your air conditioner works hard to get rid of heat and pressurize refrigerant for the return trip through your house. Improper or no insulation of ducts. Most often air handlers are located in the attic basement or a dedicated closet and may closely resemble the shape of a gas furnace. This is a horizontal flow air handler installed in the attic.

The air handler is in the attic and about two months after installation we saw water damage in the ceiling. This is the secondary condensation pan which is installed under the air handler to save a ceiling. Whenever there is a contact between the hot humid air and cold metal surface then there will be sweating or condensation on the metal surface so it is very important to have a proper insulation for the air handler ducts in case the portion of the duct is coming in contact with the. Since it was not a major problem we waited a couple of months before the guy returned to the area.