Suspend Airhandler In Attic

Put it in an attic full of blown insulation and you re forcing it to work harder to vent its heat.

Suspend airhandler in attic.

This is a horizontal flow air handler installed in the attic. Keeping your air handler in a hot florida attic is like throwing money out the window. How we hang an air handler. The simple physics behind sweating is.

Hvac industry insiders follow the protocol of placing air handlers and ductwork whenever possible in cooler locations because this lets the air handler actually cool itself down which lowers its operating costs. Notice the drain pan under the air handling unit to catch condensation if the primary pan were to overflow. Should the air handler be insulated. Also attic ducts often leak.

Tyson cgc1516843 april 13 2011 6 29pm 2. A common place to install this is in the attic. System sits on rubber cork vibration isolators. There are several pros and cons of the ac handler attic installation that should be considered.

The hvac installs i generally see have the airhandlers suspended on all thread bolted to the rafters and connected to two pieces of unistrut as a saddle. This is a much more robust method. In addition to making the unit hard to get to for service high attic heat can trigger the high. Improper or no insulation of ducts.

This is the secondary condensation pan which is installed under the air handler to save a ceiling. The hung rite support system is a fully enclosed suspension to support fan coil machines capable of maintaining up to a 5 ton handle or oven and coil set weighing up to 400 lbs. 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.