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Return Air

The path air takes back to the air handler — the half of the system most often undersized.

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What is Return Air?

The ducting and grilles that bring air back to the equipment. If the return path is inadequate for the system's tonnage, the result is rooms that never balance, doors that thump when the system starts, and a blower permanently working harder than designed. A useful test: if closing a room's door makes it worse, that room has a return-path problem, not a supply problem.

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Other terms in the glossary

MERV
The standardised scale for how efficiently a filter captures particles.
Pressure Drop
The airflow resistance a filter or fitting adds to the system.
Static Pressure
The pressure the blower works against — the measurement that says what filter a system can take.
NADCA ACR Standard
The industry standard defining what a legitimate duct cleaning actually is.
Source Removal
Extracting debris from the system rather than dislodging it into the airstream.
Plenum
The main air chamber directly at the air handler where supply or return trunks connect.

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