cold air return register vents


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cold air return register vents

does it matter which way the vents on a cold air return register face for the air to return to the unit?----billkay--
 
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does it matter which way the vents on a cold air return register face for the air to return to the unit?----billkay--
does it matter which way the vents on a cold air return register face for the air to return to the unit?---billkay--
 
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no, it does not.
On the supply side matters, not on the return.
 
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supply side

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no, it does not.
On the supply side matters, not on the return.
what do you mean when you say --on the supply side matters?what is the supply side?---billkay---
 
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what do you mean when you say --on the supply side matters?what is the supply side?---billkay---
what do you mean when you say--on the supply side matters?--what is the supply side?---billkay---
 
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There are registers that bring warm air into the rooms from the furnace, they have adjustable vanes; these are supply registers (or diffusers). That how rooms get heated.

Then there are the other kind, the ones that carry the cool room air back to the furnace to be reheated, they do not have vanes (the grid is not adjustable/movable); these are return grilles (people call them registers, but this is incorrect, a misnomer)
 
 

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