Attic Ac Unit Filter Location

Filtr grip gripper tool being used to remove an hvac filter from an air handler unit in an attic.

Attic ac unit filter location.

Most updated central air conditioned homes have a new air conditioner split system meaning the ac is broken up into parts. An outdoor unit which houses the fan condenser and compressor and an indoor unit which holds the evaporator and fan. The return air plenum on an attic or basement air conditioner blower unit will usually be a large metal enclosure about the same dimensions in width and height as the air conditioner blower unit itself. When you decide to trade in your room air conditioner for central air you ll have decisions to make including where.

On other hvac systems the air filter may be located behind the return air grill on a wall in your home. Typically the unit would be found in a basement an attic or sometimes in the back of a closet. The air handler is the large metal box containing the fan and fan motor. Well mainly it s a way to save space.

So why put an hvac system up in the attic at all. Two large pipes or ducts extend from the package unit. Attic hvac systems save space. One is the conditioned supply air that serves the house with warm or cool air attaching to the vents in every room.

Anthony climbs into the attic in order to help you locate your air filter and shows you how to determine your size and merv rating to make your ordering process as smooth as possible. Can you put your air conditioning unit in the attic with blown in insulation. Changing the filters in the hvac unit in this case your air filter is most likely located right next to your furnace or air conditioning system air handler. On hvac systems with a return in each room there may be an air filter behind each of the return.

The 2nd duct is the return duct that attaches to the return air vents and draws the stale air out of the house through the filter and conditions it again to return. This air handler has a filter base under the unit the air filter might be on top below or on the side of the air handler depending on what kind of air handler you have.