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What is an Air Handler?

The air handler is the indoor blower section of your heating and cooling system, this component contains a blower fan and an air exchange coil. This is the place that air temperature change is achieved. We do this by moving air over the cooling coil, (this same coil can also be used to heat). Your air handler also removes much of the humidity from the air in your home using this very same coil. The inlet side of the air handler most often has an air filter installed, to allow for air filtration and cleaning.

     The air handler is very important, and could be considered the lungs of your heating and cooling system. If dirt is allowed into this machine it will get onto the evaporator coil, blower wheel and heater coils. Further it can then be pushed down the duct work and back out into the home causing stains and dirt at the air outlets. An air handler can move thousands of cubic feet of air each day, cleaning, cooling and removing gallons of moisture as the air passes over the filters and the coils. It is very important to keep this part of the system clean.

Parts of the Air Handler explained:

BLOWER - The electric motor and squirrel cage fan blade that moves air through the machine. This motor is VERY important to the operation of your air handler, it must be able to move the rated air flow across the coils or cooling and moisture removal will be reduced.

COIL - The refrigerant flows through this copper pipe aluminum fin assembly to provide cooling to the air as it is passed through the aluminum fins. Coil size and type are very important to overall system health it must be a matched system to achieve maximum cooling and moisture removal.

DRAIN PAN - This is where the moisture removed from the air is collected and then piped out side of the living space. It does us no good to remove moisture from the air only to allow it to be sucked back up out of our air handler again. Design of drain pans is more important than it may see, our air handler drain pans are made of non rusting polymers and have built in internal slope to aide drainage.

Where is this Air Handler located?

Every home builder has their own idea of where to locate air handlers so often in the name of floor space they will be shoved or shoe horned into attics or crawl spaces. Although floor space may be gained the price is access and efficiency are often sacrificed. This unit will be connected to the duct work in your home and can be installed both vertically and horizontally. We see them installed in garage areas more often these days and even the more preferred method of vertical in a closet near the center of the home. The last place we want to see an air handler installed is in your attic, this is the worst place to put it period.

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