It removes more contaminants from the air but it means that your furnace or air conditioner has to work harder to push the air through your home.
Furnace filter air flow.
Here s an easy way to figure out which way the air flow arrow goes.
Slide the new air filter in with the arrow pointing toward the furnace and you are done.
So air flows from your ducts through the filter and into the furnace.
A higher merv rating means the filter is more restrictive.
In this video i explain how to know for sure that you understand which way the air flows.
The arrow should always point in the direction the air is flowing.
The arrow on the air filter always should point toward the furnace.
A furnace filter has one side that allows it to breath fresh air through while the other side traps dust and particles from the air.
What s the right furnace filter direction.
Two design adjustments at installation can resolve this issue and potentially prevent an off hours call from an unhappy customer.
When changing furnace filters many people wonder where the arrow of the filter should point towards.
I see air filters all that time that have been installed backwards.
Forced air furnaces recirculate air through a home.
For trapping various types of allergens this filter is a top choice.
But sometimes you may not know which way the air is flowing.
Pushing air cool or heated in and pulling spent air back in for another cycle.
Using a filter with a higher merv rating could mean that your hvac system runs longer than it would with a filter with a lower merv rating.
This product has the highest fpr available and it comes in multiple sizes to fit almost all heating units.
Furnace filters designed to act as whole house air filters add stress to the blower in an hvac system by impeding airflow.