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What is an air handler?
An Air Handler is the inner portion of a central air conditioning or heat pump system that is responsible for the movement of the heated or cooled air throughout the area covered with the system. A furnace or a blower coil is what the air handler usually is depending upon its use.
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An Air Handler mostly has motors and controls to regulate the speed of the unit. The variable speed Air handlers are more popular owing to their soft starts, various selectable levels of air flow, high humidity control and enhanced comfort mode features. The air handling units are mostly located in the attics or garages of buildings.
An Air handler in combination with a heat pump performs the task of circulating both hot and cold air through the desired area. Clean and safe air handlers in your home ensure that you and your family can have fresh and comfortable air all the year round.
To state it even more clearly the central air conditioning system of a place consists of two units the outdoor unit and the indoor unit or the Air handler. The Air handler needs to be an efficient one in order to keep your outdoor unit as well as the complete system working smoothly. The better the air handler works the less you outdoor unit needs to exert. At times Air handlers cant be adjusted inside the buildings so special air handlers are designed to be fitted outside on rooftops known as roof top units or RTUs.
The great thing about an Air handler is that you dont have to fear a fire from combustion or any high temperature heating elements. Usually the Air handlers are built in such a fashion that they can be put to use vertically, horizontally or downward usage, in short they are multi-position working units.
Modern Air handlers allow the entry of air into the system and the exhaustion of it outside the area being covered. Often heat recovery, heat exchangers are also fitted along with Air handlers for the purposes of energy saving and increasing capacity.
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