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You are here: Home / Resources / Home Owner Information Guides Guide 3: Warm Air HeatingWarm air furnaces using gas, oil or electricity are the most common types of heating systems found in homes today. Rather than relying on gravity to distribute the heated air throughout the house, most systems installed since the fifties are power driven by blower fans. Basically, the operation of a forced warm air system is quite simple. Circulating return air enters the furnace where a filter or electronic air cleaner traps air borne dirt. The blower forces the air up into a compartment called the heat exchanger which contains metal passageways heated to temperatures of several hundred degrees by rising combustion gases. The passageway exteriors heat the circulating air as the blower forces it pass and on into the network of ducts for distribution throughout the house. A fan control switches the blower on and off and shuts down the blower if the circulating air temperature rises too high. |
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