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When using the Duct Blaster I have found it necessary to seal the combustion air grilles on the furnace door and flue on an 80% afue gas furnace in order to obtain accurate leakage results. Any comments?
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Permalink Reply by Bud Poll on -
Far from my expertise, but there should be no connection between the combustion side and the conditioned air side. The only thing I can think of would be duct side leakage inside the cabinet then accessing the combustion side through the air intake. Of course there is a possibility of a cracked air exchanger, but not something you would run into on every unit, I would hope. I'll be watching to see what the pros have to say.
Bud
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Permalink Reply by Sean Lintow Sr on -
Damien, if you do that, your results are inaccurate and of course the HVAC guy has an issue to find & fix
The duct test doesn't test just the ducts, but the whole air handling apparatus. The only exception is the version where the air handler hasn't been installed & then they are only allowed 4% leakage per the 2009 codes. With that said many municipalities don't accept that test & we simply won't perform it
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