Any HVAC men

[fishingpox]

in here? I have a question if so.

[BlackWidow]

I own a HVAC business. 14 years and counting... What kind of problem are you having?

[fishingpox]

I installed a heat exchanger in my home. The new unit was some short, so, I built a wood frame for it to sit on and that allowed me to couple it to the duct work where the A-coil sits. Dumb azz me did not allow for the size of filter it takes so, I have to bend the filter and the it will lay flat on the surface and weighting it down with bricks on all four corners. I'm getting a lot of everything in the house on the A-coil. Is there a better way for this not to happen? I wonder if the trash is getting through from around the perimeter of the filter. I put sticky foam rubber between the wood frame I made and the heat exchanger.I have to clean the A-coil every year.

Trying to save a buck is costing me my labor....

[JET4]

Locate the return grille in your house and change it to a filter grille.That way none of the dirty air goes through your duct work.

[BlackWidow]

Trying to visualize what you have. Is it a closet mounted Heater that sits 24-30 inches off the floor with open return under the unit? What brand of heater is it? A picture would help a lot.

[fishingpox]

It is a Bryant. It is in a closet and has three returns in the walls surrounding it. The fourth wall is a closet, no return. Screened vents in the door of the closet.

Trying to visualize what you have. Is it a closet mounted Heater that sits 24-30 inches off the floor with open return under the unit? What brand of heater is it? A picture would help a lot.

[jboy]

We really need a picture... not trying to make this hard for you but I'm with the blackwidow, and having a hard time visualizing what this looks like. I've done heat and air for 15 years now and it sort of sounds to me like you've got an up-flow gas furnace with an open return underneath but then you wouldn't be layin a filter flat on anything and weighing it down. One thing I personally need to know is what you mean by "heat exchanger". To me, a heat exchanger is a part inside an oil, gas, or wood fired furnace, rather than the name of the whole thing? I'm sure we can help you we just need more info.

Also I hate to say it but you really need to have that A-coil in the right place. If you have your A-coil in the airflow "in front" of a gas or oil fired furnace you run the risk of leaking freon through the combustion chamber. Although freon isn't all that toxic, when burned it creates phosygene (spelling?) gas, and thats definitely not something you wanna be breathing.

I'm not trying to scare you... I've seen it done the wrong way plenty of times and never actually heard of anyone getting hurt from what I'm describing. Most phosygene injuries happen to technicians trying to braze improperly purged refrigerant lines. But if you'd ever sucked a lungfull of the stuff, and believe me I have, you'd definitely understand why I'm telling you all this.