Thinking of switching KAA2 for a warm air
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Tryingitout
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Larry I will try that after it cools down outside, might hit 50* today. It is crazy, Wednesday morning -19, Sunday and Monday morning +41.
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Pacowy
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When fiddling with the system you might want to keep in mind the plenum temp and air-side delta-T that the furnace is designed for (sometimes shown on nameplate). Obviously you may want to use the coil to boost the btu's somewhat relative to that, but if you alter the airflow too much the system may not perform well if/when you switch back to the furnace.
Mike
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Tryingitout
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Mike, my furnace blower was set on medium, I now have it on low now. When I shut down the boiler to work on the plumbing and to clean it, the furnace was cycling. The supply plenum temp. was about 165, I have not looked to see if that is two much or not.