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rosaalers
Nov 13, 2009, 04:03 PM
I'm not sure where the filter goes in this furnace. I opened the lower compartment and there's two possible places I can think of. From the bottom up, there are side supports that would keep it in place, but a few inches up, there's another set of supports that would also keep a filter in place. Any ideas? Thanks.

T-Top
Nov 13, 2009, 05:06 PM
If you are not using filter grills you want to filter at the first place you can on the air intake side of the furnace.

Joshdta
Nov 13, 2009, 05:08 PM
If it is a belt driven furnace it probably takes 2 filters one in each rack

rosaalers
Nov 13, 2009, 08:54 PM
Thanks. Yes, it is a belt driven furnace, Janitrol DuraTube 1954. It does have what it looks like two racks for 20x20x1 filters. While the furnace was running, I didn't feel any air blowing up from the botton rack (from the floor to top). The 2nd rack from the botton had a lot of air flowing up. When I placed the filter in this rack, it felt a bit too light, the air was lifting it up a bit. It didn't seem right, but I could be wrong, I'm clueless on this and didn't ask our technician 2 years ago when we had a tune-up.

rosaalers
Nov 13, 2009, 09:15 PM
Here's the photo, with a single filter placed on the bottom rack.
IMG_0997 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/44639885@N02/4101583361/)

Joshdta
Nov 13, 2009, 09:23 PM
From this picture I see no return duct is it in the floor? Or does it hook it the back of the furnace?

rosaalers
Nov 13, 2009, 09:41 PM
I've added more pictures. The original picture is the bottom of the furnace from the floor. I'm not sure what a return duct is. . Let me know if these pictures help. http://www.flickr.com/photos/44639885@N02/

KISS
Nov 13, 2009, 10:51 PM
I give up. We need to see, hopefully, two distinct ducts attached to the furnace. Is the duct we see, warm when the furnace is in operation? i.e. supply air?

PS: You can post pics directly using "Go advanced/manage attachments" . I fixed the link above so it works.