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    Dec 28, 2008, 09:26 AM
    Return vents
    What is the purpose of a return vent?
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    Dec 28, 2008, 10:31 AM

    Quick answer, it recycles and re-heats the air in your home.
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    Dec 28, 2008, 12:07 PM

    It also provides a convenient place for crayons and change to collect.:D
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    Dec 28, 2008, 12:23 PM

    Is that were you save all your change to pay for a replacement for that VS motor?:D
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    Dec 28, 2008, 12:24 PM
    :eek:Crayons work much better in the supply duct cause the melt and smell up the house.
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    Dec 28, 2008, 05:54 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by MarkwithaK View Post
    Is that were you save all your change to pay for a replacement for that VS motor?:D
    Ssshhh! If anybody found out I had that much money in there, I'd be targeted for a burglary!
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    Dec 28, 2008, 08:21 PM

    You guys have coin operated heating systems? :D Boy, if I could get my wife to believe that I could afford that Rigid video inspection unit that I want just by cleaning the ducts occasionally! :p
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    Dec 28, 2008, 09:33 PM

    No, kids like to deposit coins into the heating registers, just like some kids put their sandwiches in their parent's VCR's.
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    Dec 28, 2008, 09:36 PM

    Back to the question:

    Returns could be better called intakes, but it "returns" air to the furnace to heat.

    No intake. Motor burns up. Less intake than motor and duct work can support - motor burns up.

    Correct amount of intakes in the right places - comfy house.
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    Dec 29, 2008, 02:53 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by KeepItSimpleStupid View Post
    No, kids like to deposit coins into the heating registers, just like some kids put their sandwiches in their parent's VCR's.
    What's a VCR?:p
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