It s a strangely surprising task changing your home air filters.
Air flow filter arrow.
Here s an easy way to figure out which way the air flow arrow goes.
The arrow should always point in the direction the air is flowing.
The answer lies in the way the air filter is built.
Look on the new filter for airflow arrows that are imprinted along the sides of the filter.
The arrow should always point towards the return.
Another way of determining the.
The arrows on any air filter need to point in the same direction the air is flowing.
Generally the edge of the filter is marked with an arrow which points in the direction of the airflow.
There s an arrow on the box and it says to point in the direction of air flow but what does that mean.
It means the arrow faces the unit or in other words facing inside the space you re putting it into.
These arrows are always meant to point in the direction of the airflow.
When changing furnace filters many people wonder where the arrow of the filter should point towards.
But sometimes you may not know which way the air is flowing.
The front side of the filter is the filter media commonly called pleats.
When you install a new air filter into the ac return duct the arrows face inward to specify which way the air is flowing.
Like many you may be wondering why the arrow should point in the direction the air flows.
If there is no arrow the side that is stronger or reinforced by cardboard or wire mesh is the side the arrow should be pointing to.
For any air filter whether it be for an air conditioner or a furnace the arrows always point in the direction of air flow.