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forced warm-air system
forced warm-air system
In this type of system, air is heated in a furnace and blown by a fan through a network of ducts to the rooms of a dwelling.
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air return
Duct directing air from a room back to the furnace to be reheated.
furnace
Device creating heat and blowing the air through the duct system.
electric furnace
plenum
Joining duct between the furnace and the hot-air distribution system.
elbow
Connection or part of a duct for altering the direction of the hot air.
wall stack section
Vertical duct carrying hot air upward toward the registers on the upper floors.
damper
Mechanism for regulating the volume of air passing through a duct.
main duct
Duct that leaves the furnace and carries hot air toward the branch ducts.
branch duct
Duct, usually made of sheet metal, carrying the hot air toward the registers.
hot-air register
Adjustable grill located at the end of a duct through which hot air is distributed throughout a room.
baseboard register