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A fresh air inlet is ducted to the return side of the home’s central air handler; a motorized damper and electronic controls help balance the flow of fresh incoming air with controlled exhaust to meet ventilation requirements
An elevator shaft vent with a motorized damper in a multistory multifamily building provides smoke and hot gas control in an elevator shaft during fire events; during normal operation the damper remains closed to reduce energy loss.
Back-draft damper still has a piece of tape that prevented it from rattling during shipping
Fans from seperate dwellings exhausted together without back-draft dampers and not sealed
Packing tape has been removed and damper will be able to function properly once fan is installed
Right - The butterfly damper of this crawlspace supply register opens when the HVAC fan is running; the damper duct is sealed with mastic and supported by strapping.
Right – This sealed combustion gas furnace has a fresh air intake with an electronically controlled damper.
Separate exhaust fans can share a common exhaust if each exhaust fan is equipped with a back-draft damper to prevent cross contamination
Seperate dwellings with their own seperate exhaust terminations
The back-draft damper on this exhaust fan is closed to prevent cross contamination
The back-draft damper on this exhaust fan is open when the exhaust fan is operating
The back-draft damper open when the fan is actively exhausting and closes when the fan is off
The elevator shaft in this multistory multifamily building has an exhaust fan that maintains a slight negative pressure to control odors; there is also a smoke vent that is dampered closed during normal conditions.
This damper located at the top of a stairwell in a multistory building is automatically kept closed to reduce energy loss; it automatically opens during a smoke event.