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10-17-2009, 12:46 PM
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Newbie
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: south bend, IN
Posts: 22
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plenum take off
how to describe this without a pic?! I just set the furnace, a coil, and have the plenum, size 20 x 20 x 48... I will be connecting to a trunk line.. the furnace is in the MIDDLE of the trunkline, that will start off with 16 x 8 both ways..... o.k. say the trunk goes east and west... I need an offset plenum takeoff.. ( to go back UP to the joist.. I figure I cannot put the actual takeoff AT the joist level), then a short piece of trunk to "t"( north and south running) into the middle of the main trunk I described earlier. Just trying to kinda draw a mental picture!?
what size would I need for this take off and 30 inch or so piece? I figure maybe bigger than the 16 x 8?
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10-17-2009, 05:02 PM
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An old Tradesmen
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Lanc PA
Posts: 3,693
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If your feeding 2-16X8's. A 32X8 would work.
Might be able to get a way with a 30X8.
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10-17-2009, 06:41 PM
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Newbie
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: south bend, IN
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so that plenum of 20 by 20 will not even work then huh?
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10-17-2009, 07:10 PM
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Old Newbie
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Ottawa Valley, Eastern Ontario, Canada
Posts: 51
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The plenum is OK.
Even at 30x8, a plenum take off can be made to fit the 20 inch plenum.
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10-17-2009, 08:04 PM
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An old Tradesmen
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Lanc PA
Posts: 3,693
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Plenum size is fine.
Warm air start collar will take care of it.
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10-17-2009, 09:10 PM
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Newbie
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: south bend, IN
Posts: 22
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as you can SEE, I am not a tin knocker!! so... on my 20 x 20 plenum, should I cut a hole 8 inches wide by 30 high to fit an offset start collar? I am having a hard time picturing this. I am gonna TRY and get stuff Mon, so maybe then it'll make more sense to me. I am just trying to get some sorta handle on it before I go to the supply house. Preciate ALL your guys help!! dan
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10-17-2009, 09:33 PM
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Old Newbie
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Ottawa Valley, Eastern Ontario, Canada
Posts: 51
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Sunday is shop day for me.
I'll post a picture tomorrow evening of what you need.
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10-17-2009, 09:56 PM
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An old Tradesmen
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Lanc PA
Posts: 3,693
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Don't cut 30" high by 6" wide. That would be counter productive.
Wait for tin's pic.
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10-18-2009, 12:43 PM
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Old Newbie
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Ottawa Valley, Eastern Ontario, Canada
Posts: 51
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Here's one I made the other day.
It's an 8x19 plenum take off with a 5" rise - made to fit a 16" plenum.
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10-18-2009, 01:02 PM
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old pro
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Winnipeg, Canada
Posts: 1,666
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Rob, I like the "mallet", seen a few miles has it? First tin banging job I did my "Seniors" did not show me the advantages of using a sheetmetal hammer sideways. Banged about 4 miles of hammerlock up and down before the boss clued me in. The joys of being a newbie. 
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10-18-2009, 01:07 PM
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Newbie
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: south bend, IN
Posts: 22
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Art!
Rob.. that is ART! what no foil tape at any joint!?
I never respected tinwork until I did some of it ya know! there was a TIME when I thought I might do some of it, and maybe get better, but those days are gone.. I am a pipefitter, mostly refineries and such, but if I do a commercial or institutional job, tin knockers do the sheet metal, so I am out of it all together anymore! I "did" take all the man j and d classes some 25 years ago. I just forget all it! and yes I screwed up and got rid of my books! never say never I have learned!! so... I had a bud at the supply house size most it for me.. but he didn't know about how I am gonna t into the trunk.. I really appreciate your pics! It helps me understand it better.. It looks like it will not hurt to go with say a smaller opening at the plenum, then step UP to a size I will need for that 2' piece that I will T into the trunk?
so I will probably need a 30 x 8 little trunk.. so this plenum takeoff will be 30 x 8 on one side and what at the plenum side? just whatever they standards ( if they carry these?)? again.. thanx rob! ( and all else!)
dan
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10-18-2009, 09:34 PM
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Old Newbie
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Ottawa Valley, Eastern Ontario, Canada
Posts: 51
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The opening on the plenum should be around 18x18.
The mallet has many miles on it, although not all mine.
I bought it at a flea market about 5 years ago for 7 dollars.
I don't know how I ever got by without it.
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