LF HRV installation pictures

[mark]

Originally Posted by bkelly

You guys ever have your fresh air intake line condensate so much that the plastic wrap that holds the insulation around it fills with water?

Are you're meaning condensation in the insulation? If the inner and outer lining are intact and sealed on both ends you shouldn't get any.

I tried not to have any low point (dips) in my fresh air run and the inlet on the outside wall is higher than the port on the HRV.

[bkelly]

yes it was like a bag of water in the plastic sock that contains the insulation, ill try sealing the insulation at both ends , ill post some photos of my set up prob tomorrow. i also installed myself.
BTW:
I saw some pressure balancers on ebay when i was looking way cheeper . I never balanced as its an older house , i opened the baffles full .

[Scythanith]

Originally Posted by bkelly

yes it was like a bag of water in the plastic sock that contains the insulation, ill try sealing the insulation at both ends , ill post some photos of my set up prob tomorrow. i also installed myself.
BTW:
I saw some pressure balancers on ebay when i was looking way cheeper . I never balanced as its an older house , i opened the baffles full .

Yep, mine was like that on my old HRV installation. The after the fact fix was to change out the insulation and really make sure the new stuff was taped off well from the in house air. Also, your HRV will probably have a feature that switches to inside air when the unit begins to freeze up from bringing in too much cold fresh air.

[Scythanith]

For your install, add a loop to the condensate tube. This keeps the HRV from drawing air from the end of the tube, which is usually sitting on the floor near the stinky floor drain.

Here is mine.