Derek ColeGM, Simmons One Hour Heating & Air · AI HVAC Answers

231. Importance of Air Returns

28 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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28 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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This content was created by Derek Cole. This content was uploaded by Derek Cole. This is a PODCAST episode titled "231. Importance of Air Returns" (published 2020-08-18). It features Derek Cole as the host and another speaker in a clipped Q&A format discussing HVAC air return placement and airflow—advising to increase return size/locations so the unit pulls conditioned, filtered air rather than unconditioned air from crawl spaces or the attic to save energy. The episode includes Derek's intro/outro directing listeners to simmons1hour.com.

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Foreign. Hey, this is Derek Cole. Welcome to the Derek Cole Podcast. Thank you so much for listening. And the majority of this podcast come from clips of videos with Q and A sessions. Sometimes I put the clip, sometimes the whole show. But usually the clips are kind of bite sized pieces, so you don't, you know, have to listen to me all the time for, you know, seven, 10 minutes. But these are helpful clips and I hope you enjoy it. Again, let's get right into it.
You want to make it as easy as possible for the air to get back to the unit. So the bigger the return and the more you have in these different locations where it can be closed off, the better, because you want to make it very easy. Otherwise the unit is going to get the air it needs. It's going to suck it through the crawl space to the attic, to the outside. It's going to get the air it wants to get to operate. But you want to control it. You want it to be cool or warm, filtered air from your return, not from the outside, which is unconditioned air. Right. So that'll save you energy and the unit will not have to work as hard to get the air back to it.
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