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This is due tobuoyancy. Think about a hot air balloon as an example. Warm air has greater buoyancy than cooler air and will rise. Conversely, cold air will sink when introduced to a warmer atmosphere and this is why you see cooling vents placed in the ceiling.
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Should heating vents be placed in the floor or ceiling?
on the floor on the floor
Should heating vents be placed near the floor or near the ceiling of the room?
Heating vents should be placed near or on the floor in a room because heat travels up not down.
Why should heating vents be placed on the floor?
Heating vents should be placed on or near the floor because heat rises. In rising, it will warm the air of the room. If the heating vent were near the ceiling, the room would stay chilly, even though heat was being poured into it.
In order to heat a room should heating vents be placed near the floor or near the ceiling of the room?
Heating vents should be located near the floor since hot air rises. If the heating vents are located near the ceiling the heat would stay there and not warm the room.
Is heating vents placed on the floor at home convection?
yes
Why should heating vents placed near the floor in homes and offices?
because warm air rises.
Where should floor vents heating to be place?
in the floor.
Where should vents be placed-ceiling or floor for AC?
should be on floor.
what mode of heat transfer explains why heating vents are best placed near the floor?
radiation
Where should vents be placed-celiling or floor for AC?
Ceiling. Cold air fails
In order to heat a room evenly should heating vents be placed near the floor or near the ceiling of the room?
It would be better to place the heating vent near the floor because the heat will travel up and down, so that way the room would be heated evenly. If you place it near the ceiling, the heat would not heat the floor that well, since the heating vent sucks back in the heat
Where is a thermometer normally placed in a house?
A thermostat for heating or a thermometer for air temperature is typically placed on an inside wall (not outside wall), and away from heating vents or direct sunlight.
