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There are going to be allot of varying opinions on this one but it's fairly simple to get in a good ball park. You want between 600 to 800 feet per minute of air flow so you need to know the CFM of your air handler and then you can calculate it this way.

Ftcube /min divide by Ft / Min = Ft square. At 1200 CFM for a flow rate of 800 Ft/min you get a result of 1.5 square feet which is 216 square inches. If you divide by 8 for the prefab 8 inch duct you need a 27 inch wide dimension or 16 X 13.5. Good luck on your project.

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