Venting tent exhaust air into furnace possible?

Meast21

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Basement gets hot in the summer, I basically have to have central air on all day (when AC is on air gets into basement with 3 vents off the furnace). My friend/hvac guy said I could take the warm air from the exhaust of the tents and instead of the hot air just getting thrown back into the basement he said it could go back into the furnace with extentsions of the ducting off the tent directly into the furnace? Does anyone do this?? .... In the winter I need the warm air down there bc my basement will get down to 67 degrees so I would just un-hook it then let the air kick into the basement.
 

Three Berries

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If you are talking the furnace flue yes. But if it's a long run it will probably cool down by the time it gets outside. As the air gets cooler it gets harder to push.
 

perramas

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You really should not be messing around with your furnace flue. It is balanced perfectly to remove the carbon monoxide. If you start pushing air into that flue you will cause the carbon monoxide to build up in your basement as it is displaced by the air from your tent.
 
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Corso312

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If you are talking the furnace flue yes. But if it's a long run it will probably cool down by the time it gets outside. As the air gets cooler it gets harder to push.

No I'm talking about just boring a hole through wall to the outside, like a dryer exhaust vent.. that's what I did, 6" hole and it looks like a dryer vent from the outside but I run it through a charcoal filter first.
 

Tangerine_

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No I'm talking about just boring a hole through wall to the outside, like a dryer exhaust vent.. that's what I did, 6" hole and it looks like a dryer vent from the outside but I run it through a charcoal filter first.
Thats exactly how I used to do it prior to installing a mini-split. I even planted some shrubs and roses around the vents to disguise them a little better.
 

Tangerine_

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Basement gets hot in the summer, I basically have to have central air on all day (when AC is on air gets into basement with 3 vents off the furnace). My friend/hvac guy said I could take the warm air from the exhaust of the tents and instead of the hot air just getting thrown back into the basement he said it could go back into the furnace with extentsions of the ducting off the tent directly into the furnace? Does anyone do this?? .... In the winter I need the warm air down there bc my basement will get down to 67 degrees so I would just un-hook it then let the air kick into the basement.
If you decide to do this, let your HVAC guy do the work so its safe.

But I think you should consider the advice given and vent outside
 

stawawager

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Furnace flue is pretty dangerous even if you had it towards the end of the run.

I tapped into my sewer vent. You have to be careful with that too, make sure it's above a trap, then it goes up to the roof where no one can smell the stinky. Be careful.
 

Meast21

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No I'm talking about just boring a hole through wall to the outside, like a dryer exhaust vent.. that's what I did, 6" hole and it looks like a dryer vent from the outside but I run it through a charcoal filter first.
Ok I will prob just do this to the 3 of 5 tents and push the air outside... If I put a dryer vent by my outside air conditioner say 5 feet away will that be ok? The air will prob have to run about 15 feet to the outside of the house using a fan of 400 CFM.
 
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