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Where to measure furnace temperature rise
An upflow furnace with the return thermometer in the return duct before the furnace and the supply thermometer in the supply trunk past the first turn, out of sight of the heat exchanger. Temperature rise equals supply minus return, compared with the range on the rating plate, and airflow is about output BTU per hour divided by 1.08 times the rise.
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