‘Oar Service Company (http: //oscac.com/) Home (http:/oscac.com) About Us (http//oscac.com/about-oscac/) Commercial scac.com/commerciall) Residential (httn//oscac.com/residential) _ Services (hitpi//oscac. com/services-offered/), Employment (httpivoscac.com/employment) Blog (http/oscac.com/category/blog)), ‘Shop (http:ourpartsco.com/amazon) 24 What is a Damper? p:i/oscac.com/what- (up ote damper) (http: //oscac.com/what-is-a-damper/), Damper Flow ‘A damper is a mechanical device in a duct or chimney that regulates aliflow, More specifically i's a valve or plate that stops or regulates the flow of air inside a duct, chimney, Variable Air Volume (VAV) box, ait handler, or other air handling equipment. (http://oscac.com/wp-contentuploads/2015/02/zone- damper.jp9).Menu = Zone Damper ‘A damper is sometimes used to cut off central air conditioning (heating or cooling) to an unused room, o to regulate it for room-by-room temperature and climate control, s operation can be manual or automatic. Manual dampers are tumed by a handle on the outside af a duct, Automatic dampers are used to regulate airflow constantly and are ‘operated by electric or pneumatic motors, in turn controlled by a thermostat or building automation system. Automatic or motarized «dampers may also be controlled by a solenoid, and the degree of airtlow calibrated, perhaps according to signals from the thermostat going to the actuator of the damper in order to modulate the flow of at-conditioned air in order to effect climate control. (source Automated zone dampers ‘A zone damper (also known as a Volume Control Damper or VCD) is used specifically to control the flow of ar in an HVAC heating or cooling system. HVAC systems are typically divided up into multiple zones. This will allow users ofthe system to direct heat or coo! air to areas high ‘occupancy areas, allowing the unoccupied areas to cool down. Doing this, willimprove efficiency and occupant comfort. Zone dampers as used in home HVAC systems are usually electrically powered. In large commercial installations, vacuum or compressed air may be used instead. In either case, the motor is usually connected to the ‘damper via a mechanical coupling There are 2 main types of electrical zone dampers: 1. The motor is often a small shaded-pole synchronous pole_synchronous_motor) combined with a rotary switch that can disconnect the motor at either of the two stopping points - “damper open” or “damper closed’. In this way, applying power to the “open damper” terminal causes the motor to run until the damper is open while applying power at the “close damper” terminal causes the motor to run until the damper is closed. The motor is normally powered from the same 24 volt ac power source that is used for the rest of the control system. Doing this allows the zone dampers to be directly controlled by low- voltage thermostats and wired with low-voltage wiring. This style of damper is often designed to only obstruct a portion of the air duct, for example, 75%. It is important to note that simultaneous closure of all dampers might harm the furnace or air handler.