TL;DR
A manual balancing damper is an adjustable blade installed in a duct branch and set by hand to proportion airflow among rooms, then locked with a wing nut and marked. Placed near the trunk takeoff rather than at the register, it lets a technician quiet a windy bedroom or push more air to a starved one without changing the equipment.
What it means
A manual balancing damper is an adjustable blade installed in a duct branch and set by hand to proportion airflow among rooms, then locked with a wing nut and marked. Placed near the trunk takeoff rather than at the register, it lets a technician quiet a windy bedroom or push more air to a starved one without changing the equipment. Its presence and accessibility are details that distinguish a carefully built duct system from a minimal one.
Where it sits in the glossary
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