My "OAK"? Pictures attached.

[rich2500]

I don't think anyone at Ardisam said that the air vent was ok just that it was his choice whether or not he hooked up an oak .what I don't understand is why do folks simply refuse to not install an oak to begin with.

 

[Mark_ms]

You need to hook some pipe to your "vent-oak" to have a correct hook up situation. Otherwise you simply just have a hole in the side of your house that will be more than happy to let cold air roll into the inside your are trying to heat. What you have simply defeats the purpose of an OAK.

In fact, you would be better of without any OAK vs. what you have. It is mentioned above but all you have done is the same as leaving a window open. The K & N does nothing other than hopefully keep bugs and critters out. You have a hole in the side of your house. And the Castle techs or whoever said this is a good set up doesn't know what they are talking about.

...or it wasn't explained to them in enough detail
Why bring cold air indirectly into the room for reheating than directly hooking up to inlet to remove any drafts you may have.

 

[Mark_ms]

You need to hook some pipe to your "vent-oak" to have a correct hook up situation. Otherwise you simply just have a hole in the side of your house that will be more than happy to let cold air roll into the inside your are trying to heat. What you have simply defeats the purpose of an OAK.

In fact, you would be better of without any OAK vs. what you have. It is mentioned above but all you have done is the same as leaving a window open. The K & N does nothing other than hopefully keep bugs and critters out. You have a hole in the side of your house. And the Castle techs or whoever said this is a good set up doesn't know what they are talking about.

...or it wasn't explained to them in enough detail
Why bring cold air indirectly into the room for reheating than directly hooking up to inlet to remove any drafts you may have.

 

[Edsson]

The only way to move the air through the filter from outside to in, is if the pressure in your whole house is less than the pressure outside. There isn't any force in which to move the air through the filter. You won't accumulate any dust on the filter because your trying to bring air into the house through the filter, so nothing should be on the filter. If you do have dust or dirt on the filter in your house then its not working right.