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I think I figured out the snowguard conundrum. It was widely accepted before as it was used to prevent snow. Working on a process system at work sparked an idea and I figured I would post it.
The baffled piece is not a snow guard. Rather I believe that it is baffled to ensure even distribution of intake air across the entire cross sectional area of a panel filter.
This is done so that the dust/particles in the intake air is trapped evenly across the entire filter.
Taking out the "snow guard", I believe that the result will be that on the panel filter, closest to where the air comes IN, there will be more dirt/particles than on the point on the panel filter where it is the furthest from where the air comes in. That's why when you look at the "snow guard" the point that is the FURTHEST from where the air comes IN, is unbaffled. Everywhere else is baffled.
However, that being said... The baffles would cause a restriction on the air coming in. With how small the air box is... I don't think there would be any problems in the removal of the "snow guard". In all honesty, there may not even be a major noticeable difference in the distribution of dirtiness across a panel filter with and without the baffles.
Others can feel free to chime in.
The baffled piece is not a snow guard. Rather I believe that it is baffled to ensure even distribution of intake air across the entire cross sectional area of a panel filter.
This is done so that the dust/particles in the intake air is trapped evenly across the entire filter.
Taking out the "snow guard", I believe that the result will be that on the panel filter, closest to where the air comes IN, there will be more dirt/particles than on the point on the panel filter where it is the furthest from where the air comes in. That's why when you look at the "snow guard" the point that is the FURTHEST from where the air comes IN, is unbaffled. Everywhere else is baffled.
However, that being said... The baffles would cause a restriction on the air coming in. With how small the air box is... I don't think there would be any problems in the removal of the "snow guard". In all honesty, there may not even be a major noticeable difference in the distribution of dirtiness across a panel filter with and without the baffles.
Others can feel free to chime in.