Attic fans?
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ShoeDiva
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Why? I am talking about the ones that pull heat out of the attic. The air is going out....is it coming back in? And even if it is wouldn't the allergens be in the attic? (where I never go..lol)Madea said:Not effective when the temperatures are this high. Wonderful in the spring time, unless you have allergies.)
ShoeDiva
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Girlfriend I do not know the difference! )
Husband went to Home Depot this morning because he decided our a/c is working so hard because it is 50 billion degrees in the attic. He bought a fan http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-100088166/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&keyword=attic+fan&storeId=10051#more_info and he and son installed it. (after making a brace and what nots up there) You can not hear it running at all, and the a/c is actually cutting off. (for like 15 minutes at a time...though that is better than yesterday!)
I just wasn't sure if it actually worked or not so I wanted to hear all your opinions. He swears this is going to help! LOL
)Husband went to Home Depot this morning because he decided our a/c is working so hard because it is 50 billion degrees in the attic. He bought a fan http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-100088166/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&keyword=attic+fan&storeId=10051#more_info and he and son installed it. (after making a brace and what nots up there) You can not hear it running at all, and the a/c is actually cutting off. (for like 15 minutes at a time...though that is better than yesterday!)
I just wasn't sure if it actually worked or not so I wanted to hear all your opinions.
He swears this is going to help! LOL
gog8tors
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Yes, but your supposed to have the windows open. So, at this point it would just pull heat in.ShoeDiva said:
I wonder if we could be talking bout 2 different things. Whole house fan v attic fan. :dunnoShoeDiva said:Girlfriend I do not know the difference!
Husband went to Home Depot this morning because he decided our a/c is working so hard because it is 50 billion degrees in the attic. He bought a fan http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-100088166/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&keyword=attic+fan&storeId=10051#more_info and he and son installed it. (after making a brace and what nots up there) You can not hear it running at all, and the a/c is actually cutting off. (for like 15 minutes at a time...though that is better than yesterday!)
I just wasn't sure if it actually worked or not so I wanted to hear all your opinions.
naturegirl
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From what I understand, it depends on the roofing system. We have ridge vents and soffit vents. We had two roof fans and I was told it wasn't doing much good to have both. So when we re-roofed the house, we took out the roof fans. I don't notice any difference. All the roof fan did was move hot air a little faster.
Now our whole house fan is wonderful, especially when the ac goes out. Ran it Tuesday night and woke up to 68 degrees in the house. On cool, low humidity nights it's wonderful, but loud. LOL
From what I understand, it depends on the roofing system. We have ridge vents and soffit vents. We had two roof fans and I was told it wasn't doing much good to have both. So when we re-roofed the house, we took out the roof fans. I don't notice any difference. All the roof fan did was move hot air a little faster.
Now our whole house fan is wonderful, especially when the ac goes out. Ran it Tuesday night and woke up to 68 degrees in the house. On cool, low humidity nights it's wonderful, but loud. LOL
They can help your house stay cooler in this weather by pulling heat out of the attic. Just make sure you have adequate ventilation in the attic so the fan doesn't suck conditioned air out of the house.
It might not actually save you money because you're paying to run the fan, but for your goal of making the house cooler, it makes sense.
It might not actually save you money because you're paying to run the fan, but for your goal of making the house cooler, it makes sense.
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ShoeDiva said:
My understanding is that most home AC units are only designed to cool about 15 to 20 degrees from the outside air temp. We have ours set at 80 and it's cycling like normal. With ceiling fans and a box fan, it's very conforable........but we be nekkid also! lol
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ShoeDiva said:
8 ft. And this is an old house, built around 1940 is what I could find. But we just had new insulation blown into the attic on Monday also.
Waski_the_Squirrel
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In my old house, I used a window fan in the attic (the attic was actually a bedroom, built right in the roof area: I could barely stand up in the middle). That, along with a window unit air conditioner kept the house quite comfortable, even on very hot days. I also was good about shutting windows and curtains at certain times of the day and opening everything at night. The attic fan is supposed to pull in cool night air which is then sealed in all day.
Currently, (in the new house) the temperature is a good 15 degrees cooler than outdoors all because I shut curtains and windows before leaving this morning. A fan would speed up the nightly cool-off. That might be even more important where you live. I've ordered a whole-house window fan to accomplish the same goal.
Currently, (in the new house) the temperature is a good 15 degrees cooler than outdoors all because I shut curtains and windows before leaving this morning. A fan would speed up the nightly cool-off. That might be even more important where you live. I've ordered a whole-house window fan to accomplish the same goal.