Why do I need a attic fan
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Depends on where you live. If you are in a region that does not have hot summers, then you may not need an attic fan as you can address any ventilation needs through other means. However, if you live anywhere it gets over 90 or so several weeks/months a year, then an attic fan will be well worth the investment (most likely). If you have ever been in your attic when it is over 80 degrees (much less 90 or higher), then you understand the heat that builds up. Attic fans, with adequate ventilation - as then need to pull air through the attic, can dramatically lower the temperature and thus your cooling bills. Depends on where you live. If you are in a region that does not have hot summers, then you may not need an attic fan as you can address any ventilation needs through other means. However, if you live anywhere it gets over 90 or so several weeks/months a year, then an attic fan will be well worth the investment (most likely). If you have ever been in your attic when it is over 80 degrees (much less 90 or higher), then you understand the heat that builds up. Attic fans, with adequate ventilation - as then need to pull air through the attic, can dramatically lower the temperature and thus your... » Read More Depends on where you live. If you are in a region that does not have hot summers, then you may not need an attic fan as you can address any ventilation needs through other means. However, if you live anywhere it gets over 90 or so several weeks/months a year, then an attic fan will be well worth the investment (most likely). If you have ever been in your attic when it is over 80 degrees (much less 90 or higher), then you understand the heat that builds up. Attic fans, with adequate ventilation - as then need to pull air through the attic, can dramatically lower the temperature and thus your cooling bills. « Show Less
1588648
Depends on where you live. If you are in a region that does not have hot summers, then you may not need an attic fan as you can address any ventilation needs through other means. However, if you live anywhere it gets over 90 or so several weeks/months a year, then an attic fan will be well worth the investment (most likely). If you have ever been in your attic when it is over 80 degrees (much less 90 or higher), then you understand the heat that builds up. Attic fans, with adequate ventilation - as then need to pull air through the attic, can dramatically lower the temperature and thus your cooling bills.
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I should really check the "I don't know" box, but a few considerations come to mind. (1) this is a powerful and reasonably noisy fan...ones built for the purpose of kitchen venting might be quieter. (2) you're dealing with a lot of grease and crud if you're over anything that produces smoke (such as an indoor bbq) and I doubt if this is built to handle that, (3) I should think that a hood arrangement built for the purpose might be just as cheap as a built-to-order stainless hood and duct work ( you would, of course, want stainless); (3) this is meant to evacuate an entire attic -- you could create quite a (detrimental) draft ducting it down to a single hood and/or overload the motor with restrictive duct work. But I don't see why it wouldn't work given the proper analysis and engineering. It is an exhaust fan, after all. If you're exhausting an entire (kitchen) room, I should think that the only things you need to worry about are the noise and potentially restrictive/overloading/damaging duct work.
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Customer service said it's okay - "The unit will operate well in the environment you have described. The air being removed from the bathroom will be considerably cooler than the attic which will reduce the fan temperature as it passes through the fan."Regardless, you should install attic ventilation at the same time. 130 and higher is too much and damaging to your roof.
470641
No it's always better to have the option of the fan or not. And the light already has 2 functions, a night light and a regular night. We build homes for a living, this our 7th personal home and I would never build without this product again. It works fantastic.
649342
Not sure I understand the question I use the fan to move hot air from my living room where I have I wood burning Stove. In the summer I move air conditioned air from living room inti othe r areas in house It does both well.
280788
The key will likely be do you have enough ventilation...It does not include a thermostat, so something with one might be a better idea.It does have a much stronger motor than most permanently mounted fans that I've seen...
550622
Not really. Does not impact my house in that way. If anything the fan just helps air circulation in the attic.
521894
Good question. That's what it needs actually. All I did was had an regular house fan blowing at it to circulate the air.
1655144
Yes. The first one I had came with an attic fan. The function as the temp rises just close the circuit, just like any other switch. A great simple device.
164821
You can do either. But it depends on your attic spaces and its ventilation. My attic is open with no storage near the exhaust so it's vented into the attic. However, always follow your local codes. Also, this unit is quiet and I like the model.
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It does require a fresh air intake as well as an exhaust. Attic air will likely be far too warm for heat exchange purposes.
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Thank you for the question! No, your attic is designed to have air flow thru it. Summer, winter, spring, fall. Our fans work whenever the sun is out. Uniform air flow, eve to ridge is what we specialize in, exactly as your roof was designed to do.
1945690
if you want it to have a longer lifetime, yes. I only have 2 and I still use a fan. I highly reccomend it.
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There is no fan on the heaters, they work by convection meaning the cold air enters the bottom of the heater and the warm air exits the top. If the heater is sized big enough for the room there won't be a need for a fan. The natural movement of the air will heat the room.
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This thermostat is basically just a switch. It works on 120 and 240 Volt heaters so the fan load would not be a problem. But this thermostat is "on" (switch closed) when there is a demand for more heat. I assume you want to cool the house by use of the attic fan! So, this thermostat will not work in its current configuration.
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My attic is 1000 sq ft. The twenty watt unit has made a significant in oir ability to cool our upstairs, we no longer feel heat radiating from our ceiling. If the surface area of your attic is 1700 sq ft i would install two attic fans
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It's just a fan. The temperature I get out of it depends on the temperature of the airflow. It keeps me from sweating so that's enough for me.