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The pros and cons of solar attic fans revolve around not needing any extra wiring, which results in more c… More
Summary: The pros and cons of solar attic fans revolve around not needing any extra wiring, which results in more cost, but also needing it to be installed through the roof. Find out how solar attic fans can cool down an entire house with helpful tips from alternative energy specialists in this free video on going green.
Scott is the General Manager and Bruce is the sales director for an alternative energy installation company called Energy Options - http://www.energyoptions-wind.com. Their specialty...read more
"Attic fans are very popular these days and for a good reason. A lot of homes store huge amounts of heat right above the ceiling of the first or second story, and that heat gets trapped underneath the roof of the house. And then ends up heating up the living space of the house. And all you need to do is, suck out some of that hot air and replace it with even, whatever the ambient temperature air is. Because it's certainly lower than what's stuck underneath the roof. Attic fans can cost two, three, four hundred dollars and they can clear a home, twelve hundred feet, two thousand feet. Any sort of space that air can get trapped and heated up, by the external exposure of the sun on to the roof. When I was growing up, we had a device, we all called it an attic fan. Um uh. But it was really a whole house fan, we would turn it on at night, and it would drag the outside air in and cool the house. But it was air coming into the windows. Right. So that's not technically, that's not the attic fan you're talking about. Did that fan ever drag your brother or a small dog out? They were like, big fan. It was a big fan, yes. But attic fans generally, like for instance, will suck cool air in through a vent, and you have to penetrate the roof on top. And the solar attic fan, what's the benefit to it, is that you don't have to have an electrician come and wire the fan. Sometimes attics don't have any electricity up there, that's available. And so now you're having increase in cost. Where as a solar attic fan, it works during the day when it's sunny out. And the solar, it's free energy and you're able to spin the fan and suck the heat out of the house for free. That's an excellent application for solar in a micro environment. Right, there you have it."
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