Unlike a ventilation fan a whole house fan an attic mounted fan that exhausts air from a home at night is designed to cool a house that is to lower the indoor temperature.
Attic fan built in 1954.
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Your attic fan must be built from material sturdy enough to survive the excessive heat that can build up in an attic.
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During the summer an attic can be 40 to 50 hotter than the outside temperature which in turn heats up the house very quickly.
It is designed to lower the temperature of an attic by exhausting air from the attic and replacing attic air.
A powered attic ventilator or attic fan is a ventilation fan which regulates the heat level of a building s attic by exhausting hot air.
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By self adjusting to the attic conditions the fan is able to maintain an optimum year round attic climate while minimizing energy consumption.
A powered attic ventilator has a different purpose.
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Attic ventilation fans whether hard wired or powered by their own solar panels seem like a low cost and effective way to help keep your house cool.
Additional vents are required to draw in fresh air as the hot air is exhausted.
A thermostat is used to automatically turn the fan off and on while sometimes a manual switch is used.
An attic fan can be gable mounted or roof mounted.
However the utility of attic ventilation fans is actually quite a controversial topic.
With an attic fan you can cool the attic to the same temperature as it is outside greatly reducing the house from heating as quickly.
The downside of attic ventilation fans.
Cheaper fans with plastic components may begin to fail over time under these.