kmead
Old enough to know better
One of the projects around the house I have been working through is an attic fan. This is a fairly powerful fan which is thermostatically controlled to remove the overheated air in the attic space of our house. In our house which was an early truss roofed structure, it is rather confined and at the time in 1970 they didn’t allow for much airflow.
The fan I chose has a Bluetooth connection to an app which can be on my phone. There are different programs which can be applied and monitored. The monitoring has been eye opening learning just how hot it has been getting up there, getting well over 130 at times before I completed the install. The air temps when I was doing the install were above 120.
Today I completed the work (aside from paint which will come later). Doesnt’ look like much from here but it involved a fine variety of building systems: electrical, ducting, siding and some minor metal fabrication. It was not a fun job.
The house stays much cooler and the AC runs less. The energy cost is about equal to two or three old style light bulbs on high and about one old incandescent on low.
The fan I chose has a Bluetooth connection to an app which can be on my phone. There are different programs which can be applied and monitored. The monitoring has been eye opening learning just how hot it has been getting up there, getting well over 130 at times before I completed the install. The air temps when I was doing the install were above 120.
Today I completed the work (aside from paint which will come later). Doesnt’ look like much from here but it involved a fine variety of building systems: electrical, ducting, siding and some minor metal fabrication. It was not a fun job.
The house stays much cooler and the AC runs less. The energy cost is about equal to two or three old style light bulbs on high and about one old incandescent on low.