The Wise Attic Insulation Ventilation Podcast
How Does an Attic Fan Work?
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Attic ventilation fans help cool air your attic by pushing out the stifling hot air from inside the attic and bringing in cool air from outside. This prevents hot air from seeping into your home and driving up the temperature in the living space, which reduces the load on your air conditioner.
Most homes already have some passive attic venting built in. Cool air enters the attic through soffit vents in the eaves. Once inside, the air heats up and rises higher, ultimately exiting through venting at the roof’s gables, through ridge vents cut into the roof’s apex or other vent holes in the roof. As the air leaves, it creates negative pressure behind it, sucking in cool air from below into the soffits and creating a self-repeating ventilation process. Even if your roof already has ridge vents and plenty of ventilation built in, it’s a good idea to install gable fans or roof fans to help blow hot, humid air out of the attic.
Attic ventilation fans also tend to be quite energy-efficient in terms of their own operation. Gable fans fit into the gable vent and can be set to operate only within a preset temperature range. Many are solar powered and require no other wiring, so they don’t cause any additional charges on your electricity bill at all.
If your attic is unbearably hot in the summer, passive attic ventilation isn’t enough to vent all the hot air outside. Allowing your attic to stay this hot can make your air conditioning unit work overtime and leave you with extremely high energy bills. Attic fans will help by increasing the airflow through your attic.
Why Choose Solar Attic Fans Over Electric?
- Solar attic fans run on the sun. So when it's hottest, your solar fan will be cooling your attic.
- Electric attic fans can cost $200 or more a year. Solar fans cost $0 to operate
- You will receive a 30% federal tax credit when you purchase a solar attic fan.
Why Choose Wise Attic Solutions Solar Attic Fans?
- Our solar fans remove large amounts of hot air from your attic, saving you money
- Our solar attic fans cool your attic temperatures by up to 50 degrees
- Our solar fans deliver exceptional airflow performance