Opinion of Attic and Whole House Fans

[Jeff350]

I wouldn’t have a house without an attic fan! We use ours almost every day year round. Even in winter I like to run it for a few minutes to get fresh air in the house. Spring/fall we run it in the evenings and it gets the house plenty cool, the AC barely needs to run. During the hot months we run it for 10 minutes or so in the evening to get the attic temp down, which helps the AC not run so hard.

[Jeff350]

Adding to above post...if your neighbor sometimes sits on their back porch smoking weed, your house will smell like weed in no time when your fan is running.

[SideShow Bob]

As with every year, folks are using the incorrect terminology on this subject.........




And never turn on a whole house fan on while your fireplace or wood stove is lit........

[Irving]

I seriously doubt an attic fan has ever extended the life of any roof.

[SideShow Bob]

I seriously doubt an attic fan has ever extended the life of any roof.

I couldn’t find the illustration that showed the differences between the two..... You know, pictures, not words.....

[Irving]

Stand by. Took a picture of one just a few minutes ago.

[Irving]

No damage though.



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For those not sure, the whole house fan in the house I grew up in was the size of a swamp cooler and just as loud. Great for parents and kids to not be able to hear each other at night.

[fj605]

Our whole house fan is loud as hell but it works pretty well.

[Martinjmpr]

Our old house in Englewood (ranch style, no basement) had one of those spinning attic vents on the roof that theoretically kept heat down in the attic. I don't know if it ever "worked" in the sense of lowering attic temps since I never compared with/without vent temps but every time I went into the attic during the Summer it was very, very hot.

I think people use the term "attic fan" and "whole house fan" interchangeably even though they are technically different things. Even growing up in the 70's we used to refer to the fan as the "attic fan" when it was of course the whole house fan.

[Irving]

Our old house in Englewood (ranch style, no basement) had one of those spinning attic vents on the roof that theoretically kept heat down in the attic. I don't know if it ever "worked" in the sense of lowering attic temps since I never compared with/without vent temps but every time I went into the attic during the Summer it was very, very hot.

I think people use the term "attic fan" and "whole house fan" interchangeably even though they are technically different things. Even growing up in the 70's we used to refer to the fan as the "attic fan" when it was of course the whole house fan.

A turbine vent isn't really the same thing as a powered attic vent.