On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Ken Kixmoeller/fh<[email protected]> wrote: > > On Aug 31, 2009, at 12:35 PM, Paul McNett wrote: > >>>> Okay, some of our misguided neighbors have AC but they wouldn't >>>> need it if they'd >>>> just vent their attics and plant some trees around their house. >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> How much fan do you use in your attic system? I was thinking of >>> putting in a home grown one but have not this year. >> >> I don't, don't need it.... > > We have an exhaust fan in the ceiling below the attic. It is a big- > honkin' fan that sucks the hot air from the house and pushes it out > of the various attic vents. We have a nearly 100-year-old house, and > -- trust me -- it needs it. I despise window air conditioners, and > this big fan saves us from having to turn the AC units on more than a > couple of times per year. One only needs run this fan for an hour or > two to turn over the whole house. It is great. ---------------------------------
I have seen this before but our daytime air is not what you want to suck in and sometimes the night time temp may stick at 80. It gets hot here and humid. We usually have a temp = humidity ratio for summers. this year it has been LOWER then normal and I am so pleased with that!!!! My AC unit will cool my house and knock out the humidity, but it is always at a cost. I put a window unit in my bedroom to just cool that space and the rest of the house can hit the 78 mark before the ac comes back on again. Would like that whole house unit by I don't have space for the primary vent it needs. I have closets and bedrooms under the attic and the hallway that feeds them is 10 feet from outside wall. The extra install of ducting would get in the way of using the attic space and it is full of clothes in that area. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer SQL Server DBA Web and Winform Development Independent Contractor Memphis TN 901.246-0159 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
