A. Pismo Clam wrote:
Hello All,

Since we do not have the room in our attic [or our hallway] to mount a
whole house fan, we have decieded that we should go with one of these
fans. Since we are doing this ourselves and very new to this, we are
asking for your help, please! Today, we are about 104 degrees by our
outdoor thermometer.

Our home faces north. As a consequence the east side of the house gets
the sun first. We have two static attic vents, one at each end of the
home as well as several vents at the eaves. So here are my questions:

[here's the link]
http://www.bvc.com/products/cool/gablemount/cx1600.html

When we mount one of these attic fans should we place it on the east
end of the house, bringing in cool air from the west side of the
house, or should we mount the fan on the west side of the house,
thereby exhausting the hot air already in the attic?

By the way, they have a 2.1 amp PSC attic fan that really sounds
great. However, what does "PSC" mean.

Many thanks for taking the time to respond!

Norm & Loretta

Do you want to use this as a whole house fan or just an attic fan to try
and reduce the heat in an unoccupied attic?

If the first, you have the wrong fan and it will do very little. If the
second I suggest that proper passive (no fans) venting is usually far better
as there is little difference in real results of a active or passive system,
assuming they were both well designed and the passive is maintenance free,
energy free and silent.


--
Joseph Meehan

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