Electric Attic Fan Or Turbine

Find out why fan vents don t work and how a ridge and soffit vent system is better for your roof and attic.

Electric attic fan or turbine.

One static vent style is the turbine vent which uses wind to power its enclosed fan all it takes is a light breeze to rotate the blades and suck heat out of the attic view example on the home. The whirly bird or turbine vents are worse than useless. Roof vents vs whirly birds. A solar fan is able to actively pull more air into your attic than a turbine can.

It is costing you to run the attic fans. A solar fan doesn t rely on the wind and it actually has a more powerful motor in it so it keeps the temperature of your attic regulated regardless of wind conditions. Get free shipping on qualified roof turbines or buy online pick up in store today in the building materials department. Air vent 800 cfm weatherwood galvanized steel solar powered attic fan 6 model npsp8ww 219 00.

A ridge vent runs across the top of the roof s peak. It is a con to make people think the spinning action is like running a fan and mechanically drawing hot air out. Read about roof vents and why fan or turbine vents are not as efficient as ridge vents. The sun does that.

You would probably benefit more with the wind driven turbines than the attic fans. Solar fans don t require any electricity wind or attic pressure to spin. Shop this collection 40 model erv5smtbl 143 00. Interesting i take it you now don t have turbines just the attic fans.

Turbine fans have angled slits cut into a capped cylinder which create a continuous fan blade. Turbine movement creates the same type of draft as electrically powered devices. Unlike turbines this venting style does not have any moving parts. Full length ridge vent in combination with soffit vents is best.

Solar powered fans have photovoltaic cells that capture energy from the sun and use it to drive the fan. My experience with the attic fan usually 1500 cfms is that they don t stay ahead of the heat production during full sun and only help in late afternoon. A turbine is installed directly on the top of a roof and uses wind power to suck hot and humid air out of the attic. They make noise too.