What is best temperature for attic fan
DIY: How To Adjust Attic Fan Temperature
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again with another video and so this
video is about how to adjust the
temperature or thermostat on your attic
fan if you have one so stay tuned
thanks for checking out this video so
recently you know as the weather has
been getting hot summertime all about
the heat I have been paying a little bit
more attention to the attic fans that I
have in the attic and so I notice maybe
a couple of days ago the attic fan was
running to maybe about nine ten o'clock
at night which is very late now I will
admit that the temperature got into the
lower 90s but the fact that it runs that
late indicates in my opinion a lot one
indicates a higher power bill because of
the fan using the electricity to cool
off the attic and two that the
thermostat setting for the fan may not
be where it probably should be so after
doing a little bit of research I found
out that you know given where I live and
the possibility of the temperature
getting into the 100's in the hottest
part of the summer that attic fan
probably needs to be said about a 110 or
120 degrees so I'm gonna go up and
actually check this one and the reason
why I know this one is probably not set
at that point is because of the fact I
recently had it the motor on the fan
replaced maybe about a year and a half
to two years ago and so when the guy
that replaced it did the replacement he
lowered the thermostat temperature to a
part of like 95 which makes no sense
because at the hottest part of the day
in life maybe July or August it can be
almost 100 maybe even 105 so that means
the attic fan will probably run for 12
to 16 hours in a given day which is a
lot so I'm gonna go up in attic and I'm
gonna show you how to adjust the setting
on your attic fan alright so I am in my
attic as you see here's the attic fan it
is nighttime as I'm recording this so I
would recommend that if you do choose to
make this adjustment and to go into your
attic to do this at night or at least on
a rainy day if it's during the winter
season that would be even better
and so looking at the setting as you see
this one has some recommended marks and
I'm actually turned the camera so it
looks straight on camera and so as you
see 95 is the setting mark here was
where originally set and so each of
these lines I believe represents five
degrees so the recommended setting is
around there about a hundred or so and
it's actually a little bit of advance of
that setting and so as you see there is
a screwdriver there Phillip flathead
screwdriver
there's others that may be Phillips so
I'm actually gonna move this a little
bit further I'm not gonna move it all
the way to 120 but maybe about the 110
range and that way it doesn't run as
long for a given day so yeah between 110
and 120 right there so you have to
remember that you know if you really
wanted this like if you lived in colder
climate you could actually turn this
down to a lower tail
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and so as you see I turned it below 95
or so and it actually kicked on
so given you know like I said I live
down in the south and you know they're
very close maybe two to three hours
within the coast so hopefully this video
has helped you you know if you need to
make an adjustment to your attic fan
that you have the insight to be able to
go and do this now again as I
recommended please try to do this at
night or when the weather is very cool
or when it's rainy out so you don't go
into a hot very hot attic and you know
pass out due to heat exhaustion so if
you have any questions about how to
adjust your attic fan you know feel free
to drop a comment in the comment section
below and in the meantime see you in the
next video
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