[PLUG-TALK] What is using electricity?

Jason Bergstrom bergie at bergie.net
Wed Jul 19 16:33:18 UTC 2017


On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 04:18:55PM +0000, Aaron Burt wrote:
> On 2017-07-19 08:24, Dick Steffens wrote:
> > On 07/19/2017 12:25 AM, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> > 
> >> Lastly, install attic vents and fans.  That keeps the
> >> house cooler, and the air conditioning (and kitchen
> >> refrigerator) works less hard.  Not sure why that would
> >> be any different this year this year than last, but we
> >> had some hot days early this year.
> > 
> > I've had an attic exhaust fan in two houses and have been happy, but
> > possibly ignorantly so. I've read (somewhere) that the current
> > recommended practice is putting more insulation in the attic and let it
> > get as hot as it wants to up there. (This assumes an unoccupied attic
> > space.)
> 
> I was considering one, and then read Allison Bailes' piece on them:
> http://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/75600/The-1-Reason-Power-Attic-Ventilators-Don-t-Help
> 
> So I stapled radiant barrier to my rafters, and things seem much better.

The turbine vents are a good combination to solve the problem in that
they don't require electricity, and the rising heat will turn the
turbine to pull the hot air out faster.

Jason,
bergie at bergie.net



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