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The patented Quiet Cool Whole House Fan system is a combination of large fans that are installed in the attic. The fans hang from the attic rafters and connect to a ceiling grille via insulated ducting that allows the cool outside air to be pulled through your home and into the attic. The hot air is pushed out through your home's exisiting attic vents.
A whole house fan system is able to cool your house in three ways:
The fans draw cooler outside air in through your open windows which lowers the room temperature by as much as 10 to 20 degrees F. Your open windows serve as intake “vents” which allow you to control the air flow by selecting how many or which windows you open.
Moving air, blowing through the whole house cools the occupants. The cooling breeze can lower the skin temperature by 5 to 10 degrees F.
The cooler air, after passing through the living space, is forced into the attic which pushes the hot attic air out through the attic vents. This can lower the attic air temperature by as much as 40 degrees F.
The Quiet cool whole house fans are amazingly quiet and efficient! They are 100% made in the USA and come with a 10-year manufacturer warranty.
What are whole house fans? Whole house fans are a simple method of cooling your house. This method of whole house cooling has been around for years, however traditional whole house fans can be very noisy. Not so with the Quiet Cool Fans. Our fans are less than 0.4 sones each!
The attic can reach temperatures in excess of 150 degrees F. in summer, and that air, if allowed to remain undisturbed, will radiate heat down through the insulation to heat the living space. That is the main reason that a home, without the use of a whole house fan, remains uncomfortably warm in summer evenings, and that the upper floor of a multi-floor house is always warmer.
Whole house fans work by pulling cool, outside air inside through open windows and by creating a positive pressure in the attic, which exhausts the hot air through the attic to the outside, through your existing attic vents. Whole house fans are used to both cool and ventilate your entire house. Whole house fans are installed in the attic of your home.
The best time to use whole house fans are during the hours when the outdoor temperatures are lower than indoor
temperatures.
In the summer, the air inside your home is heated
during the hottest part of the day. During the
morning, late evening, and nighttime hours, the outside
air is often cooler and can be used to replace
the hot inside air. Operating the whole house fans
at these times will cool interior your attic and home.
As the daytime temperatures rise, the whole house fans
can be turned off. The cool materials (along
with ceiling or circulating fans, which create an
additional cooling effect) will help keep the interior of your home more comfortable.
The “Quiet Cool” multi-fan and multi-location system is designed to cool
and ventilate the entire home. More versatility means more convenience and more effective results.
Whole house fans are rated according to the amount of air they can move. This is measured in cubic feet of air per minute, or CFM.
In order to be effective, a whole house fans CFM rating should be 2 to 4 times the square footage of the house. For example, a 1,500 square foot house should have a whole house fan system capable of moving 3,000 to 6,000 CFM of airflow.
Overall attic venting is the only limiting factor on how many CFM can be efficiently moved. Attic venting can be easily increased by adding vents. (You should have at least 2 square feet of attic venting for each 1500 cfm fan or fans)
Too many CFM of airflow without the proper attic venting can cause undue stress on the whole house fans and pressurizes the attic and walls. Too little CFM's will not provide the desired minimum of air exchanges per hour as recommended by national ventilation experts and may not provide the cooling draft to lower house, attic, and skin temperatures in a timely fashion.
Upon viewing our sizing chart, we recommend that you select (at a mininum), the "Good" level of airflow. The "Poor" category listed on the chart is often what other whole house fan brands are recommending. The "Poor" level of sizing may not produce the cooling and ventilation results that home owners are looking to achieve.
*The QC-1500 series of whole house fans can also be installed on a vertical wall instead of a ceiling, if there is adjacent attic space and sufficient attic venting.
Determine how many fans you need based on your home's square footage (see above sizing chart).
Select a Quiet Cool package (include your timers/switches and remote as needed) and order online or call us during business hours at 1-877-667-4663 to order by phone. The fans will be shipped directly to you via UPS. We will email you with the tracking number usually within 2-4 business days. We do not recommend the use of a rheostat type speed control for the fans.
Contact us if you are looking for an installer. We may be able to refer you to an electrician that is familiar with Quiet Cool whole house fans. If we don't have a referral in your area, you can contact your local electrician or contractor. If your electrician can install a ceiling fan, they should have no problem installing a Quiet Cool whole house fan system.
The installation cost is separate from the cost of the fans and should be paid to your installer directly at the time of installation. Installers are generally not available to come to your home for a site survey prior to ordering your whole house fans.
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