Comments on: Attic Fan Update: Still Cool! http://www.bouldercarbontax.org/2007/07/02/attic-fan-update-still-cool/ What are we getting for our climate action dollars? Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:28:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: AmyG http://www.bouldercarbontax.org/2007/07/02/attic-fan-update-still-cool/#comment-51 AmyG Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:40:14 +0000 http://www.bouldercarbontax.org/2007/07/02/attic-fan-update-still-cool/#comment-51 Tom -- Yeah, that's a bummer that your basement office is now less cozy. But at least the cooling is distributed more fairly between us! ;-) - Amy Tom — Yeah, that’s a bummer that your basement office is now less cozy. But at least the cooling is distributed more fairly between us! ;-)

- Amy

]]> By: AmyG http://www.bouldercarbontax.org/2007/07/02/attic-fan-update-still-cool/#comment-50 AmyG Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:36:45 +0000 http://www.bouldercarbontax.org/2007/07/02/attic-fan-update-still-cool/#comment-50 Jay, thanks for pointing out recommended practice for attic fan use. You're absolutely right. However, special consideration of our home and long-term home improvement plans are steering our current usage decisions. I explain that in <a href="http://www.bouldercarbontax.org/2007/07/04/cooling-tradeoffs-in-an-imperfect-house/" rel="nofollow">this followup post</a>. Tell me what you think! - Amy Gahran Jay, thanks for pointing out recommended practice for attic fan use. You’re absolutely right. However, special consideration of our home and long-term home improvement plans are steering our current usage decisions. I explain that in this followup post. Tell me what you think!

- Amy Gahran

]]> By: Boulder Carbon Tax Tracker - » Cooling Tradeoffs in an Imperfect House http://www.bouldercarbontax.org/2007/07/02/attic-fan-update-still-cool/#comment-49 Boulder Carbon Tax Tracker - » Cooling Tradeoffs in an Imperfect House Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:21:29 +0000 http://www.bouldercarbontax.org/2007/07/02/attic-fan-update-still-cool/#comment-49 [...] I wrote about my home’s new attic fan, which (so far this summer) is doing a much better job of [...] [...] I wrote about my home’s new attic fan, which (so far this summer) is doing a much better job of [...]

]]> By: Jay Stein http://www.bouldercarbontax.org/2007/07/02/attic-fan-update-still-cool/#comment-45 Jay Stein Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:39:06 +0000 http://www.bouldercarbontax.org/2007/07/02/attic-fan-update-still-cool/#comment-45 Amy and Tom, you're not supposed to run the fan all day long. Just run it at night, when it's cool out. Be sure all the windows are open. Get the house nice and cold. Then in the morning, shut all the windows and pull down all the blinds. Your house should stay cool until the late afternoon. When the evening rolls around, open all the windows and start over again. Amy and Tom, you’re not supposed to run the fan all day long. Just run it at night, when it’s cool out. Be sure all the windows are open. Get the house nice and cold. Then in the morning, shut all the windows and pull down all the blinds. Your house should stay cool until the late afternoon. When the evening rolls around, open all the windows and start over again.

]]> By: Tom http://www.bouldercarbontax.org/2007/07/02/attic-fan-update-still-cool/#comment-44 Tom Tue, 03 Jul 2007 03:35:02 +0000 http://www.bouldercarbontax.org/2007/07/02/attic-fan-update-still-cool/#comment-44 OK, I love the fan too. However, there is one downside. My office is in the basement, and the attic fan sucks all the nice, cool air OUT of the basement. Thus, when my office used to be the cozy place in the house, it is now the same temperature as the rest of the house: in the eighties. But I will admit that the attic fan, over all, was a great choice. We really have not run the A/C at all since we got it, and I don't think we will all summer. It would help if I put a screen in the window here ..... Guess I need to do that .... OK, I love the fan too. However, there is one downside. My office is in the basement, and the attic fan sucks all the nice, cool air OUT of the basement. Thus, when my office used to be the cozy place in the house, it is now the same temperature as the rest of the house: in the eighties.

But I will admit that the attic fan, over all, was a great choice. We really have not run the A/C at all since we got it, and I don’t think we will all summer.

It would help if I put a screen in the window here ….. Guess I need to do that ….

]]> By: Boulder Carbon Tax Tracker - » Cool! Why I really got an attic fan http://www.bouldercarbontax.org/2007/07/02/attic-fan-update-still-cool/#comment-41 Boulder Carbon Tax Tracker - » Cool! Why I really got an attic fan Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:48:46 +0000 http://www.bouldercarbontax.org/2007/07/02/attic-fan-update-still-cool/#comment-41 [...] (How’s my attic fan working? Read the next update…) [...] [...] (How’s my attic fan working? Read the next update…) [...]

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