Has anyone had success in lowering your power bill in the summer by installing attic fan?

 The Question:

I live in Florida and have crazy high power bills, especially in the summer. I have done everything to cut them down already but we are considering getting an attic fan installed. Has anyone had success in lowering your power bill in the summer by installing one?

What did people say?

⇒ Marilyn: Getting a new larger more energy efficient HVAC system lowered our bill. We live in Florida. Have 3500 sq ft under heat and air and an all electric home. Electric bill is $177 per month. We keep the thermostat at 75 for air conditioning and 70 for heating. Better windows also help.

⇒ Lauren: The best thing we ever did to lower power bills when I lived in Florida was to get better insulation installed in the attic. we got some kind of foam-type stuff that was blown in and stuck to the underside of the roof.

It looked repulsive, but worked Wonders for the power bills!

⇒ Annie: Attic fans, soffit vents and ridge vents all allow hot air to escape, and that will help your a/c to run less. We got a new roof in June, and had ridge vents installed and my house is noticeably more comfortable this summer despite our record temps in central Texas. Anything you can do to let the heat escape will help.

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⇒ Elaine: Yes we installed a commercial grade fan that was solar powered. It was pretty ugly like a mushroom, and not sure that the association would have allowed it but my husband was able to do it himself and so we kind of snuck it on there. It did help With the electric bill. Also it would shut off if it was 70° so that your house could retain heat if you wanted it to.

⇒ Stephanie: We couldn’t afford a brand new ac, so we did a few upgrades like putting into another vent/exchange, and having whole ac inside and outside cleaned. I think we will put in radiant barrier and more insulation next.

⇒ Connie: I grew up with an attic fan in NC. It was very cool especially at night if you had windows open in the house.it pulled the night air through the windows and into the attic. Daddy installed turbines on the roof so the air came through the windows, cooled the rooms, went up into the attic and out the two roof turbines. We had to make sure we’d swept the chimney good and closed the damper because it sucked the soot out of the chimney.

Honestly, mama got kinda lazy and stopped using it. I could see that in the spring it may pull pollen into the house.. and we had the soot issue too. Seriously, on nights that it was fresh outside… it cooled the house quickly. Ours was kinda noisy from day one… our house was completed in 1974 so I suppose there are quieter models now and maybe even variable speeds. That fan is still working to this day though.

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