You forgot a few steps. You didn't lose the instructions, install the damper box before putting the fan in the attic. I also can't help but notice that you failed to step through the ceiling at any point in the process to allow for space to get the fan in with the damper box in place.
Keep in mind that if you use this to blow hot air out of this area of your home, it will also keep it cooler in hot weather. My mom used to have one of those really large fans in our kitchen blowing to the outside of the house. And it help keep the house cool in those Mississippi summers when she and those 7 sisters would be cooking those amazing home cook meal.
Getting mine installed tomorrow, so excited. I was going to do it myself but my wife doesn't trust me with electrical so we found a vendor that offered a decent deal.
Tell your wife to shut the FU( K up and save you and your family some money and do it yourself lmao. Especially if all your doing is wiring up a receptacle to plug the fan in...
@@justinloriso6467 $1600 for the vendor to put it in then I needed to add 3 square feet of ventilation in the attic so the vents plus tools to do it costed another $350. I'm getting a new AC unit installed as I type this but I still plan on using the house fan first as it's a lot cheaper to run and works amazing to pull cooking fumes out of the house
i've been wanting to install on of these forever. What about venting? Are ridge vents and soffits enough to expel the extra air going into the attic or is an attic vent fan needed?
Hello, For venting, you need 1 sqft of net free area for every 750 CFM. Call us at 951-325-6340 and press 1 to speak with our tech support. If you get the dimensions of the venting in sq inches we can help you convert into sqft
That’s what makes this video so lame. A properly ventilated attic is a must for these. Attic fans work best when there’s soffit vents, ridge vents, and gable vents all allowing air to escape.
Yes, this product is designed to be used in those areas during fall and spring. This is a big deal because you have to run ac 9-10 months a year and you can cut it down to only 3 months of heavy ac use. You will save a ton of money and pro long the life of your ac system. Your ac is your most expensive appliance to run and replace. They only last about 12.5 years on avg and you can have it last up 20-30 years if you use a whole house fan during the spring and fall.
@thomasthurston6656 Long Beach is the perfect climate for whole house fans. It’s always cooler outside in the evening and nighttime hours. QuietCool is based in so cal.
You minimum clearance of 30 inches in the attic and you need 1 sq ft of venting for every 750 CFM in the system. This is pretty close to the attic ventilation code that is 1/300 attic venting.
Ours is amazing 👏🏽, we have a small mis shapen attic, we have a whole house fan and a smart attic fan. The best home owners addition possible. Booyah 👊🏽 😁 👍🏽 🇺🇸
They work in all 50 states but depending on the region could have different use cases. For instance if you live in a climate zone like Texas, Florida or even phoenix arizona the whole house fan will work great in the spring in and fall but not the summer months. Most people run their ac system 10 months a year in those markets and with a whole house fan you can cut the usage down to 3-4 months. This will also help you save a ton of money and prolong the life of your ac system by doubling it.
@Time4aKiss I do use my whole house fan to heat during the winter but if you live in a really hot climate like Texas or Florida then spring and fall work amazing with a whole house fan
You only run them when it’s cooler outside and than inside. That’s normally in the evening and night time and morning hours. Then you run your fan all night and pre cool the home for the next day. We have some really good videos that explain this in depth on our RUclips.
The soffits and vents in your attic let the air escape. You want this to be freely blowing in the attic because it will get rid of hot air sitting up there
I thought it's against fire code to vent living space air directly into attic space where there is open rafter or truss house structure frame. It's the 1hr fire code requirements, to vent living space to outside thru wall or completely passthru with vent tubing or ducting, not open structure areas. Especially with a fan.
What do you do in the winter when you want the hot air to stay in your house when running your heater. Does the damperbox air seal itself when not in use?
It is called a Whole House Fan. When ever it is cooler outside than inside your home typically mornings, evenings and nights you run this instead of your ac system. It brings fresh outdoor air into your living space and pushes the air in your home up into the attic and out your attic vents. We have a lot of videos on our RUclips channel explaining it.
In the summer yes but in the spring and fall you can use your whole house fan. The average person in Texas and Florida run their AC 10 months a year so with a whole house fan and attic fan you can cut it down to only 3-4 months. In result you will save a ton of money, improve comfort while extending the life of your ac system because you’re cutting down the wear tear.
Aren't you just sucking air conditioned air out of your living area to cool off an attic space. Plus without proper ventilation, the attic space becomes pressurized. A lot easier to do with this passive ventilation to cool off the attic.
No, because you would never run the system when your house is cooled. You only run it when it cooler outside and than inside. When the air goes into the attic it’s going to push out all the hot air cooling the hottest part of the house. Your house stays hot because your walls and attic gets up to temperatures of 150 degrees which causes ac cycling. Ac cycling is bad because it takes 20 straight min of run time for your ac to hit its peak efficiency.
You turn your ac off and just run this. It's good if it's not too hot outside, you have a smell inside your house you want out or you want a cheaper power bill.
Maybe you’re thinking about a traditional whole house fan but this does not occur with our system. We have installed 100s of thousands of units nationwide and even into Mexico, Canada and Australia.
You just need to check the air quality on your weather app most days are good air quality outside. We also recommend pollen Tex screens that block out 99% of the dust and pollen and only allow airflow to pass
You are drawing in fresh air from outside and blowing in the stagnant air to your attic. Two things I think they forget to mention are you need proper attic venting prior to install and you need to crack a window when the fan is on to pull in fresh air.
You might get better results by getting the fan near a gable vent, but not right up against it, so that the fan's air can scavenge the air near it, thereby blowing more air out of the attic. This acts in a way similar to how to win a bar bet, by betting someone one can inflate a big trash bag like a balloon by just mouth blowing. The trick is the opponent will press his lips to the bag and suffer, while the other guy will blow from a few inches away, filling up the bag much faster, due to his breath scavenging lots of air around it.
@@qcmanufacturing > It doesn't matter Yes, it absolutely does. While it's true that the fan will draw air up from the living area and blow it out of all the attic vents (plus through leaks in wall top plates and around conduit, etc., back into the living space), you absolutely can blow more air out of the attic by placing the fan near an appropriately large exit hole, with a gap to allow scavenging. I urge you to look up some literature about airflow and scavenging. When I have time, I'll see what I can find to add here.
@planethedgehog2427 we recommend a certain amount ventilation in your attic. Yes, you can bring some air through some leaks if you don’t have proper ventilation. We have lots of videos on this topic on our RUclips Channel. If you follow our recommendations this problem will never happen. We have over 1 millions satisfied customers.
It’s called a whole house fan and it helps you have to run your ac during the morning, evening, and night time hours. It will save you 50% off your ac related costs and double the life of your ac system. Whole house fans the ventilation part of the HVAC system. They also improve the indoor air quality of the home by replacing the air In the entire home every 3-4 min. They’re an amazing product I would recommend checking out more videos on our RUclips page.
You know we make the worlds first MERV 5 rated screen that black the dust and pollen. I would strongly suggested putting them on a few windows then try it out. The screen is called the clean air window screen.
Cool and ventilate your entire home. When ever it’s cooler outside than inside your home you run the system and turn off your ac. This will bring cool air in from open windows into the living space and up into the attic and out the attic vents. This gives you a complete air exchange every 5 min and balances your home to the outside temp at night time.
That’s the wrong terminology but people did call them that. An attic fan just ventilates your attic and a whole house fan does both the home and attic.
@@qcmanufacturing no sir.. The old fashion attic fan pulled air out of the house and pushed it into the attic. There was no "Tubing" like you use. The old attic fans sat in the jam of the ceiling. So the interior was on 1 side, and the attic was on the other. So no tubing was needed. And they were HUGE fans. When the fan was off, there were Slats that separated the attic from the interior. And when you turned on the Fan, the slats got pulled open. It was a simpler design than what you installed in this video. THe big fans are great for large houses, but smaller houses do not need such a large fan. The small size that you installed is probably more appropriately sized for an average house 2000 sf or less. My grandparents had a HUGE fan and their house was only like 1500 square feet.. And the interior was like a vortex, it pulled so much air.. but you know, the fans also pull in a lot of dirt from outside
@@mrchad97z49 My house was built in the early 70s and it has an attic fan about 12" in diameter. I kicks on when the outdoor temps are above 100 degrees. (So that's like a million degrees in the attic). It draws air from soffit vents, and roof vents, and I leave the garage manhole open so it can use that hole too to reduce the static pressure. The attic fan is like a box fan, but the fan in this video is more of a tube axial fan that moves more air, and it actually needs ducting for it to work correctly. It's designed to pull/draw air faster than a box fan, which is designed to circulate air, and the fan/squirrel cage in an HVAC which is designed to push air. Tube axial fans are used in paint booths to filter large volumes of air. The one in the video moves about 750cfm so the flow inside your house isn't too windy. Whereas a paint boot tube axial will/can move 3500+cfm and it's enough to hold empty paint cans next to the filter, and pull the hat off your head at the same time.
Yall gotta make it blow outside the attic. Blowing in the attic will create positive pressure and cause the insulation to get pushed into the house through small spaces between anything in the ceiling
We have been doing this for hundreds of thousands of customers and this is not a problem. I’m not sure what your experienced been but I can assure that’s not the case with a proper installation.
@@qcmanufacturing I am baffled that so many people do not understand this older technology that was very popular back in the day. There are so many good reasons to have this.
@V0lk we work with BPI certified energy auditors all over the country. I don’t think you realize that whole house fans are a prescriptive requirement in new homes in California and give huge HERS points to builders in all the other states. They would get this if they wasted energy.
We installed one in my Uncle's place. Thing was soo powerful it suck the ashes from his fireplace causing a major dust storm!!!
You have to open windows
😂💀
This sh is funny
Lol
😂
You forgot a few steps. You didn't lose the instructions, install the damper box before putting the fan in the attic. I also can't help but notice that you failed to step through the ceiling at any point in the process to allow for space to get the fan in with the damper box in place.
This shit hit home. Especially the one leg through the ceiling. 😂
@PoringPoring951 you have to finesse when you’re in the attic
"In a couple of minutes INTENSE OVERWHELMING FAN NOISES" who knows what he said after that
Keep in mind that if you use this to blow hot air out of this area of your home, it will also keep it cooler in hot weather. My mom used to have one of those really large fans in our kitchen blowing to the outside of the house. And it help keep the house cool in those Mississippi summers when she and those 7 sisters would be cooking those amazing home cook meal.
Are you okay?
Bro is having a stroke and remembering his childhood 😭@@Ephbaum
LMAO 😂😂😂
Getting mine installed tomorrow, so excited. I was going to do it myself but my wife doesn't trust me with electrical so we found a vendor that offered a decent deal.
I’m excited for you. Let us know how you like it.
Tell your wife to shut the FU( K up and save you and your family some money and do it yourself lmao. Especially if all your doing is wiring up a receptacle to plug the fan in...
Awesome! Would like to do the same. If you don’t mind, how much did this cost? Labor and all. Thank you!
@@justinloriso6467 $1600 for the vendor to put it in then I needed to add 3 square feet of ventilation in the attic so the vents plus tools to do it costed another $350.
I'm getting a new AC unit installed as I type this but I still plan on using the house fan first as it's a lot cheaper to run and works amazing to pull cooking fumes out of the house
Your dad called to get your balls back
i've been wanting to install on of these forever. What about venting? Are ridge vents and soffits enough to expel the extra air going into the attic or is an attic vent fan needed?
Hello,
For venting, you need 1 sqft of net free area for every 750 CFM.
Call us at 951-325-6340 and press 1 to speak with our tech support.
If you get the dimensions of the venting in sq inches we can help you convert into sqft
Easy installation!
I have one in my garage and one in my attic. LOVE EM!
Right on!
Does the fan just blow into the attic? How does it escape the house?
That’s what makes this video so lame. A properly ventilated attic is a must for these. Attic fans work best when there’s soffit vents, ridge vents, and gable vents all allowing air to escape.
Soffits, ridge vent, gable vents
There's supposed to be a second fan in the gable vent.
Attic fans are great to have.
Have you tried ours?
damn I need me one of this starting to get hawt!
How can I get one installed here in Texas and for how much?!
What happens to the hot air that infiltrates from the attic when the A/C unit is turned on? do you have a damper?
Dampers only open when fan turns on.
@@wisedesi442Isn't the fan blowing hot attic air into the house?? You're blowing hot air into the house?
the whole house fan removes hot air from the house by dragging cold air into the home and into the attic
@@mistadreadman
@@mistadreadmanNo
@mistadreadman its sucking air out of the house into the attic.
Not a good application where it stays 100° + through midnight, till dawn when it will get past 120° (Death Valley, Coachella Valley).
Yes, this product is designed to be used in those areas during fall and spring. This is a big deal because you have to run ac 9-10 months a year and you can cut it down to only 3 months of heavy ac use. You will save a ton of money and pro long the life of your ac system. Your ac is your most expensive appliance to run and replace. They only last about 12.5 years on avg and you can have it last up 20-30 years if you use a whole house fan during the spring and fall.
I don't think it would be any good. I was thinking of having one installed in SoCal I'm in the Long Beach area.
@thomasthurston6656 Long Beach is the perfect climate for whole house fans. It’s always cooler outside in the evening and nighttime hours. QuietCool is based in so cal.
@@qcmanufacturing Did you guys have a place set up at the LA County Fair ?
@thomasthurston6656 one of our dealers was there.
nice
Do you have one?
What clearance of obstructions do you need around the fan to prevent stress on the motor?
You minimum clearance of 30 inches in the attic and you need 1 sq ft of venting for every 750 CFM in the system. This is pretty close to the attic ventilation code that is 1/300 attic venting.
Ours is amazing 👏🏽, we have a small mis shapen attic, we have a whole house fan and a smart attic fan. The best home owners addition possible.
Booyah 👊🏽 😁 👍🏽 🇺🇸
Do these work well in all 50 states, or just California?
They work in all 50 states but depending on the region could have different use cases. For instance if you live in a climate zone like Texas, Florida or even phoenix arizona the whole house fan will work great in the spring in and fall but not the summer months. Most people run their ac system 10 months a year in those markets and with a whole house fan you can cut the usage down to 3-4 months. This will also help you save a ton of money and prolong the life of your ac system by doubling it.
@@qcmanufacturing Sounds good! Thank you.
Will it still work if there’s no gable vents?
As long as you have other vents which you should by code. WHFs just need attic vents to push out the air any type will work.
Doesn’t it blow out the cold AC air if you have it on?
No, the reason is because you would only run your whole house fan when it’s cooler outside than inside.
@@qcmanufacturingso you use the whole house fan to WARM your house in the winter? It’s not to COOL your house in the summer?
@Time4aKiss I do use my whole house fan to heat during the winter but if you live in a really hot climate like Texas or Florida then spring and fall work amazing with a whole house fan
Do those fans actually keep the house cool? And if so by how much? Like if it’s 100 degrees outside, how cool can it make your house inside?
You only run them when it’s cooler outside and than inside. That’s normally in the evening and night time and morning hours. Then you run your fan all night and pre cool the home for the next day. We have some really good videos that explain this in depth on our RUclips.
Is the heat your getting out of the house going into the attic? Wouldn't that make the attic too hot?
Attic is usually 20 to 30 degrees (or more) hotter then the house air so the house fans cools the attic as well
Only if your house is hotter than your attic.
Don’t you need to vent it outside?
No, you want the cool air to cool your attic . You could also install a exhaust fan in the attic
You can if you want, but there is no real need.
You have free flow vents in your attic.
Some attics have attic fans, too.
The soffits and vents in your attic let the air escape. You want this to be freely blowing in the attic because it will get rid of hot air sitting up there
I thought it's against fire code to vent living space air directly into attic space where there is open rafter or truss house structure frame. It's the 1hr fire code requirements, to vent living space to outside thru wall or completely passthru with vent tubing or ducting, not open structure areas. Especially with a fan.
That’s only for attics above garages that have a fire wall. You can install a whole house fan in your attic above your living space.
do you have the model #. of the shown fan. .with remote?
It is called the QC STL PRO 7.0 and the control is called a RF Wireless control. Where are you located?
south carolina. .
You can purchase the fan on Amazon, HD or Lowe’s to do a DIY job.
What do you do in the winter when you want the hot air to stay in your house when running your heater. Does the damperbox air seal itself when not in use?
Hi,
Indeed, that is accurate.
The damper box prevents the transfer of air from the attic to the living space when the whole house fan is inactive.
Is this an exhaust fan or a fan?
It is called a Whole House Fan. When ever it is cooler outside than inside your home typically mornings, evenings and nights you run this instead of your ac system. It brings fresh outdoor air into your living space and pushes the air in your home up into the attic and out your attic vents. We have a lot of videos on our RUclips channel explaining it.
This only makes sense in the north. In places Texas and Florida you'd just pull in super hot a humid air.
In the summer yes but in the spring and fall you can use your whole house fan. The average person in Texas and Florida run their AC 10 months a year so with a whole house fan and attic fan you can cut it down to only 3-4 months. In result you will save a ton of money, improve comfort while extending the life of your ac system because you’re cutting down the wear tear.
Do you have to cover the insulation?
Good question, there is a damper box above of the grille that seals it nice and tight for the winter.
Is the remote wireless?
Yes, we have a wireless option so you don’t have to run any wires down the wall or you can do a wall switch option that is not wireless.
Is it supposed to draw air from below or above?
It pulls air from outside in through your windows and then up the fan grille and the air will expel in the attic and then out your attic vents.
@@qcmanufacturing thank you, I just bought one and installed it. I think I installed it too well. My house is now flying towards Mars.
Aren't you just sucking air conditioned air out of your living area to cool off an attic space. Plus without proper ventilation, the attic space becomes pressurized. A lot easier to do with this passive ventilation to cool off the attic.
No, because you would never run the system when your house is cooled. You only run it when it cooler outside and than inside. When the air goes into the attic it’s going to push out all the hot air cooling the hottest part of the house. Your house stays hot because your walls and attic gets up to temperatures of 150 degrees which causes ac cycling. Ac cycling is bad because it takes 20 straight min of run time for your ac to hit its peak efficiency.
@@qcmanufacturinglol, then you suck the heat out
Is it suck all the cold air inside the house blow on attic ???
You turn your ac off and just run this.
It's good if it's not too hot outside, you have a smell inside your house you want out or you want a cheaper power bill.
I have HVAC, would this just create a hole in my attic for my heat or cool air to escape?
There is a damper that closes
At most that would be an issue when you're heating the house. The AC wouldn't care about this, even without the damper.
Maybe you’re thinking about a traditional whole house fan but this does not occur with our system. We have installed 100s of thousands of units nationwide and even into Mexico, Canada and Australia.
Is that taking air out? Cuz if not it’s only gonna fill your house with fiberglass dust.
Is this a real question ?
So it pulls in pollen during the spring months?...🤧
You just need to check the air quality on your weather app most days are good air quality outside. We also recommend pollen Tex screens that block out 99% of the dust and pollen and only allow airflow to pass
Sucks to be you
Why not blow the air out of the house ??
You are drawing in fresh air from outside and blowing in the stagnant air to your attic. Two things I think they forget to mention are you need proper attic venting prior to install and you need to crack a window when the fan is on to pull in fresh air.
Yes, you’re correct! You can find more videos on how it works or how to use the fan on our RUclips channel.
You might get better results by getting the fan near a gable vent, but not right up against it, so that the fan's air can scavenge the air near it, thereby blowing more air out of the attic.
This acts in a way similar to how to win a bar bet, by betting someone one can inflate a big trash bag like a balloon by just mouth blowing.
The trick is the opponent will press his lips to the bag and suffer, while the other guy will blow from a few inches away, filling up the bag much faster, due to his breath scavenging lots of air around it.
It doesn’t matter where you point the whole house fan in the attic by positive pressure it’s going to force the air out of all the attic vents.
@@qcmanufacturing > It doesn't matter
Yes, it absolutely does. While it's true that the fan will draw air up from the living area and blow it out of all the attic vents (plus through leaks in wall top plates and around conduit, etc., back into the living space), you absolutely can blow more air out of the attic by placing the fan near an appropriately large exit hole, with a gap to allow scavenging. I urge you to look up some literature about airflow and scavenging. When I have time, I'll see what I can find to add here.
@planethedgehog2427 we recommend a certain amount ventilation in your attic. Yes, you can bring some air through some leaks if you don’t have proper ventilation. We have lots of videos on this topic on our RUclips Channel. If you follow our recommendations this problem will never happen. We have over 1 millions satisfied customers.
Is the air coming from the attic into the house, or from the house and into the attic?
House to attic
Hello,
From the window, through the house then into the attic.
I have a attic and it’s just a gaming room with duct lol
What is that yellow things above the roof?
I’m not sure what you’re asking? Are you talking about the insulation.
This is only good for a large attic.
Hello,
Our Whole House Fans can be installed in attics as small as 36". If you have a smaller attic, we have a great Roof Mount line!!
How big is a large attic?
WILL IT COOL THE ENTIRE HOME ???
Genuine question, why would someone install this? Never seen something like this.
It’s called a whole house fan and it helps you have to run your ac during the morning, evening, and night time hours. It will save you 50% off your ac related costs and double the life of your ac system. Whole house fans the ventilation part of the HVAC system. They also improve the indoor air quality of the home by replacing the air In the entire home every 3-4 min. They’re an amazing product I would recommend checking out more videos on our RUclips page.
I have one of these in my house, I still don’t know who it works exactly
Hi Chris,
Give our How to Use A Whole House Fan video:
ruclips.net/video/F8K1qbsN40M/видео.html
Worst thing ever brings in so much dust pollen etc.
You know we make the worlds first MERV 5 rated screen that black the dust and pollen. I would strongly suggested putting them on a few windows then try it out. The screen is called the clean air window screen.
What's the point of this? Fan is massive
Cool and ventilate your entire home. When ever it’s cooler outside than inside your home you run the system and turn off your ac. This will bring cool air in from open windows into the living space and up into the attic and out the attic vents. This gives you a complete air exchange every 5 min and balances your home to the outside temp at night time.
Its called an "attic fan". And they have been around for decades. My grandma had one in her house but it was the size of a Jet Engine fan. haha
That’s the wrong terminology but people did call them that. An attic fan just ventilates your attic and a whole house fan does both the home and attic.
@@qcmanufacturing no sir.. The old fashion attic fan pulled air out of the house and pushed it into the attic. There was no "Tubing" like you use. The old attic fans sat in the jam of the ceiling. So the interior was on 1 side, and the attic was on the other. So no tubing was needed. And they were HUGE fans. When the fan was off, there were Slats that separated the attic from the interior. And when you turned on the Fan, the slats got pulled open. It was a simpler design than what you installed in this video. THe big fans are great for large houses, but smaller houses do not need such a large fan. The small size that you installed is probably more appropriately sized for an average house 2000 sf or less. My grandparents had a HUGE fan and their house was only like 1500 square feet.. And the interior was like a vortex, it pulled so much air.. but you know, the fans also pull in a lot of dirt from outside
@@mrchad97z49 My house was built in the early 70s and it has an attic fan about 12" in diameter. I kicks on when the outdoor temps are above 100 degrees. (So that's like a million degrees in the attic). It draws air from soffit vents, and roof vents, and I leave the garage manhole open so it can use that hole too to reduce the static pressure. The attic fan is like a box fan, but the fan in this video is more of a tube axial fan that moves more air, and it actually needs ducting for it to work correctly. It's designed to pull/draw air faster than a box fan, which is designed to circulate air, and the fan/squirrel cage in an HVAC which is designed to push air. Tube axial fans are used in paint booths to filter large volumes of air. The one in the video moves about 750cfm so the flow inside your house isn't too windy. Whereas a paint boot tube axial will/can move 3500+cfm and it's enough to hold empty paint cans next to the filter, and pull the hat off your head at the same time.
You left out a lot. 👎
Yall gotta make it blow outside the attic. Blowing in the attic will create positive pressure and cause the insulation to get pushed into the house through small spaces between anything in the ceiling
We have been doing this for hundreds of thousands of customers and this is not a problem. I’m not sure what your experienced been but I can assure that’s not the case with a proper installation.
I always loved fiber glass particles in my air...
Do you live in the attic?
I think you’re confused with the concept. We have more video that explains it.
Waste of energy.
Actually just the opposite
I am glad someone understands why it’s not a waste in energy.
@@qcmanufacturing I am baffled that so many people do not understand this older technology that was very popular back in the day. There are so many good reasons to have this.
@@qcmanufacturing I'm a BPI certified energy auditor with years of experience. I've audited thousands of homes. These are a waste.
@V0lk we work with BPI certified energy auditors all over the country. I don’t think you realize that whole house fans are a prescriptive requirement in new homes in California and give huge HERS points to builders in all the other states. They would get this if they wasted energy.
Amerikanische Häuser machen mich fertig. 😂
So did British summers without AC