Whole house cooling using a whole house air conditioning unit makes up at least 40-50% of an average home’s electricity bill and up to 60-70% during summer. If you yourself have a whole house air conditioning unit- or even just a window AC unit, you know how expensive air conditioning is. And it is something that you have to deal with every single month, unless you’re willing to endure the hot temperature inside your house.
To help you minimize your need to use your air conditioning unit without having you live in a humid home, we suggest you learn about natural home cooling systems such as whole house fan cooling systems. These cooling systems use powerful exhaust fans to cool an entire home almost as well as air conditioning units. But unlike air conditioning units, these fans do not consume much energy to function; they cool the house down by pulling air in from open windows and exhaust it through the attic and roof. They do not go through some artificial processes such as refrigeration which air conditioning units go through and the reason they consume so much energy. This makes whole house fan an effective system to cool your house and save on electricity costs.
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The fans are installed in the ceiling of the upper level of a house, so that they are connected to the attic. A central location, air-tight installation, and good ventilation are all crucial to the successful operation of this cooling system.
There are two designs available for this cooling system: Ceiling-mounted fans and Ducted fans.
Ceiling-mounted whole-house fans are the most popular. Installed in the attic between the ceiling and living space, they move large amounts of air.
Ducted whole-house fans are quieter because they are mounted in the attic, away from living space. Flexible ductwork runs from low-key room grilles to the fan. The air can be vented directly out of the house, rather than through attic vents.
Variable speeds let you flush air quickly through the house at high speed or create a continuous, gentle air flow at low speed.
Anyway, a whole-house fan should provide a house with 30 to 60 air changes per hour, but this varies with climate, floor plan, etc. The reason why before you go purchase your own fan, you have to check with a professional to determine what is appropriate for your home. The air-change rate you will choose depends on your climate and how much you will depend on the whole house fan for cooling.
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You may contact the professionals from Breezepower www.breezepower.com.au to help you in finding the appropriate fan for whole house cooling. Breezepower is a family owned business operating out of Brisbane, Australia offering the latest in whole house fan technology.
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