Select Home Depot Stores (link for reference only) have
QuietCool 1945 CFM Smart App Controlled 2-Speed Gable Mount Electric Attic Fan (AFG SMT PRO-2.0) for
$16 (In-Store Only).
Thanks to Community Member
TealLeopard348 for finding this deal.
Note: In-store availability and price will vary.
Features:
- Energy-efficient 2-speed PSC motor
- Smart app control with integrated thermostat and humidistat
- Built-in mounting tabs with anti-vibration pads
- Mounts directly to your existing gable vents in your attic
- 70-Watt on low speed and 108-Watt on high speed
- Up to 1,945 CFM on high at 120-Watts
- Fire safety sense shut-off
- 15-Year Warranty
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Powered gable vents generally went away when builders started properly designing passive roof ventilation. Ridge vent at the top the entire length of the roof, Soffit vents front/rear at your roof overhangs. The hot air rises and goes out the ridge vent, pulling cooler air in through the soffits. When we re-did our roof we installed far more soffit vents and a full length ridge vent then disconnected the old powered gable vent. Running a powered gable vent when you already have soffit and ridge vents breaks the whole system of convection.
Heat rises, the attic is the top point of the house, and the suns rays radiate through the roofing system. All which turns the attic into an oven that is often 30+ over outside ambient. Yes, I understand that it will pull an intake of air to circulate as result, which is a basic function of a roofing system anyway. If the soffits, ridge vents, etc did a good enough job, you wouldn't need anything like this to begin with.
In all the attics I go in for work, I never see any issue with an attic fan being responsible for distributing outdoor pollen, etc. What I do see is that they can lower attic temps 10,15, 20 degrees which is great for attic air handlers and the actual roofing system. This is all east coast with pollen seasons.
Even with proper soffit, ridge ventilation and insulation, the summer sun is going to bake the roof and these really help exhaust the heat.
At any rate, last year I had a new roof put on, which actually now has a ridge vent (there were 2 layers on the old roof), and about half the roof is now covered in solar panels (which actually act as partial shade due to the ~ 6" or whatever gap to the roof deck) AND the tstat controlled vent fans. I also added another R30 batting to the existing insulation in the attic in December, so hopefully I'll see all that pay back this upcoming summer in reduced AC bills.
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The BT seems somewhat of a gimmick since I would guess most homeowners aren't going up in their attic to install these so not sure how they would pair them with their phone unless they just always broadcast for easy pairing. Also when I was researching these originally there were complaints about them constantly having to be paired again.
For anything after that, you can pair up to 3 devices.
If you have one of the connected device, you can go into the QuietCool app > Connect to your fan > Settings > Enter Pair Mode. This will put it in pair mode so you can connect to it on another phone.
If you don't have any devices paired to it anymore and need to pair a new one, up the attic you go.
It kinda sucks anyways. Bluetooth range doesn't go that far so you have to be relatively near the fan to even connect.
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To each his own!
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As for the debate over gable fans, my attic is over the garage, and I'd like to lower the temperature a bit in there since it gets hot enough to melt candles and cheap plastic (ask me how I know!). If I could keep the temps lower, it would expand what I could store up there and probably lower the garage temperature.
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