Keep Your Attic Cool in the Sweltering Summer Heat

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Dear Tim: My attic space gets as hot as blue blazes. I saw an advertisement for a solar-powered attic fan and that seems like a great way to remove heat and reduce my carbon footprint. Do these fans really work, and are they hard to install? Will the fan significantly reduce the temperature inside my attic? What are the pros and cons to these solar attic fans? - Brad L., Phoenix, Ariz.

Dear Brad: I installed a solar-powered attic fan last year to see how well it would work. The installation went like clockwork. Within an hour after installing it, the sun hit the solar panel and the fan blades started to spin. It was almost magical to see the solar attic fan work.

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Keep Your Attic Cool in the Sweltering Summer Heat

You are a pretty clever guy to get the sun to do double duty. It makes perfect sense to make the sun cool your attic space, since it is the source of the problem in the first pl...

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