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I've got that in our attic with a nice little light switch in our bedroom to turn it on. Crack open the window, turn on the attic fan and the whole house cools down nicely.

The only problem is that I forget to turn it off in the morning. Out if sight out of mind. Switching it to a timer is on my list.



Smart plugs loaded into home assistant are good for this.

Then you can turn the fan off after a period of time, at a specific time, at a certain temp etc.

It risks over complicating things though.


Yeah I was inspired by an amazingly effective attic fan in an airbnb I stayed in a few years ago...definitely will be installing one in any future attics I own.




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