Whole House Fan? Albany NY

We just bought a place in NY and are new to the Albany area. Our new place does not have central air, but plenty of windows. Anyone from the area think it is a good idea to install a whole house fan for those hot humid nights?

Thanks,

Chaser

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Matt
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I don't live anywhere near your area, but we do have a whole house fan and I don't know how we got along without one all this time. They are great! Lower electricity bills (not having to run the a/c when you normally would have), fresh air in and stale air out, cool breeze to sleep under... the only way to go! They're relatively inexpensive to buy, install and operate, too. Go for it -- you won't be sorry!

Reply to
Dee

It will bring in the air from outside and if the outside air is cooler, it will cool the house. I have on and I like it.

OTOH, it does not removed humidity. On the really hot and humid days, we use air conditioners.

Reply to
Edwin Pawlowski

I grew up in Iowa. We had a window fan for several years before the a/c when in. It was a box fan with 30 inch blades and a 2 hp motor. It would close doors if they were not stopped. I got use to sleeping through the din. It helps but my allergies were compounded by the volume of air that traveled over my bed every night.

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SQLit

On 3/8/2005 9:05 PM US(ET), Matt took fingers to keys, and typed the following:

I live about a 100 miles south of you. I have a whole house fan. The only thing it will do is bring the outside air inside. It won't have any effect on humidity unless the outside air is more or less humid than the inside air, in which case it will exchange the inside humidity with the outside humidity. We installed central AC a few years ago and don't use the whole house fan as much anymore, but it was a good investment when we built the house (before the C/AC). The only time we use it now is when we are to go in the attic on hot summer days (I have a black shingled roof). It will blow all the hot air out of the attic before we have to go up there. It's also good at removing smoke if you have a disaster in the kitchen. Its one bad feature is the noise, especially when the fan is installed in the bedroom hallway.

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willshak

I am from the Albany area. It will not do much more than window fans and in the winter it is one more hole in your house that will need to be sealed. An attic fan on a thermostat is not a bad idea. It will keep the attic cooler and not be a draft problem come winter. AC is the only thing going to get rid of humidity.

Reply to
calhoun

i agree. i live in ohio and use a window fan till it gets to hot and humid. just crack your windows a little in the rooms you are in.

Reply to
jdk

My parents in western NY had some kind of whole house fan when I was a kid. At least I think I remember somethign like that.

I'd be tempted to go with the central AC. Or at least a window unit in the bedroom.

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Stormin Mormon

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