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WHOLE HOUSE COMFORT VENTILATORS

Simple cooling for the entire home

Whole house comfort ventilators can provide an effective way to improve comfort in the entire house without air conditioning. If the home has air conditioning, whole house comfort ventilators may help reduce energy costs because the air conditioner doesn't,

have to operate continuously.

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Available in various models to fit any home, whole house comfort ventilators allow the house to "breathe freely" when summer breezes, if they are blowing at all, are not strong enough to cool the house. A properly located whole house comfort ventilator draws outside air through screened windows and doors, pulls it up through the house, and exhausts it, usually through static vents in the attic. The result is a mild, cooling breeze throughout the house that can lower skin temperature by two to eight degrees - a significant cooling effect. In the evening, the fan provides relief from the day's heat by flushing the house with cool night air as the outdoor temperature drops.

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