Insulation Culmination

Finally! A project that's completed! Well for now at least. The new cellulose has been blown into our attic and it looks good. It is perhaps a little thinner than I had anticipated, but I can always get more put in later. I wanted it for the winter, but now we'll see how it handles the summer first. It has been sunny though cool the last week, perfect WHF weather. Good thing I did it this year, as it's tax deductible.

Quiet spring breezes

A few notes to wrap up the Whole House Fan debate.

First, thanks to WholeHouseFan.com for helping out with ordering and getting it shipped to me. It arrived here quickly and on time.

Though I didn't take any pictures, the two fans look very similar. They use the same size rough opening (almost) and it was a snap to remove the old one and replace it with the new one. The Tamarack (TWHF) I ordered was the HV1600-GDR. So it comes with the extra insulation, and the remote, and a plug? I don't know if that's common or not but it came with a three prong plug to be able to plug it in. I ended up removing it so I could hard wire it like all other WHFs I've known. I don't have too many sockets in the attic. I attached it to its box with 4 screws ( they supplied 6 ) and attached the wire. Added a little spray foam to make the seal tight ( they shorted me the foam gasket), and I was done.

Operation is A LOT quieter. My previous calculations for Dbs and Sones sound accurate. We can easily leave it on low all night and not annoy the baby or ourselves, watch TV etc. High is loud but quieter than the other fan's low. It should improve when I install the supplied grill. The WWHF has two large metal blade fans that take the entire cavity, where TWHF has two smaller plastic bladed fans.

The remote is fine and works from the first floor; One is for On/Off and Two toggles the speed. Startup of the TWHF is a little slower than the WWHF. The TWHF opens its shutter all the way first then starts where the other starts as the shutter is opening.

Now I just need to return that old fan.... where is that receipt?