Attic Fan Wires

Remove the thermostat cover.

Attic fan wires.

The attic fan wiring is now complete. The remington solar ventilation attic fan is completely the remington solar ventilation attic fan is completely powered by free solar energy. This american designed fan is designed to reduce attic temperatures and remove destructive moisture thus making your home more comfortable and reducing the load on your hvac system and lowering your. Wiring powered attic fans is usually as simple as running power from the existing attic light fixture.

Attach the black wire to the top brass screw on the switch. Turn off the power to the circuit. Find a circuit you can use to. Ideally the thermostat will be facing the air as it s.

Locate the wires at the sites where you fed them to from the attic and complete your connections first then secure or conceal the rest of the wire. It is critical to install the fan in such a way as to seal openings and leaks around the fan itself. A how to demonstration of wiring your xxfirestat or power attic vent thermostat. At the switch connect the white wires together.

How to wire an attic fan thermostat step 1. Attic lights ceiling lights and attic junction boxes are. Locate an existing circuit close to the fan s location. Lastly connect the blue wires together or the blue wire to the black wire for lights.

If you need to create a new hole for the fan the wiring may actually be the easiest part. Connect the green wire to your household ground wire copper bare wire. Screw the thermostat to the attic fan s plywood frame. Its thermostat is installed in a control box and is prewired.

Connect the black and white fan wires to the black and white switch wires. Connect the white wires neutral wires from your fan and ceiling together. Use the voltage meter by. You should see a black wire a white wire and a green ground screw.

If you anticipate needing to run wire for any other project you might want to consider running wire for both projects at the same time. Install wire to the fan from the switch box. Connect the black wires together. Twist the black wire from the cable supplying the power from the switch or outlet to the fan s black wire clockwise using pliers followed by the white wire to the white wire.

Connect the copper wires together. Attach the ground wire to the ground screw on the switch.