How To Install Solar Attic Vent Fan

Connect the red positive wire to the positive terminal.

How to install solar attic vent fan. Install roof brackets and fall arrest system to roof. You don t even need to go into the attic space. With the thermostat and the solar panel in place set the fan into the piece of plexiglass or glass pane where you cut the hole. Drive nail through center of vent location.

The thermostat is the box that s connected to the fan by a wire. Seal for weatherproofing and you re done. Scribe outline of vent s flashing on roof using homemade dowel compass. Cut shingles along circular outline.

Mount the fan s thermostat to a nearby stud. Strip the 14 gauge wire and thread it through the junction box opening. A one piece attic vent fan. To mount the thermostat insert the screws that came with the fan through the screw holes and into the stud you re mounting the thermostat on.

Replace the pane placing a bead of weatherproof caulk around the outside of the fan to keep an airtight seal. In attic mark location of solar powered vent between two roof rafters. Tighten the water tight connector. Secure it with the mounting bracket and tighten all the connections.

You ll use the thermostat to control the fan.