How To Install Solar Attic Vent Fan

Strip the 14 gauge wire and thread it through the junction box opening.

How to install solar attic vent fan.

Simply cut a round hole in your roof pull the shingles back slide the unit up under the shingles and drop it into the hole. Mount the fan s thermostat to a nearby stud. Drive nail through center of vent location. Cut shingles along circular outline.

Secure it with the mounting bracket and tighten all the connections. Connect the black negative wire to the negative terminal. Replace the pane placing a bead of weatherproof caulk around the outside of the fan to keep an airtight seal. The thermostat is the box that s connected to the fan by a wire.

Add the water tight lid to the box and tighten it into place. Connect the red positive wire to the positive terminal. In attic mark location of solar powered vent between two roof rafters. 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.

You don t even need to go into the attic space. Tighten the water tight connector. A one piece attic vent fan. Scribe outline of vent s flashing on roof using homemade dowel compass.

Install roof brackets and fall arrest system to roof.