How to Install Solar Attic Fan DIY - Yellowblue Eco Tech

I am Dennis Grubb with yellow blue Ecotec technologies here today to show you some of the features of benefits of our revolutionary new solar-powered attic fan the first thing I'm going to do is go over some of the features and benefits of the system and then after that we're going to go ahead and install the system from A to C so let's get started the first feature that I'd like to talk about is our proprietary polycrystalline solar panel it's designed specifically for this application it has very high light penetration it's weatherproof in the most severe conditions there's no need to adjust the angle of this all the solar panel do try to install the system on the south-facing portion of the roof but it will still work fine on the east north or west portion of the roof the next part of the system that I'd like to talk about is the base and the internal components made out of aircraft-grade spun aluminum powder coated for increase of weather resistance and beauty there's no need to worry about rust or expansion issues and diverse weather because there are no seams there are no plastic parts to fail in high temperature areas high ultraviolet areas or during a fire the next part of the system that I'd like to talk about is an internal air diversion calendar but this is is an air diverting cowling that takes the air that's coming up out of the attic is being blown by the fan and diverts it in a smooth curve so that exits out the system very efficiently another very important feature of the system is the motor it's a high performance proprietary brushless DC motor it has a built in vibration isolation system with a computer chip built inside of the motor that will harvest more energy out of the solar panel another feature that's not a bit of on any in the world last speech I'd like to talk to you about is the fan blades and pre balanced with the motor so in the factory were dynamically balancing the fan blades with the motor that makes the system last a lot longer because not putting extra stress on the bearings it also eliminates vibration that's being transmitted into the house it's important features like everyone out there to remember this is an American engineer an American manufacturing product I'm going to go ahead and go out now and do the installation from A to Z and they should answer all your questions on how the system should be installed tools needed to install the yellow/blue Ecotec solar power attic ventilation system sawzall high performance drum motor safety gloves caulking gun roof and flashing sealant half inch spade bit common screwdriver philips screwdriver utility knife tape measure hammer flat bar or wunderbar construction pencil two inch screw and safety goggles okay this is our mock-up that we're going to use with the installation demo today first thing we're going to do is we're going to go inside of the attic I'm going to show you a technique that can be used by placing a screw through the center of the rafters there's another technique you can use by using a stud finder finding out what the trusses are some of the more experienced installers can find that the spaces between the trusses just by simply walking on the roof we've determined it's going to go into this Bay so the first thing I'm going to do is I'm going to put my tape measure up to the top of the ridge I'm going to find my 24 inch mark then I'm going to go and measure between the two trusses about 10 inches in the center mark an X here then I'm going to take my screw we want to place the screw and drill it directly through the the plywood through the roofing material so that it's exposed up on the roof you can see here now we're going to place the template that's included inside of your kit over the screw and then the purpose of that is so that we can then take your construction pencil and Mark onto the roof around the circumference on the template and you'll have a perfect guide so that you'll know where to cut the hole with your sawzall okay after you've made your mark as you can see here around the template now you're going to take your half inch panel bit you're going to place the half inch paddle pin directly on your line and then you're going to drill a hole through the roofing material and the plywood below it that's going to be a starter hole for your Sol's off we've made our pilot hole now it's time to cut the hole through the roof use the sharp blade when you cut that and do a neat job when cutting through the shingles or whatever roofing material you're cutting through one of the reasons why we place the screw in here is not only for placement about the template on top but it's also a place that the Installer can hold the slug when it's being removed because it's very important not to drop this down into the Attic because it hits the drywall and could break through into the house causing a very expensive repair so be sure not to drop this okay the next step is we're going to take our flat bar and we're going to lift up the shingle around here and the reason for doing that is so that we can make sure that the flashing is gonna be able to slide back there are about four and a half inches and this step we're going to take the sawzall we're going to place a blade at the saws-all underneath the tar paper between the tar paper and the roofing material and we're going to make a circle and what that I'll do is I'll cut any nails it might be in the weights of the flashing will slide underneath there for the shank oh stop the tarp ever begins we'd like to get the flashing underneath the tar paper and reach in here and cut back about four and a half inches it's not always necessary to get the flashing under the tar paper different rippers have different ideas and thoughts on how that should be done I'm gonna recommend it that it gets installed underneath the tar paper yeah for the whole city crap we're going to write the flashing in and do it until it's right fit so we put it underneath the shingles I'm going to go ahead and pull it off now I'm gonna place some Cena underneath the bottom of the fog the solar fan and place it back on into the shingles and then we'll fasten it down okay now we're going to apply two concentric beads of roof sealant around the bottom of this flash and one of them is going to be approximately here and the other beads going to be here don't put it too close to the inside of the flash and keep it close to the outside what this will do this will help to ensure that the unit will be held to the roof a little bit tighter as well as keep any possible leaks that might be coming in up above the flashing fiz I'm after I've applied this sealant to the bottom of the flashing and you can place it over the hole but I have to hold it up so that only end up wiping all the sealant mom okay now we've placed the saw pen on the roof the sealant is under here we have it straight and level now we're going to place the screws we recommend two screws on the bottom two screws on the side two screws on the back okay after you've installed all the screws around the solar fan you can go ahead and put a bead of caulk all who run the neck very important to get it around the back on the top of the screws that we placed in this case so that this looks nice I'm going to place a bit of sealant here and I'm going to put this small piece of gripping material back I'd like it to look nice okay the installation is now complete I've applied a bead of sealant around the outside neck of the flashing just to make sure we don't have any leaks the sun is shining the solar-powered attic fan is operational and the installation is not complete we've hope that you've enjoyed this video thank you very much for watching

Channel: Yellowblue Eco Tech

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Keywords: solar, fan, attic, yellowblue, DIY, install, features, ventilation, ecotech, Do It Yourself, Educational, Howto, Yellow, Blue, Green, solar fan, solar attic fan, solar attic fans, solar roof fan, attic ventilation, roof mount solar fan

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Length: 10min 23sec (623 seconds)

Published: Wed Jan 18 2012