Safe Attic Temperature

Tell if your attic is too hot take its temperature.

Safe attic temperature.

Note excessive heat. A check the temperature an hour before sunrise. Quelch the heat wave. If it s 90 degrees outside the attic temperatures shouldn t exceed 110 according to home.

Ridge vents help. Whether it s 110 f or 130 f there s not much difference in the amount of heat flowing from the attic to the living space below. While these powered vents do effectively draw out the. In reality however variables get in the way.

Install electric ventilators and attic fans which remove hot air from an attic. In an ideal world the attic temperature would be the same as the outside temperature. Cold outdoor temperatures especially below freezing can wear on your furnace. Alternatively install passive vents such as gable soffit and ridge vents which.

And that s way too hot for your electronics to survive. According to agricultural engineer b r. Ideal attic temperature and humidity settings cold outdoor temperatures affect attics. They have thermostats that turn the fan.

Hang an outdoor thermometer in your attic making sure its range reaches at least 130 degrees. If you re storing electronics in your attic you might be unpleasantly surprised to find them less than functional in the future. Stewart attics without air conditioning can reach up to 160 degrees fahrenheit on a hot day. Just make sure the ceiling is airtight and fully insulated and the temperature in the attic doesn t matter much.

If the wires are buried in attic insulation pass over light fixtures or worst of all are arranged in tight bundles they get even hotter than if they re out in the open air. The cda research has shown that temperatures of open wires in attics can get perilously close to the 194 f limit.