New Broan® Make-Up Air Damper Lets in the Air You Need
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| The new Broan® Make-Up Air Damper provides make-up air when you need it, not all the time like other make-up air solutions available. The Broan Make-Air Damper uses the LinkLogic™ System powered by INSTEON™ to communicate through existing power lines in the home and works with enabled products. The Broan Make-Up Air Damper provides a controlled location for fresh air to enter the home and only opens when air is being exhausted through enabled products, such as the Broan SmartSense® system and selected Best® range hoods. Unlike the Broan Make-up Air Damper, existing barometric dampers allow outdoor air to enter the home anytime the air handler is operating. |
Uses State-of-the-Art LinkLogic™ System, Powered by INSTEON™
Hartford, Wis., April 11, 2008 – The new Broan® Make-Up Air Damper is an automatic make-up air system that works with Broan SmartSense® and selected Best® range hoods to allow fresh air to enter the home only when necessary, according to Tom Heidel, marketing manager, IAQ, Broan-NuTone.
"Fresh air normally enters the house through infiltration, such as cracks by doors or windows, but because homes are being built tighter, homeowners might not be getting the air they need," says Heidel. "The Broan Make-Up Air damper communicates automatically with Broan SmartSense and selected Best range hoods through a home's existing power lines to put back into your home the air that exhausted through a fan or range hood."
According to Heidel, the Broan Make-Up Air Damper is a precise way for homeowners to be certain their ventilation systems are working as designed. Existing make-up air solutions such as barometric dampers allow uncontrolled outdoor air to enter the home during every heating or cooling cycle, regardless if it is needed.
The Broan Make-Up Air Damper communicates over existing power lines in the home using Broan-NuTone's LinkLogic™ System, the INSTEON™-enabled residential communication technology. No control wires are necessary. The damper works with enabled products such as the Broan SmartSense® Ventilation System, which uses Broan Ultra Silent Fans™, as well as the new IP29 Best range hood. As these products exhaust air from the home, INSTEON technology communicates to open the damper and let in the necessary amount of fresh air, as recommended by building science experts.
"When homes do not contain a fresh air inlet, fresh air usually enters through infiltration; many times homeowners are not comfortable with that process and worry that they are not receiving enough fresh air," says Heidel. "The damper provides a controlled location for fresh air to enter the home and only opens when fans or range hoods are operating."
The new damper is available in both 6-inch and 8-inch versions. According to Heidel, multiple dampers can be "ganged" and will work together when a high capacity range hood is operating and extra air needs to enter the home.
For more information about the Broan Make-Up Damper and the Broan SmartSense Ventilation System, please visit www.Broan.com. For more information on Best range hoods, please visit www.BestRangeHoods.com
Broan® is a trademark of Broan-NuTone LLC, North America's leading manufacturer and distributor of residential ventilation products including range hoods, ventilation fans, heater/fan/light combination units, Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Fresh Air Systems, built-in heaters, whole-house fans, attic ventilators, paddle fans and trash compactors. NuTone® is a trademark of NuTone Inc, a subsidiary of Broan-NuTone and North America's leading manufacturer and distributor of residential built-in convenience products including door chimes, central vacuum systems, stereo intercom systems, home theater speakers, medicine cabinets, ironing centers and ventilation fans. Broan-NuTone is proud to be an ENERGY STAR® partner.
For more information about the full line of Broan-NuTone products,
call 800-558-1711 (Broan), 888-336-3948 (NuTone),
write Broan-NuTone,
926 W. State Street, Hartford, WI 53027 U.S.A.
or visit www.broan.com or www.nutone.com. ~
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