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Ventilating Fans Key Product Criteria

Equipment Specification
Ventilating Fans
  • Range hoods (up to 500 cfm): maximum allowable sound level of 2.0 sones; minimum efficacy level of 2.8 cfm/Watt
  • Bathroom and utility room fans (10 – 80 cfm): maximum allowable sound level of 2.0 sones; minimum efficacy level of 1.4 cfm/Watt; minimum rated airflow at 0.25 static w.g. 60% of 0.1 static w.g. airflow
  • Bathroom and utility room fans (90 – 130 cfm): maximum allowable sound level of 2.0 sones; minimum efficacy level of 2.8 cfm/Watt; minimum rated airflow at 0.25 w.g. 70% of 0.1 static w.g. airflow
  • Bathroom and utility room fans (140 – 500 cfm [max]): maximum allowable sound level of 3.0 sones; minimum efficacy level of 2.8 cfm/Watt; minimum rated airflow at 0.25 w.g. 70% of 0.1 static w.g. airflow
  • In-line fans (single-port & multi-port): no sound or airflow requirement; minimum efficacy level of 2.8 cfm/Watt
  • Light sources must use pin-based fluorescent technology and meet specific performance criteria based on system efficacy per lamp ballast combination, lamp start time, lamp life, color rendering index, correlated color temperature, noise, maximum total lamp wattage (excluding night lights), and maximum night light wattage*.

Warranty provided must be a minimum of 1 year

*Note: Range hoods are exempt from the light source requirement until December 31, 2004.