by DON NAPIER
Crossville businessman Conrad Miller has 25 years of his life invested in selling and installing energy-saving products, including his vastly popular Tubular Skylight, which is also known as a sun tunnel, depending on which brand your choose. He is a certified installer and is most likely the only skylight installer in the market offering a 20-year installation warranty. “These are not your grandpa’s 
skylights,” Conrad said, “because the technology has vastly improved over the past decade, and many of our products qualify the buyer for a 30% tax credit.”Three product lines Tubular Skylights, with the add-on Solar Night Light is really a blessing in those times when your power fails. I have one in a dark hallway in my home, located right where I turn off the light every night as I am going to bed. It is amazing how much moon light the solar night light provides. I have had a Sun Tunnel in a dark hallway of my home for about ten years. I have finally gotten over trying to turn that light off. It is awesome. I remember the first one I ever saw in a dark kitchen of a friend’s house in Fairfield Glade. She eventually had four installed. Replacement glass sky lights On a replacement glass skylight, if you add a solar blind or a solar ventilating unit, you are eligible for the 30% federal tax credit on the entire package.Solar Attic FansOne of Conrad’s newer items is a solar attic fan that pulls the heat out your attic, through an exhaust fan that is powered by a solar panel. This product has many benefits, including extending the life of your shingles and helping to reduce your air conditioning load. The 25-year warranties are also available on the entire solar fan, including the motor and solar panel.I recently had a solar attic fan installed at my house and I am already seeing benefits. For a couple of years, my air condition-ing unit has struggled to keep my house cool. If I set the thermostat at 73, it never achieved that temperature, usually only lowering it to 76. Since I had the solar fan installed, the load on my air conditioning has been reduced. Now, I can set my thermostat at 73, and get a 73 on the actual temperature. The real test is the heat in the attic. The ridge vents installed when the house was built 30 years ago do not cut it. The solar attic fan sucks that hot air out of the attic and the difference is amazing. The fan comes on as soon as sunlight hits the solar panels. When the sun is not shining, it does not run, but it is not as important, because the temperatures are down at night.The VELUX Sun Tunnel Skylight can be installed within an afternoon. The sun tunnel’s highly reflective and cylinder shape fits between the beams of your ceilings, allow-ing light to travel from your roof down to the space below, uninhibited. When you combine the Sun Tunnel purchase with the $60 Solar Night Light, you are eligible for the 30% tax credit. The Solar Night Light is designed to fit inside your VELUX Sun Tunnel Skylight. The VELUX Solar Night Light provides your space with a soft, soothing light from above, when natural light isn’t available.30% Solar Federal Tax CreditYou are eligible to receive a 30% federal tax credit on your entire VELUX Sun Tunnel Skylight product and installation when paired with the VELUX Solar Night Light.If you are interested in an in-home consultation, call Conrad Miller at 931-277-3707 or visit tubularskylightsbyconrad.com.
skylights,” Conrad said, “because the technology has vastly improved over the past decade, and many of our products qualify the buyer for a 30% tax credit.”Three product lines Tubular Skylights, with the add-on Solar Night Light is really a blessing in those times when your power fails. I have one in a dark hallway in my home, located right where I turn off the light every night as I am going to bed. It is amazing how much moon light the solar night light provides. I have had a Sun Tunnel in a dark hallway of my home for about ten years. I have finally gotten over trying to turn that light off. It is awesome. I remember the first one I ever saw in a dark kitchen of a friend’s house in Fairfield Glade. She eventually had four installed. Replacement glass sky lights On a replacement glass skylight, if you add a solar blind or a solar ventilating unit, you are eligible for the 30% federal tax credit on the entire package.Solar Attic FansOne of Conrad’s newer items is a solar attic fan that pulls the heat out your attic, through an exhaust fan that is powered by a solar panel. This product has many benefits, including extending the life of your shingles and helping to reduce your air conditioning load. The 25-year warranties are also available on the entire solar fan, including the motor and solar panel.I recently had a solar attic fan installed at my house and I am already seeing benefits. For a couple of years, my air condition-ing unit has struggled to keep my house cool. If I set the thermostat at 73, it never achieved that temperature, usually only lowering it to 76. Since I had the solar fan installed, the load on my air conditioning has been reduced. Now, I can set my thermostat at 73, and get a 73 on the actual temperature. The real test is the heat in the attic. The ridge vents installed when the house was built 30 years ago do not cut it. The solar attic fan sucks that hot air out of the attic and the difference is amazing. The fan comes on as soon as sunlight hits the solar panels. When the sun is not shining, it does not run, but it is not as important, because the temperatures are down at night.The VELUX Sun Tunnel Skylight can be installed within an afternoon. The sun tunnel’s highly reflective and cylinder shape fits between the beams of your ceilings, allow-ing light to travel from your roof down to the space below, uninhibited. When you combine the Sun Tunnel purchase with the $60 Solar Night Light, you are eligible for the 30% tax credit. The Solar Night Light is designed to fit inside your VELUX Sun Tunnel Skylight. The VELUX Solar Night Light provides your space with a soft, soothing light from above, when natural light isn’t available.30% Solar Federal Tax CreditYou are eligible to receive a 30% federal tax credit on your entire VELUX Sun Tunnel Skylight product and installation when paired with the VELUX Solar Night Light.If you are interested in an in-home consultation, call Conrad Miller at 931-277-3707 or visit tubularskylightsbyconrad.com.
