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First Home Wiring Project!
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<blockquote data-quote="DocWatson" data-source="post: 260438" data-attributes="member: 112"><p>Like Gramps50 said, your connections are scary dangerous !!! :shock: If your town has building codes, those connections don't meet them. At the very least, you need an electrical junction box to contain the connections with all wires properly secured to the box and grounded.</p><p></p><p>The other issue is to find out what else is on that circuit with the light and the fan. What goes off when you flip the breaker and how much power does it draw ?? Some of those gable fans can draw pretty high amps and that might be overloading the circut. Best idea for wiring one of those fans is a dedicated line with it's own breaker.</p><p></p><p>Another thing you seem to have discovered is that any work done in an attic space (especially in a climate like Georgia's) is best done in the cooler months. :wink:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DocWatson, post: 260438, member: 112"] Like Gramps50 said, your connections are scary dangerous !!! :shock: If your town has building codes, those connections don't meet them. At the very least, you need an electrical junction box to contain the connections with all wires properly secured to the box and grounded. The other issue is to find out what else is on that circuit with the light and the fan. What goes off when you flip the breaker and how much power does it draw ?? Some of those gable fans can draw pretty high amps and that might be overloading the circut. Best idea for wiring one of those fans is a dedicated line with it's own breaker. Another thing you seem to have discovered is that any work done in an attic space (especially in a climate like Georgia's) is best done in the cooler months. :wink: [/QUOTE]
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