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[rant]
So it's been getting hot in SC, supposed to get to 100F today.
Recently I realized my attic fan wasn't working. So I get up there and I start checking things out.
There's a light switch that I assume controls the attic light. I turn it on, and sure enough the light comes on. As does the attic fan. WTF?
The half-a$$ electrician that wired it did this:
Hot wire -> light switch -> electrical outlet -> attic fan plugged into it.
...............................|-> light bulb outlet.
So anytime you want to turn off the light bulb, you turn off the power to the attic fan. Or, if you want the attic fan to be enabled (it has a temperature switch also, at the fan), you need to leave the light on. WTF?!!
Who comes up with this garbage?
[/rant]
I ended up unscrewing the light bulb, and plugging in a clip-on light (with a switch) until I get a string-pull light bulb outlet to add to the mess (and really make it ghetto).
M_C
So it's been getting hot in SC, supposed to get to 100F today.
Recently I realized my attic fan wasn't working. So I get up there and I start checking things out.
There's a light switch that I assume controls the attic light. I turn it on, and sure enough the light comes on. As does the attic fan. WTF?
The half-a$$ electrician that wired it did this:
Hot wire -> light switch -> electrical outlet -> attic fan plugged into it.
...............................|-> light bulb outlet.
So anytime you want to turn off the light bulb, you turn off the power to the attic fan. Or, if you want the attic fan to be enabled (it has a temperature switch also, at the fan), you need to leave the light on. WTF?!!
Who comes up with this garbage?
[/rant]
I ended up unscrewing the light bulb, and plugging in a clip-on light (with a switch) until I get a string-pull light bulb outlet to add to the mess (and really make it ghetto).
M_C