Any electric gurus? Just had a new roof put on. The roofers said the vent that housed my thermostatically-controlled attic fan was about shot and should be replaced -- it was only 37 years old.
So, ended up with a whole new unit. Of course, it was up to me to rewire the beast.
The old fan was hooked up black to thermostat. White to White and green to box ground clip, with the red wire taped over inside the box.
I hooked up new fan basically the same way, except I put a wirenut (scotch lock) on the red wire and wrapped it up with electrical tape.
It has been fairly cool with outside temps hitting 70, so with the fan thermo at 90, it hasn't kicked on. I did spend about 5-10 minutes after the install with the thermo dialed down to 60 degrees, but the fan didn't kick-on then, but I had to dash, so dialed it back up to 90 before departing the attic.
Maybe I am being a bit paranoid, but I am thinking it's not working.....Would it be OK to bypass the thermostat -- that is just hook the hot black lead directly into the fan to see if it works. I'm pretty untalented in electrical works, but seems to me the thermostat is just a fancy on/off switch right?
Or, am I just too anxious.....was my five minute trial at the 60- degree setting enough that it should have kicked on?