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> >> >> > > >> >> > >> >>
> >> >>> > >> >>>
> >> >
> >> >>>
> >> >>> What is the likely reason 3 wires were connected together?
> >> >> I finally found a drawing that reminded me. I have to stop forgetting
> >> >> things. I put in switches in the upstairs hall to turn the roof fan on
> >> >> when the thermostat would leave it off, or to turn it off when the
> >> >> thermostat would have it on. But it was years ago and I forgot. it > >> >
> >> > You're trying to hide but I'm going to reveal the truth.
> >> >
> >> > You replaced a perfectly good fan motor.
> No, Tim. Why would I have done that? It was not good at all. Maybe if
> I'd oiled it regularly it would have lasted longer, but the oil inlet
> for the top bearing could not even be seen from below.
> > It didn't run because that goofy switch setup of yours had it turned off.
> No, Tim. The switches worked just fine. You're letting your
> imagination run wild.
> >> > That's probably a lesson for all of us, because we make modifications that have a purpose, but somebody else can't figure out later, and sometimes as we age we forget too.
> >> Something small, like a label "FAN" on the switch plate could have helped.
> The switch was not where the question was. It was the small metal box
> which houses the thermostat and all the connections. Very rarely are
> wires marked in a place like that. Instead I should have kept better
> track of what I disconnected that day.
> >
> > But Mickey would never forget something he wired personally.
> Yes, I would. I forget things pretty often, and I wired this 39 years > ago.
> > He's just like the man
> >in my mirror.
> :-)
>
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> Posters used to get help in this ng. Now too often they get responses
> that ignore the quesiton and claim to know more about the situation than
> the person who is right there. What a shame.
That's the shame? Really?
You don't think that all the political discussion is the actual shame?
As guilty of joining in as I am, I still think that is the real shame. To be honest, I'm surprised that nobody has blamed your wiring issue on Trump or Biden. At least not yet.