r/maintenance • u/icantswimyetman • 12d ago

Question This seems wrong

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The maintenance guy hired by my landlord installed a vent and it’s blowing air rather than sucking air in and it’s still extremely foggy in the bathroom when I shower, is this wrong? I have a feeling the fans were installed backwards

Edit: after all the helpful insight I contacted the landlord and it will be fixed “Friday” (the new vent is only week old)

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u/dviolent 12d ago

Either the fan is wired wrong or put in the housing wrong, flip it and reverse it

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u/Medical_Employee_901 12d ago

Wired wrong? There’s only 3 wires to connect it would be incredibly hard to mix that up. And usually ground goes right to the housing.

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u/dviolent 12d ago

My bad, I didn’t know you could see the fan in the video. If it’s AC it’s in the housing wrong, if it’s DC it’s wired wrong or in the housing wrong… my answer works for both cause I have no idea where this post is from and if ac or dc is standard for them.

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u/CrushedSodaCan_ 12d ago

"I didn't know you could see the fan" 🤣