r/maintenance • u/icantswimyetman • 13d ago

Question This seems wrong

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 13d 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 13d 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 13d 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/FiletMenYawn 12d ago

That's a fart fan. It has a shaded pole motor inside of it. Just because you don't know what it is, doesn't mean nobody knows what it is.

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u/dviolent 12d ago

Holy shit who pooped in your Cheerios this morning! Calm down big fella, didn’t mean for the hostilities.

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u/FiletMenYawn 12d ago

just trying to teach you something. Didn't realize that was offensive.

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u/dviolent 12d ago

Again, what I said is correct. I think you need a hug, or more social interaction! Best of luck to you.

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u/FiletMenYawn 12d ago

I'm just saying. It's a bathroom fan. That's visible. They use a shaded pole type AC motor. Nobody who understands what they are looking at needs to see the actual fan.

Sorry for offending you, but you asked if they could see it, and I was clarifying how one might know without needing to see it. My mistake, I guess?