Originally Posted by
TiHabanero
For sure there has always been some good stuff and some bad stuff, but this attic fan really impresses me. House was built in 1964 for an electrical engineer. He spec'd everything to his satisfaction, and it shows. Aluminum wiring is in all the houses around here, but mine has copper. The wall switches are still perfectly tight, but I am slowly changing them to the "décor" style, better for arthritic hands. Anyway, I like to fix stuff, and this was one sure easy fix!
Yup -- aluminum house wiring was a dumb idea, right up there with some the early efforts in plastic supply pipe. I am glad to have copper for both, having heard too many stories of house fires and water leaks.
I have a hip roof with only one half-gable, and I did mount a fan behind the vent about 20 years ago. It is controlled by a master switch in series with a thermostat, and it still works, although I really should update to a more modern duct-venting system.
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