How To Wire A Roof Fan

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How to wire a roof fan.

Locate an existing circuit close to the fan s location. Turn off the power to the circuit. Test the wires in the junction box to determine if it contains a continuous circuit. The ground wire will need to be ran to a bare metal surface and the power wire will need to be ran directly to the battery it does not go to a thermostat as the controls for the unit are on the bottom.

Bring the cable through one of the studs supporting the fan and strip about 8 in. Connect the black wires together. Attach the ground wire to the ground screw on the switch. Connect the white wires neutral wires from your fan and ceiling together.

Mount it as near to the roof ridge without it being visible from the front of the house. Attach the black wire to the top brass screw on the switch. Use the voltage meter by. There are only two wires on the fan tastic vent roof vent w 12v fan part fv801208 a white wire which is the ground and then a black wire which is the power.

Attic lights ceiling lights and attic junction boxes are. At the switch connect the white wires together. Make sure the bottom edge of the flange is squared with the shingles before you screw it down. Screwing the flange down will secure the attic fan to your roof.

There should be two screw holes located on the bottom corners of the fan s flange. Then run the wiring to your attic fan strip another 8 inches at that end and connect the wire to the thermostat. Strip away about 3 4 inch of the insulation and use a wire nut to connect all the white wires. Install wire to the fan from the switch box.

Screw the bottom two corners of the flange into the roof with a drill. Then wrap the green wire around the grounding screw inside the thermostat box. Step 1 mount the vent as close to the center of the house as possible. Attach a box connector to the cable and feed the wires into the thermostat box.