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bathroom fan keeps burning out

 05/04/2008 12:25 AM lampskin
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Burnout

05/04/2008 10:17 AM Tom O
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only one wire

05/04/2008 11:13 AM lampskin

from the switch to the fan, there's only one cable, containing 1 white wire, 1 ground, and 1 black wire.

Black wire goes from switch to fan, and white wire in same cable runs back from fan to the junction box of the switch, where it's joined to the white wire from the receptacle.

I have a feeling I have a problem with overvoltage of my receptacles, though.

I'm definitely reading 130-135 V at the receptacle. The fan is rated for 120V. The last fan i tried ran really slow for 3 minutes, smelled burnt, and then died.

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