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jasonl
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Not a fan, but
On my roof I have a ridge vent but it's too small to exhaust the attic, so I have an old-fashioned turbine that quietly spins when the heat gets too much. Better than a noisy attic exhaust fan.
On my roof I have a ridge vent but it's too small to exhaust the attic, so I have an old-fashioned turbine that quietly spins when the heat gets too much. Better than a noisy attic exhaust fan.
jasonl
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I always like those "creepy" fans. To me they looked vintage. I've seen lots of them mounted in kitchens and bathrooms. My mom and dad's house in Chalmette had a fan kinda like that in the bathroom. I don't know if it was Nutone or not but I remember it took a LONG time to start up and it also had louvers.
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Peter...more disturbing things
We actually have that Nutone Heater/Vent in our bathroom here. I don't know why, but it does not bother me. The light is just a light and not a heater, the heater element is inside. Or you can have just the fan work. It is not noisy or wierd. Maybe because it is more modern.
The other ones you point out are more disturbing. We had one in our old Chino Hills house in the 3/4 bath. Its motor finally went out, and I actually replaced the motor (now thinking back why didn't I just let it die!) and it ran fine. I wasn't crazy about it but it didn't bother me quite as much as one would think. As a kid it really would have bothered me.
Peter, how about someone who has an older version of that wall fan you hate, and it is rattling and "hitting something" inside, kind of like a drummer tapping a cymbal? You get that alot in like restaurant bathrooms where they have these items. That's always nice.
Tell me if you think this is creepy.
In my grandma's otherwise beautiful Arlington Heights Illinois home (circa 1969), the upstairs bathroom was nice and large. However, when you turned on the bathroom light switch, it activated the switch right next to it, if that makes sense. The switch was a toggle more or less. So, you had your choice if you left the switch down, it energized the wall mounted (Broan or NuTone) large grilled wall van. Brrrrrrrroooannnnnnnnn! (ha!). If you switched it the other way, the fan turned off, and what switched on was one of those big round almost jar-glass type fixtures in the middle of the ceiling. Figure 12" in diameter and 4-5 inches deep. It was a super bright white "heat light". Yech. So you would turn it on, the room would go like 3 times brighter. There appeared to be two white "heat bulbs" inside the jar glass, but it was not transparent, more translucent, so it was hard to say.
I remember having to take a bath there and having to decide those two choices. The summer we stayed there was one of few baths and a lot of "sponge baths" in the downstairs bathroom!
We actually have that Nutone Heater/Vent in our bathroom here. I don't know why, but it does not bother me. The light is just a light and not a heater, the heater element is inside. Or you can have just the fan work. It is not noisy or wierd. Maybe because it is more modern.
The other ones you point out are more disturbing. We had one in our old Chino Hills house in the 3/4 bath. Its motor finally went out, and I actually replaced the motor (now thinking back why didn't I just let it die!) and it ran fine. I wasn't crazy about it but it didn't bother me quite as much as one would think. As a kid it really would have bothered me.
Peter, how about someone who has an older version of that wall fan you hate, and it is rattling and "hitting something" inside, kind of like a drummer tapping a cymbal? You get that alot in like restaurant bathrooms where they have these items. That's always nice.
Tell me if you think this is creepy.
In my grandma's otherwise beautiful Arlington Heights Illinois home (circa 1969), the upstairs bathroom was nice and large. However, when you turned on the bathroom light switch, it activated the switch right next to it, if that makes sense. The switch was a toggle more or less. So, you had your choice if you left the switch down, it energized the wall mounted (Broan or NuTone) large grilled wall van. Brrrrrrrroooannnnnnnnn! (ha!). If you switched it the other way, the fan turned off, and what switched on was one of those big round almost jar-glass type fixtures in the middle of the ceiling. Figure 12" in diameter and 4-5 inches deep. It was a super bright white "heat light". Yech. So you would turn it on, the room would go like 3 times brighter. There appeared to be two white "heat bulbs" inside the jar glass, but it was not transparent, more translucent, so it was hard to say.
I remember having to take a bath there and having to decide those two choices. The summer we stayed there was one of few baths and a lot of "sponge baths" in the downstairs bathroom!
jasonl
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Old fans
I wonder what it was about attic/exhaust fans that scared kids? For me it was the noise of the attic fan. But what about the small ones? They didn't scare me but what was it about them? Was it the open grill and the black insides? The noise? Or was it because somebody told you to never stick your hand in it or it will take off a finger?
When I was small the round AC vents looked creepy to me. Looked like spaceships in the ceiling
I wonder what it was about attic/exhaust fans that scared kids? For me it was the noise of the attic fan. But what about the small ones? They didn't scare me but what was it about them? Was it the open grill and the black insides? The noise? Or was it because somebody told you to never stick your hand in it or it will take off a finger?
When I was small the round AC vents looked creepy to me. Looked like spaceships in the ceiling
I wonder what it was about attic/exhaust fans that scared ki
To me, the lound noise and big opening scared me. I always thought that they might fall out of the ceiling, or, create a fire since the fan blades were so large and overwhelming lookikng from a child's viewpoint.
To me, the lound noise and big opening scared me. I always thought that they might fall out of the ceiling, or, create a fire since the fan blades were so large and overwhelming lookikng from a child's viewpoint.
To me, the loud (constant) noise and big opening scared me.
May explain why I prefer men.
May explain why I prefer men.
jasonl
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But that would be the intake, not the exhaust.
How do we know G-d was having a bad day when women were desi
He put the playground between the sewage systems.
(Oh honey that CAN'T be *to code*)
He put the playground between the sewage systems.
(Oh honey that CAN'T be *to code*)
kevinpreston8
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Why scary...
For me, it was the noise and "what else is it going to do". Especially with those whole house fans. You have the suddeness of the flaps opening, and then that howl.
Oddly, the big tabletop external fans, or boxed window fans, never bothered me, even though those are the ones you could hurt your finger in. I guess it was the sound of something going on in darkness.
Jason...I wondered when someone would bring up those AC vents, are whatever they are. I am assuming you mean those concentric circular types? They seemed to have disappeared. Those are very disturbing also. I remember my old elementary school had the biggest ones I have ever seen in the ceiling of the auditorium, only enough room for 3 or 4 of them if I remember correctly!
For me, it was the noise and "what else is it going to do". Especially with those whole house fans. You have the suddeness of the flaps opening, and then that howl.
Oddly, the big tabletop external fans, or boxed window fans, never bothered me, even though those are the ones you could hurt your finger in. I guess it was the sound of something going on in darkness.
Jason...I wondered when someone would bring up those AC vents, are whatever they are. I am assuming you mean those concentric circular types? They seemed to have disappeared. Those are very disturbing also. I remember my old elementary school had the biggest ones I have ever seen in the ceiling of the auditorium, only enough room for 3 or 4 of them if I remember correctly!
jasonl
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That was an improvement
When he made men, He put the playground IN the sewage system. Surely not code.
When he made men, He put the playground IN the sewage system. Surely not code.
kevinpreston8
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Jason...
It was THESE that were in my auditorium.
Not as scary as fans, but odd indeed. I know these came in various sizes. I looked at a 50's house that had tiny ones, and the ones in our auditorium, as I mentioned, were massive. Thoughts?
It was THESE that were in my auditorium.
Not as scary as fans, but odd indeed. I know these came in various sizes. I looked at a 50's house that had tiny ones, and the ones in our auditorium, as I mentioned, were massive. Thoughts?
jasonl
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OH yeah. I love the way those look, but when I was 2 or 3 years old, I didn't.
For me, it is just a phobia. I have great bladder control because of it. Something about that black hole in the ceiling with that grill around it and the enclosed space.
When I went with Jimmy and Greg to the Great and Holy Appliance Burial Ground in Aberdeen, ND, we checked into a little mom & pop hotel that charged $29 a night, if I remember correctly. When I got to my room, as soon as I was in, I noticed a cord hanging down in the middle of the bathroom across the hotel room. I immediate knew I was in trouble. I barely survived the weekend, and openly cursed the Terror in the bath every chance I got.
Whole house fans aren't bad; I think the fear most kids have is that they will get sucked up into it. Big and noisy, the louvres open and up you go! Never to be seen or heard from again.
Note to self: call Steven King
When I went with Jimmy and Greg to the Great and Holy Appliance Burial Ground in Aberdeen, ND, we checked into a little mom & pop hotel that charged $29 a night, if I remember correctly. When I got to my room, as soon as I was in, I noticed a cord hanging down in the middle of the bathroom across the hotel room. I immediate knew I was in trouble. I barely survived the weekend, and openly cursed the Terror in the bath every chance I got.
Whole house fans aren't bad; I think the fear most kids have is that they will get sucked up into it. Big and noisy, the louvres open and up you go! Never to be seen or heard from again.
Note to self: call Steven King
At the Tx site I work at the blower rooms have large screen guards over the Blower intake openings-you feel your body actually being sucked to the fan as you walk by it-could imagine if that guard WASN't there-and an arm or peice of clothing got into the fan-its being turned by a 15Hp motor.On rare occasions you have to go into blower rooms if the intake shutters don't open-and the transmitter is overheating.You then have to open them by hand and jam a wood block into them to keep them open or disconnect the air cylinder that open-closes the shutters.
Those attic fans were scary to a kid
Namely me. With the roaring motor and the sudden opening of the louvers (thrash!). Lived with one down south the first 7 years of my life, but it's all us po folks had. Actually in the 50's, we had a window unit made by Westinghouse plugged into a 110. We only ran it when company came. Our neighbors had a central AC that had an old wooden cooling tower where the coils were bathed in water sprayed through a pipe which reached up to the top of the tower. The tower had a pump and a float at the bottom of the tower. The other next door neighbors had a gas AC which was gigantic and I doubt it is used now as repair parts are hard to come by. As you can tell our neighbors had more money than we did, but we had a good life back in the olden days. This was a suburban locale, out of the city, but not really in the country.
Namely me. With the roaring motor and the sudden opening of the louvers (thrash!). Lived with one down south the first 7 years of my life, but it's all us po folks had. Actually in the 50's, we had a window unit made by Westinghouse plugged into a 110. We only ran it when company came. Our neighbors had a central AC that had an old wooden cooling tower where the coils were bathed in water sprayed through a pipe which reached up to the top of the tower. The tower had a pump and a float at the bottom of the tower. The other next door neighbors had a gas AC which was gigantic and I doubt it is used now as repair parts are hard to come by. As you can tell our neighbors had more money than we did, but we had a good life back in the olden days. This was a suburban locale, out of the city, but not really in the country.
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