How do I wire and connect an in-line duct
fan?
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Your In-Line Duct Fan must be connected to a 110/120 Volt
AC, 60Hz fuse or protected by at least a 15amps circuit
breaker. Never connect your In-Line Duct Fan to a 240
Volt AC blower motor or other 240 Volt systems. When you
remove the fan from its box, there will be no cover box
for the wires, as that is only used when connecting the
fan to a switch. For all purposes we're going to connect
it to a heavy-duty extension cord. A pretty simple
procedure, most fans come with either, 1 black wire, 1
green wire (ground), and 1 white wire. To begin, simply
slice the extension cord wire. Make sure it has a ground
plug (3 connector pins). Then merely match up the wires,
green goes to green, this is your ground wire, white goes
to white ,and black goes to black. You might run into a
situation where you have 2 black wires, and 1 green wire.
Simply attach the green to the green wire, and attach one
black to black, and the other black wire to the white
wire.
SAFE WIRING:
This is a wire-stripper-crimper:
Point A (the white arrow) is used for cutting the
wire ends off, just like a pair of pliers. More than
likely you will not have to do this, most are pre-cut
coming from the manufacturer (On the fan, and on the
extension cord). Point B is used for stripping the
wire, put the wire end in the proper gauge hole (Marked
on the tool), and pull. Point C is used for
crimping. In this assembly, I have used wire nuts instead
of crimped butt splice connectors.
You'll need 3 wire nut connectors, 1 for the white wire
which is your common, 1 for the black wire which is your
hot wire, and 1 for the green wire which is your ground.
After all wires firmly connected with the wire nuts, it
is a good electrical safety practice to tape over the
nuts using electrical tape or duct tape. After each
connector is taped, bundle all three together and tape it
over as one bundle.
You must never have any bare wires showing!
Now all you have to do is plug it into the outlet. And if
hanging In-Line Duct Fans, make sure you have them
adequately supported, If you're fitting the fan inside a
wall, wrap rubber around it to reduce the noise level and
stop vibration.
NEVER EXPOSE YOUR IN-LINE DUCT FAN TO TEMPERATURES OVER
140° F (60° C)!
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