Originally I thought it was another remnant of Jennifer’s pancake incident but when I heard the popping noises from the master bathroom, I quickly realized how dumb I was. The 20-year-old fan setup in there had reached the end of its life and probably due to it not being well cleaned in like…ever, the cord to power the little motor responsible for spinning the fan went kaput! fizz! and burned some of the plastic cover. What an awful smell! I thought somebody microwaving fish in the break room was nasty.
Then I did something even dumber! I touched the motor. YOWCH! Thankfully my index finger recovered in a day. Disconnecting the plug from the outlet was less trouble. So this resulted in a trip to Home Depot, I prefer Lowe’s but I was in no mood to argue with Jennifer, she’s smarter in the mechanical department. There was a very helpful guy who clarified what was in the box because it lacked an illustration or window into its contents. Such a relief too. The replacement for the master-bathroom fan is a whole kit which should be relatively easy, at worst, I have to hunt down a YouTube movie. Plus the price point was so reasonable (under $20), I bought a total of three figuring it was time to also replace the one in the guest bathroom and laundry room. My house will soon be old enough to buy a beer yet the cheap-ass stuff the builder installed is slowly crapping out, see the early May story involving my new $15K AC unit.