# Bathroom exhaust fan? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 4, 2007, 3:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bathroom-exhaust-fan/24076 "2007-02-04T15:30:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 3:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bathroom-exhaust-fan/24076/1 "2007-02-04T15:30:06Z")
I live in a third floor apartment. nowhere to air out my hockey equipment. I’ve been doing it on the large landing, but it sucks having stinky shit there all the time. We have a small closet I could put my stuff in, but there is no window. There is however a small attic above us. I was thinking of putting an exhaust fan in there, but don’t really want to hardwire it in, as I don’t really want my landlord to find out I’m changing shit. also, I’m not much of an electrician. And I don’t have access to the circuit breakers to turn the electricity off (they’re in the basement, which is locked). Are there any bathroom exhaust fans I could install that just plug into a wall outlet? ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bathroom-exhaust-fan/24076/2 "2007-02-04T15:34:31Z")
window fan. ---
**Author:** ![greg23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@greg23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/greg23)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bathroom-exhaust-fan/24076/3 "2007-02-04T15:55:47Z")
just wire a plug to the pigtail coming off the fan and call it a day. ---
**Author:** ![King](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/king/32/7329_2.png) [@King](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/King)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bathroom-exhaust-fan/24076/4 "2007-02-04T16:23:31Z")
you don’t have basement strorage space in the building? ---
**Author:** ![King](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/king/32/7329_2.png) [@King](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/King)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bathroom-exhaust-fan/24076/5 "2007-02-04T16:25:52Z")
oh and if you laid it out in an open room and Febreezed it or used that spearmint odor killing spray it wouldnt be too bad ---
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bathroom-exhaust-fan/24076/6 "2007-02-04T16:27:13Z")
> [@Daddie](#): > > window fan. > [@Coldaccord](#): > > We have a small closet I could put my stuff in, but there is no window. > [@K Cuv](#): > > you don’t have basement strorage space in the building? > [@Coldaccord](#): > > And I don’t have access to the circuit breakers to turn the electricity off (they’re in the basement, which is locked). . ---
**Author:** ![King](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/king/32/7329_2.png) [@King](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/King)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bathroom-exhaust-fan/24076/7 "2007-02-04T16:32:25Z")
touche ---
**Author:** ![Justin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justin/32/7459_2.png) [@Justin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Justin)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bathroom-exhaust-fan/24076/8 "2007-02-04T17:12:23Z")
Where wee you planing on venting the bathroom exhaust fan to then? ---
**Author:** ![Violator](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/violator/32/7278_2.png) [@Violator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Violator)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bathroom-exhaust-fan/24076/9 "2007-02-04T17:29:07Z")
> [@greg23](#): > > just wire a plug to the pigtail coming off the fan and call it a day. This is all you need to do. Buy a $3 extension chord. Cut the female end off… wire it into the fan. Plug the other end into the outlet and you are done. ---
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bathroom-exhaust-fan/24076/10 "2007-02-04T17:29:12Z")
> [@01AudiS4](#): > > Where wee you planing on venting the bathroom exhaust fan to then? > [@Coldaccord](#): > > There is however a small attic above us. . ---
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bathroom-exhaust-fan/24076/11 "2007-02-04T17:30:01Z")
> [@Violator](#): > > This is all you need to do. Buy a $3 extension chord. Cut the female end off… wire it into the fan. Plug the other end into the outlet and you are done. yea i think thats what im going to do ---
**Author:** ![Violator](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/violator/32/7278_2.png) [@Violator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Violator)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bathroom-exhaust-fan/24076/12 "2007-02-04T17:41:22Z")
btw you might consider buying odor absorbing stuff from Walmart and just locking it all in the closet. Winter house heat is probably best at drying your stuff out. Silica Gel will also asorb all the moisture and its cheap. Im just thinking that if you try to blow air outside, then you have to replace that air somehow… like a open window elsewhere. In this weather that may not be the best idea. … just thinking aloud. ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bathroom-exhaust-fan/24076/13 "2007-02-04T18:08:42Z")
do you know how electronics work? + and -, wire to + and - of a wire that you cut up (from extension cord or something) ---
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bathroom-exhaust-fan/24076/14 "2007-02-04T18:10:27Z")
lol dont be sour ---
**Author:** ![Justin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justin/32/7459_2.png) [@Justin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Justin)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bathroom-exhaust-fan/24076/15 "2007-02-04T18:25:01Z")
> [@Coldaccord](#): > > There is however a small attic above us > [@Daddie](#): > > window fan. Aim fan at attic ---
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bathroom-exhaust-fan/24076/16 "2007-02-04T19:45:37Z")
> [@01AudiS4](#): > > Aim fan at attic well I could cut a 2’ x 2’ hole in the cieling for a window fan or i could cut a 5" x 5" hole in the cieling for an exhaust fan :bloated: