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Subject:Re: source for replacement fridge fan
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:42:21 -0700

In BC & the Pacific Northwest, hurricane ties like that are supplied by
Simpson Strongtie.

On 10/31/07, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> TECO is one brand name of the manufacturer of brackets
> like these (whether joist hangers, angle brackets,
> etc.), but there are certainly others besides.
>
> Stephen
>
> --- neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> > Re: bracket
> >
> > I made a bracket out of a piece of scrap metal like
> > this:
> >
> > http://musomuso.googlepages.com/home
> >
> > IIRC the metal piece was for joining wood
> > (construction) can't think
> > of prope name right now.
> >
> > Fan is pretty quiet.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Neil.
> >
> > On 10/30/07, Kevin Oh <koh@email.arizona.edu> wrote:
> > > I recently installed this fan:
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16835226013
> > >
> > > A little chintzy in the hand (the housing is
> > plastic instead of aluminum, as
> > > the GoWesty appears to be...). But on the upside
> > it has greater CFM and
> > > lesser dB compared to the GoWesty model. Not to
> > mention cheaper and *in stock*.
> > >
> > > To install, I used JB weld to attach the original
> > fan bracket to the new fan
> > > housing, which maintains the same position under
> > the fins.
> > >
> > > It really is very quiet.
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia -
> > "Jaco"  (Bustorius)
> >
> > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
> >
>
>
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--
Jake
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