The electrical fitting is the same, the mounting holes are in the same place … but of course there has to be something … the mounting hole hardware is different ( the grommets are too big and cant be used from the old fan).
I guess thats what the other 280 dollars I didn’t pay … was for … so that it would be an exact fit.
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New fan top, old fan bottom.
So off to the hardware store and another twenty dollars in bits (and another hour in time) it is all back together … and the fan works like a fan should 🙂
But each time I forget the lesson …
If you don’t buy the exact part … expect a ****around in time and brain strain, for trying to prevent wallet plundering … because that how the system is set up.