ARG wtf would cause random short 'buzzing' in my attic???!

[DrPizza]

loose flashing vibrating in the wind??

 

[FP]

Originally posted by: djheater
Faulty vent\exhaust fan.
probably the motor going bad.

Why don't you go up there and wait for it to happen?

I had the same problem in our place. A buzzing sound that would come on every 5 minutes.

Went up into the attic and found a dead bird caught in the blades of the attic fan. It was the motor trying to turn on.

You probably have a fan hiding behind a joist or rafter that is faulty.

 

[sandorski]

Poltergeists

 

[montanafan]

Could it be tree limbs brushing against a power line outside your house?

 

[madeupfacts]

please release the hostage you have in your attic

 

[Anonemous]

hippies

 

[chusteczka]

Originally posted by: zixxer
The thing is - I've been up there before, running coax for an hdtv antenna - and really didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. There were definetely no hornets or anything of that nature. It always comes from the same place, which is sort of near a vent. I would think it was maybe resonating from the furnace or something but i dont hear this noise from any other vent.

I would guess it to be a vent. Possibly one of those circular dome types that spin when it is windy outside. The vent may be damaged and need repair.

 

[zixxer]

There is definetely NO fan or one of those vents that turn when it's windy.

 

[Wag]

Visitors from Uranus.

 

[sao123]

a short in your electric wiring.
throw the breaker and see if it continues.

 

[db]

Stuck doorbell?
or
Do you have anything shiny on your roof? I had a thrush hammering on a shiny stainless steel wood stove chimney....
Drove me crazy until I found out what it was.

 

[cavemanmoron]

figure it out yet?

 

[zixxer]

Originally posted by: cavemanmoron
figure it out yet?

no but have gotten further - the noise is coming from an area that is actually a fake 'dormer'.. that is not easily accessable from the attic area. It's remotely possible that theres a fan on the gable in the dormer (very unlikely) but I have no idea wtf else it could be.


It's not anything like a bird would do.. happens all the time, all hours of the day - not a doorbell