!WARNING: FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY TURN OFF POWER AT FUSE BOX OR CIRCUIT BREAKER BEFORE TROUBLE SHOOTING YOUR FAN.
Trouble Shooting
TROUBLE | PROBABLE CAUSE |
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1. Fan will not start. | 1. Fuse or circuit breaker blown. | 1. | Check main and branch circuit fuses or circuit breakers. |
| 2. Loose power line connections to the fan, or | 2. Check line power connections to fan and switch wire | |
| loose switch wire connections in the switch |
| connections in the switch housing. |
| housing. | ! | WARNING: Make sure main power is turned off. |
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2. Fan sounds | 1. Blades not attached to fan. | 1. | Attach blades to fan before operating. |
noisy. | 2. Screws securing fan blade flanges to motor | 2. | Check to make sure the screws which attach the blade |
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| flanges to the motor are tight. |
| 3. Wire connectors inside switch housing rattling. | 3. | Check to make sure wire connectors in switch housing are |
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| not rattling against each other or against the interior wall of |
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| the switch housing. |
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| ! | WARNING: Make sure main power is turned off. |
| 4. Screws holding blades to flanges are loose. | 4. | Tighten screws securely. |
| 5. Loose screws in motor housing. | 5. | Check to make sure all screws in motor housing are snug |
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3. Fan wobbles | 1. Setscrew in motor coupling is not tightened | 1. | Raise coupling cover and tighten setscrew securely. |
excessively. | securely. |
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| 2. Setscrew in the hanger ball/downrod assembly | 2. | Tighten the setscrew in the hanger ball/downrod assembly. |
| is loose. |
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| 3. Screws securing fan blade flanges to | 3. | Check to be sure screws which attach the fan blade flanges |
| motor are loose. |
| to the motor are tight. |
| 4. Fan blade flanges not seated properly. | 4. | Check to be sure the fan blade flanges seat firmly and |
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| uniformly to the surface of the motor. If flanges are seated |
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| incorrectly, loosen the flange screws and retighten |
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| according to Step 12 and Figure 6. |
| 5. Hanger bracket and/or ceiling outlet box is | 5. | Tighten the hanger bracket screws to the outlet box, and/or |
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| secure outlet box. |
| 6. Fan blades out of balance. | 6. | Interchanging an adjacent |
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| redistribute the weight and result in smoother operation. |
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| Or use supplied balancing kit to balance blades. |
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