Trouble Shooting
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WARNING: For your own safety, turn off power at fuse box or circuit breaker before trouble shooting your fan.
TROUBLE |
| PROBABLE CAUSE |
| SUGGESTED REMEDY |
1. Fan will not start. | 1. | Fuse or circuit breaker blown. | 1. | Check main and branch circuit fuses or circuit |
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| breakers. |
| 2. | Loose power line connections to the fan, | 2. | Check line wire connections to fan and switch |
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| or loose switch wire connections in the |
| wire connections in the switch housing. |
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| switch housing. | ! | WARNING: Make sure main power is |
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| turned OFF. |
| 3. | Dead battery in remote control transmitter. | 3. | Replace battery (red indicator light on transmitter |
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| should light when any button is pressed). |
| 4. | Code switches in remote control receiver | 4. | Check that code switches are in same positions. |
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| and transmitter are not in same positions. |
| Reset if necessary. |
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2. Fan sounds noisy. | 1. | Blades not attached to fan. | 1. | Attach blades to fan before operating. |
| 2. | Loose screws in motor housing. | 2. | Check to make sure all screws in motor housing |
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| are snug (not |
| 3. | Screws securing fan blade flanges to | 3. | Check to make sure the screws which attach |
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| motor hub are loose. |
| the fan flanges to the motor hub are tight. |
| 4. | Wire connectors inside switch housing | 4. | Check to make sure wire connectors in switch |
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| rattling. |
| housing are not rattling against each other or |
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| against the interior wall of the switch housing. |
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| ! | WARNING: Make sure main power is |
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| turned OFF. |
| 5. | Screws holding blades to flanges | 5. | Tighten screws securely. |
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| are loose. |
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3. Fan wobbles | 1. | Setscrew in motor coupling is loose. | 1. | Tighten both setscrews securely in the motor |
excessively. |
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| coupling. |
| 2. | Setscrew in hanger ball/downrod | 2. | Tighten the setscrew in the hanger ball/ |
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| assembly is loose. |
| downrod assembly. |
| 3. | Screws securing fan blade flanges to | 3. | Check to be sure screws which attach the fan |
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| motor are loose. |
| blade flanges to the motor are tight. |
| 4. | Fan blade flanges not seated properly. | 4. | Check to be sure the fan blade flanges seat |
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| firmly and uniformly to the surface of the motor. |
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| If flanges are seated incorrectly, loosen the |
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| flange screws and retighten according to the |
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| procedure in the section on "How to Put |
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| Your Ceiling Fan Together". |
| 5. | Hanger bracket and/or ceiling outlet | 5. | Tighten the hanger bracket screws to the outlet |
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| box is not securely fastened. |
| box, and/or secure outlet box. |
| 6. | Fan blades out of balance. | 6. | Interchanging an adjacent |
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| pair can redistribute the weight and result in |
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| smoother operation. |
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15 | ETL Model No.: CF921 |