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 loose | 2. | Check line wire connections to fan and switch wire |
| switch wire connections in the switch housing. |
| connections in the switch housing. |
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| WARNING: Make sure main power is turned off. |
| 3. Reversing switch in neutral position. | 3. | Make sure reversing switch position is all the way to one |
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2. Fan sounds noisy. | 1. Blades not attached to fan. | 1. | Attach blades to fan before operating. |
| 2. Screws securing fan blade flanges to motor | 2. | Check to make sure the screws which attach the fan flanges |
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| 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 |
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| of the switch housing. |
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| WARNING:Make sure main power is turned off. |
| 4. Motor noise caused by | 4. | Some fan motors are sensitive to signals from |
| speed control. |
| variable speed controls. If |
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| motor noise results choose an alternative control method. |
| 5. Screws holding blades to flanges are loose. | 5. | Tighten screws securely. |
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3. Fan wobbles | 1. Setscrews in motor coupling are not | 1. | Unscrew screws with hex wrench, raise decorative |
excessively. | tightened securely. |
| downrod sleeve and tighten setscrews securely. |
| 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 motor | 3. | Check to be sure screws which attach the fan blade flanges |
| 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 |
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| seated incorrectly, loosen the flange screws and retighten |
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| according to the procedure in the |
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| section on "How to Put Your Ceiling Fan Together". |
| 5. Hanger bracket and/or ceiling outlet box is not | 5. | Tighten the hanger bracket screws to the outlet box, |
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| and/or secure securely fastened 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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