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 |
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1. Fan will not start. | 1. Fuse or circuit breaker blown. | 1. Check main and branch circuit fuses or |
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| circuit breakers. |
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| ! WARNING: Make sure main power is |
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| turned off. |
| 2. Loose power line connections to the fan, | 2. Check line wire connections to fan and |
| or loose switch wire connections in the | switch wire connections in the switch |
| switch housing. | housing. |
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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 |
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| housing are snug (not |
| 3. Screws securing fan blade flanges to | 3. Check to make sure the screws which |
| motor hub are loose. | attach the fan flanges to the motor hub |
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| are tight. |
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| ! WARNING: Make sure main power is |
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| turned off. |
| 4. Wire connectors inside switch housing | 4. Check to make sure wire connectors in |
| rattling. | switch housing are not rattling against |
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| each other or against the interior wall of |
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| the switch housing. |
| 5. Screws holding blades to flanges are loose. | 5. Tighten screws securely. |
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3. Fan wobbles | 1. Setscrew in motor coupling is loose. | 1. Raise motor cover and tighten setscrew |
excessively. |
| securely. |
| 2. Setscrew in hanger ball/downrod assembly | 2. Tighten the setscrew in the hanger ball/ |
| is loose. | downrod assembly. |
| 3. Screws securing fan blade flanges to motor | 3. Check to be sure screws which attach |
| hub are loose. | the fan blade flanges to the motor hub |
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| are tight. |
| 4. Fan blade flanges not seated properly. | 4. Check to be sure the fan blade flanges |
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| seat firmly and uniformly to the surface |
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| of the motor hub. If flanges are seated |
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| incorrectly, loosen the flange screws and |
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| retighten according to Steps 12 and 13 |
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| in the Assembly Instructions. |
| 5. Hanger bracket and/or ceiling outlet box | 5. Tighten the hanger bracket screws to the |
| is not securely fastened. | outlet box, and/or secure outlet box. |
| 6. Fan blades out of balance. | 6. Interchanging an adjacent |
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| blade pair can redistribute the weight |
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| and result in smoother operation. Or use |
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| supplied balancing kit to balance blades. |
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11 | U.L. Model No.: CF4801 and CF4501 |
