Using Your Ceiling Fan
1.Restore electrical power to the outlet box by turning the electricity on at the main fuse box.
2.Check the operation of the light by gently pulling on the light switch pull chain.
3.Check the operation of the fan by gently pulling on the speed control switch pull chain. The operation sequence is as follows:
REVERSING 
SWITCH
SPEED CONTROL PULL CHAIN SWITCH
1st pull - High | 3rd pull - Low |
2nd pull - Medium | 4th pull - OFF |
LIGHT PULL
CHAIN SWITCH
4.Your fan is shipped from the factory with the reversing switch positioned to circulate air downward. If airflow is desired in opposite direction, turn the fan off and wait for the blades to stop turning, then slide the reversing switch to the opposite position, and turn the fan on again. The fan blades will turn in the opposite direction and reverse the airflow.
!WARNING: For your own safety, turn off power at fuse box or circuit breaker before trouble shooting your fan.
Trouble Shooting
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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 |
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| 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 hub | 2. | Check to make sure the screws which attach the fan |
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| flanges to the motor hub are tight. |
| 3. | Wire connectors inside switch housing rattling. | 3. | Check to make sure wire connectors in switch housing |
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| are not rattling against each other or against the interior |
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| wall 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 Solid- |
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| speed control. |
| State variable speed controls. If |
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| 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 loose. | 1. | Tighten both setscrews securely in the motor coupling. |
excessively. | 2. | Setscrew in hanger ball/downrod assembly is | 2. | Tighten the setscrew in the hanger ball/downrod |
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| loose. |
| assembly. |
| 3. | Screws securing fan blade flanges to motor are | 3. | Check to be sure screws which attach the fan blade |
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| flanges 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. |
| 5. | Hanger bracket and/or ceiling outlet box is not | 5. | Tighten the hanger bracket screws to the outlet box, |
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| securely fastened. |
| and/or 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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