! WARNING: FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY TURN OFF POWER AT FUSE BOX OR CIRCUIT BREAKER BEFORE TROUBLE SHOOTING YOUR FAN.

Trouble Shooting

 

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 breakers.

 

 

2.

Loose power line connections to the fan, or loose

2.

Check line power connections to fan and switch wire

 

 

 

switch wire connections in the switch housing.

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connections in the switch housing.

 

 

 

 

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 side.

 

 

 

 

 

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 to the

 

 

 

are loose.

 

motor are tight.

 

 

3.

Wire connectors inside switch housing rattling.

3.

Check to make sure wire connectors in switch housing are not

 

 

 

 

 

rattling against each other or against the interior wall of the switch

 

 

 

 

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housing.

 

 

 

 

WARNING: Make sure main power is turned off.

 

 

4.

Motor noise caused by solid-state variable

4.

Some fan motors are sensitive to signals from Solid-State variable

 

 

 

speed control.

 

speed controls. If Solid-State Control is used and motor noise

 

 

 

 

 

results choose an alternative control method.

 

 

5.

Screws holding blades to flanges are loose.

5.

Tighten screws securely.

 

 

 

 

3. Fan wobbles

1. Setscrew in motor coupling is not tightened

1.

Tighten the setscrew in the motor coupling securely.

 

excessively.

 

securely.

 

 

 

 

2.

Setscrew in the hanger ball/downrod assembly is

2.

Tighten the setscrew in the hanger ball/downrod assembly.

 

 

 

loose.

 

 

 

 

3.

Screws securing fan blade flanges to motor are loose.

3.

Check to be sure screws which attach the fan blade 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 uniformly to

 

 

 

 

 

the surface of the motor. If flanges are seated incorrectly, loosen

 

 

 

 

 

the flange screws and retighten according to the procedure in the

 

 

 

 

 

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, and/or secure

 

 

 

securely fastened

 

outlet box.

 

 

6.

Fan blades out of balance.

6.

Interchanging an adjacent (side-by-side) blade pair can redistribute

 

 

 

 

 

the weight and result in smoother operation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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