Trouble Shooting
WARNING: FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY TURN OFF POWER AT FUSE BOX OR CIRCUIT BREAKER BEFORE TROUBLE SHOOTING YOUR FAN
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| 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 wire connections to fan and switch wire |
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| switch wire connections in the switch housing. |
| connections in the switch housing. wire connections in the |
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| switch adapter. |
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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 side. |
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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 to |
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| the motor are tight. |
| 3. | Wire connectors inside switch housing rattling. | 3. | Check to make sure wire connectors in switch housing are not |
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| rattling against each other or against the interior wall of the |
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| 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 |
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| speed control. |
| variable speed controls. If |
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| 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 coupler are not | 1. | Raise coupler cover and tighten setscrews securely. | |
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| tightened securely. |
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| 2. | Setscrew in the hangerball/downrod assembly is | 2. | Tighten the setscrew in the hangerball/downrod assembly. |
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| loose. |
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| 3. | Screws securing fan blade flanges to motor are . | 3. | Check to be sure screws which attach the fan blade flanges to |
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| loose |
| the motor are tight. |
| 4. | Fan blade flanges not seated properly. | 4. | Check to be sure the fan blade flanges seat firmly and uniformly |
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| to the surface of the motor. If flanges are seated incorrectly, |
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| loosen the flange screws and retighten according to the |
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| procedure in the section on "How to Put Your Ceiling |
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| Fan Together". |
| 5. | Hanger bracket and/or ceiling outlet box is not | 5. | Tighten the hanger bracket screws to the outlet box, and/or |
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| 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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11 | Please contact |
U.L. Model No.: CF772 |