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| Ceiling Fan Help \ Ceiling Fan Problems \ hampton bay remote receiver doesn't last? | ||||||
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| thomase |
Judging by the volume of posts on the topic, it seems that there is a fundamental flaw with the design of the hampton bay remote/receiver system.
I have had the same fan working fine for 5 years, and suddenly, one day it stopped responding to the remote (even with fresh batteries). As an experiment, I cycled the switch on the circuit breaker to which the fan was wired and it began to respond again, but only for a few commands. I could not turn the fan or light off so I had to reset the circuit breaker again to kill it. I called King-Of-Fans and the woman said that this is common and that the receiver needs to be replaced. She made a point of saying that its not defective or anything, but rather just beyond its useful life. When I complained that it has only been 5 years she chuckled and said that some customers have to replace them after 6 months. This seems very shady to me. Is it really that much more expensive to design a receiver that will outlast the useful life of the fan's motor and other mechanisms? I wonder how much it would cost to get a new fan and have an electrician wire it up to a wall switch control system? |
9/4/2008 10:05:32 AM |
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| cfanrepair |
Cheap fans, cheap designs, poor quality control. I specifically recommend AGAINST remote fans for this reason. Just get a pullchain fan, and, if necessary, a wall control. More expensive remote fans are more reliable-- Hunter, Casablanca, Emerson, etc-- but ultimately they have the same issues. One really bad lightning storm and the remote is done. |
9/4/2008 11:07:35 AM |
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