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| jmarino Posted on 3/30/2009 11:41:28 AM | ||||||
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Greetings!
We have three identical fans/lights/remotes in our house. One fan recently stopped working. Here's what I know and what I've done: 1. No pull chains 2. No electrical issues 3. Checked remotes to ensure correct dip switch settings. 4. Swapped remote brains and remotes between good and problem units. Same issue persists. 5. When I turn the lights on with the remote, no problem. 6. When I turn the fan on any fan setting, I hear a hum, can feel a slight vibration on the fan housing, but the fan won't spin, even with hand start. 7. Fan has had a slight hum, even when functional, for as long as I can remember, but now is much louder and non functional. 8. Fan is about 9 years old. Thoughts, suggestions, and recommendations all welcomed and appreciated! Thanks! |
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| cfanrepair Posted on 4/1/2009 8:01:54 PM | ||||||
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So when you switch out the brains, the same fan still doesnt work? How many wires does the "brain" have? If it's only 5, then there ar additional electronics in the fan, and you need to check the reverse switch and capacitor, one is bad. |
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| jmarino Posted on 4/2/2009 4:50:58 PM | ||||||
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Thank you for your reply! I swapped in two working "brains" to be sure... same issue. Fan motor basically humming... The connections all terminate to a 9 position connector that plugs into a yellow "brain" that passes two other connectors on to the light kit. |
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| cfanrepair Posted on 4/7/2009 1:05:37 AM | ||||||
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So when you swap "brains" the same fan still doesnt work, am I correct? It is either a bad connector to the "brain", additional electronics inside the fan are bad (there usually arent any) OR the motor itself is done for (in which case there's nothing you can do). |
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| jmarino Posted on 4/7/2009 1:15:50 PM | ||||||
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You are correct... Motor is done... I think we have a dead short some where in the winding... I can get some movement if I give it push. |
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| cfanrepair Posted on 4/17/2009 10:52:26 PM | ||||||
| One of the coils is either open or not connected. There are two total. | ||||||
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