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Default Light/Fan Fixture

You may have to find the papers that came with the unit. Possibly open up
the remote, it may have instructions. Also try removing the batteries and
reinstalling them. There is a code transmitted by the remote and received by
a receiver board in the fan. Unless the receiver board is damaged, it may
have just lost its code


"Brian Staff" wrote in message
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I do not have a wall switch dimmer - just two regular wall on/off switches.
It's wired so that either wall switch can be on for the remote control to
work, which is what we normally use is then operate the fan and/or light.
The dimmer itself is, I think, in the fan/light unit, although I'm not sure
where exactly.

Sorry for being naiive here, but how would I "reset" the trasmitter to
receiver link?

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Brian
"RBM" rbm2(remove wrote in message
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Assuming you have a wall switch(dimmer), that went bad. Replace the
control. If it's an electronic control, try resetting the transmitter to
receiver link



"Brian Staff" wrote in message
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Sometime ago I invested in a whole bunch of those curly flourescant
bulbs (CFLs) to save on power.

So, when the original incandescant bulbs burned out in my daughters
Hampton Bay fan/light fixture, I replace them with CFLs. I then realized
that while the lights are not dimmable, they apparently do use a dimmer
to switch them on/off in a graceful manner. I then remembered that CFLs
will not work with dimmers...oh well! So, I then replaced the CFL bulbs
with some regular incandescant 60 watters....but they dont work now
either. I think I might have blown something inside by using the CFLs.

Can anybody tell me if this light unit is fixable. The fan still works.

I'd be willing to live without the "dimming" capability and just have a
regular on/off feature. So, if the dimmer has blown, can I just bypass
it or disable it or take it out? If so, where is it?

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Brian