"Crackles McFarly" wrote in message
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On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:55:49 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
sayd the following:

"Crackles McFarly" wrote in message
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On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:43:50 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
sayd the following:

"Crackles McFarly" wrote in message
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On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:44:32 GMT, "Noozer" sayd
the following:


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---MIKE--- wrote:
Run the fan at slow speed until you can get it fixed.


I wouldn't run the fan at all till it's fixed.

Shhh!!! Let Darwin do his job!


There was no need for that comment.


Your fan was supposed to come with a booklet separate from the
instructions,
which described the structural issues involved with mounting the fan
securely. Did you read that booklet?


It was a cheap fan and I read everything related to installation.

Why does this make me a bad person?


I don't care what the price was. If a fan falls and hurts a customer, the
manufacturer could be out a few million bucks after the lawsuit is
settled.
I would be very surprised if the instruction manual did NOT contain
explicit
instructions about how to make sure the electrical box was braced
properly.

So, let's assume the manual contained this information, but you ignored
it.
That *does* make you a bad person. You rushed the job and risked the
safety
of people in your home. Even without the information in the manual, you
should've been observant enough to notice that the electrical box probably
wasn't mounted in a way that would support a fan.

Normally, the law says that for the first such offense, you are required
to
do what this guy did to himself:
http://www.geocities.com/tcartz/sacrifice.htm

We'll let you slide this time, but you'd better get with the program.


Yeah, whatever.


Yeah whatever go find the instructions and read them. If you can't do that,
hire a pro to reinstall the fan the right way.