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Ceiling fan - blades not turning
I have a 30inch (approx) ceiling fan in a bedroom and it has stopped
working. It does not have a remote. The light is working fine. The blades do not turn but I can hear the motor running when the blades are turned on. So, the power seems to be going to the blade motor(or whatever) but the blades aren't turning. The blades will spin easily by hand. They are well balanced and they have never been noisy. I cannot remember the make. What might the problem be? eliz |
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Meat Plow wrote:
On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 07:29:46 -0700, eliz Has Frothed: I have a 30inch (approx) ceiling fan in a bedroom and it has stopped working. It does not have a remote. The light is working fine. The blades do not turn but I can hear the motor running when the blades are turned on. So, the power seems to be going to the blade motor(or whatever) but the blades aren't turning. The blades will spin easily by hand. They are well balanced and they have never been noisy. I cannot remember the make. What might the problem be? eliz Motor might be bad wouldn't you think? Sounds more like a bad startup capacitor. These are mostly generic and available in the lighting department at Home Depot (assuming the OP is in the States). Usually repair involves demounting the fan and some disassembly. jak |
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Meat Plow wrote:
On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 09:56:33 -0500, jakdedert Has Frothed: Meat Plow wrote: On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 07:29:46 -0700, eliz Has Frothed: I have a 30inch (approx) ceiling fan in a bedroom and it has stopped working. It does not have a remote. The light is working fine. The blades do not turn but I can hear the motor running when the blades are turned on. So, the power seems to be going to the blade motor(or whatever) but the blades aren't turning. The blades will spin easily by hand. They are well balanced and they have never been noisy. I cannot remember the make. What might the problem be? eliz Motor might be bad wouldn't you think? Sounds more like a bad startup capacitor. These are mostly generic and available in the lighting department at Home Depot (assuming the OP is in the States). Usually repair involves demounting the fan and some disassembly. Didn't know that kind of motor had a cap in it. Some probably use shaded pole motors, better ones are likely to be PSC which use a cap. There really isn't much else to go wrong, if it turns freely by hand and hums when power is applied, there's gotta be a second winding that isn't powered. |
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"eliz" wrote in message ups.com... I cannot remember the make. What might the problem be? Might be anything. |
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Ceiling fan - blades not turning
I had on doing the same thing..
Turned out to be the Line Locking Wedge Phase Shifter. Very Very common.. frank "eliz" wrote in message ups.com... I have a 30inch (approx) ceiling fan in a bedroom and it has stopped working. It does not have a remote. The light is working fine. The blades do not turn but I can hear the motor running when the blades are turned on. So, the power seems to be going to the blade motor(or whatever) but the blades aren't turning. The blades will spin easily by hand. They are well balanced and they have never been noisy. I cannot remember the make. What might the problem be? eliz |
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Very funny.
"kip" wrote in message .. . I had on doing the same thing.. Turned out to be the Line Locking Wedge Phase Shifter. Very Very common.. frank "eliz" wrote in message ups.com... I have a 30inch (approx) ceiling fan in a bedroom and it has stopped working. It does not have a remote. The light is working fine. The blades do not turn but I can hear the motor running when the blades are turned on. So, the power seems to be going to the blade motor(or whatever) but the blades aren't turning. The blades will spin easily by hand. They are well balanced and they have never been noisy. I cannot remember the make. What might the problem be? eliz |
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"Meat Plow" wrote in message news On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 14:59:49 -0400, kip Has Frothed: I had on doing the same thing.. Turned out to be the Line Locking Wedge Phase Shifter. Very Very common.. frank You don't say.... It's true. The Line Locking Wedge Phase Shifter can cause all sorts of problems, esp. if they put an anti clockwise one into a clockwise fan. |
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Meat Plow wrote in
news I had on doing the same thing.. Turned out to be the Line Locking Wedge Phase Shifter. Very Very common.. frank You don't say.... Yeah, although my first thought was the dilithium crystals might need to be repolarized and straightened... |
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Ceiling fan - blades not turning
eliz ha escrito: I have a 30inch (approx) ceiling fan in a bedroom and it has stopped working. It does not have a remote. The light is working fine. The blades do not turn but I can hear the motor running when the blades are turned on. So, the power seems to be going to the blade motor(or whatever) but the blades aren't turning. The blades will spin easily by hand. They are well balanced and they have never been noisy. I cannot remember the make. What might the problem be? eliz Probably a bad run capacitor. You should dismantle the lamp kit of the ceiling fan. The lamp kit is usually attached to circular metal housing. Inside the housing you will find the cap, the two switches of the ceiling fan (one for the lamp and the other for the motor fan) and the reverse switch. Normally these capacitors have three wires, two of them goes to the motor switch and the third one goes to the reverse switch. Just replace the cap with other of similar specs, and you will have your ceiling fan operating again. |
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"Jim Land" wrote in message . 3.44... Yeah, although my first thought was the dilithium crystals might need to be repolarized and straightened... God's teeth don't do that. ALWAYS polarized and restraightened. |
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Hi!
Did you know the first Hunter fans were water powered? Now that's an interesting idea. Who knows, it might even still be practical in buildings with water circulation systems. (Chilled water, etc...) I once saw some ceiling fans that were actually ceiling mounted furnace vents. The air came out through a squirrel cage like fan device with paddles attached at four points on the bottom. What's a Meat Plow? William |
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"Homer J Simpson" wrote in
news:uLXUg.51472$E67.458@clgrps13: "Jim Land" wrote in message . 3.44... Yeah, although my first thought was the dilithium crystals might need to be repolarized and straightened... God's teeth don't do that. ALWAYS polarized and restraightened. Gee, Homer, now you've got me wondering. I believe I used to straighten first and then repolarize, although it's been so long since I've done it.... but then, I didn't use God's teeth. Do you? |
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"jakdedert" wrote in message . .. Sounds more like a bad startup capacitor. I had to replace the cap in one of our older fans. I just took the old cap to a local shop that sells and repairs fans and they matched one up for me. The caps for the ceiling fans come in several mfd values and according to the repair guy need to be replaced with a like value. Didn't cost much but that was 10 yr ago. RM ~ |
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Rob Mills wrote:
"jakdedert" wrote in message . .. Sounds more like a bad startup capacitor. I had to replace the cap in one of our older fans. I just took the old cap to a local shop that sells and repairs fans and they matched one up for me. The caps for the ceiling fans come in several mfd values and according to the repair guy need to be replaced with a like value. Didn't cost much but that was 10 yr ago. RM ~ Home Depot had some the last time I needed one. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
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Ceiling fan - blades not turning
More than likely to be an out of phase non reversing clack valve. They tend to get a bit rusty and give up the ghost - especially in wet climates like the UK. Best of luck with it. -- stuart2z9sl ------------------------------------------------------------------------ stuart2z9sl's Profile: http://www.futurehardware.in/member.php?userid=176 View this thread: http://www.futurehardware.in/showthread.php?t=543104 Future Hardware - http://www.futurehardware.in |
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