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Questions tagged [ceiling-fan]
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Why has my 10 year old ceiling fan suddenly started shocking me through the fan pull chain?
My fan has been working fine for ten years now and suddenly if I’m barefoot and touch the metal pull chain it lightly shocks me, but does not if I have shoes on.
Does this mean I need a new fan or is it some electrical issue in my ceiling?
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How can I change light bulbs in a fixture located 20ft above the ground?
We made the unfortunate decision of having a ceiling fan with lights in our two story family room, so the ceiling fan is about 20 feet above our heads. At the moment, all four light bulbs in the unit have burnt out and need replacing.
Safety wise,…
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What do I do if there are only two wires coming from my ceiling electrical box?
I'm about to install several Hunter ceiling fans. The instructions that came with the fan show three wires coming from the ceiling box for a single switch light. When I remove the light, there are only two wires leading to it. And the wires are…
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Should I put a dimmer switch on a ceiling fan?
I have a ceiling fan on our bedroom's vaulted ceiling. Since we don't want 7' pull-cords, the speed is stuck at full-tilt, which is no good. The fan has separate switches on the wall for lights and fan on/off, though, so I tried putting a dimmer…
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What do I do with the unused wire for ceiling fan installation?
I recently replaced my bedroom ceiling fan with a newer ceiling fan and with the old fan I could:
Use one switch on the wall to turn on/off the light
Use the other switch on the wall to turn on/off the fan
The new fan came with a remote and the…
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How do I balance a ceiling fan?
About a year ago I installed a new ceiling fan in my living room and when it was installed it was balanced nicely, but it has a little wobble.
How do I bring it back in to balance?
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How can I install a ceiling fan that needs a 4" box where I only have a 3" box?
As part of a home renovation project I discarded my old ceiling fan and have bought a new one. When installing the new one the electrician tells me that I have a 3" junction box and that I'll need a 4" junction box to install the fan. Now, this is a…
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How to hang a ceiling fan box in gazebo with no parallel joists?
I want to hang n fan in a covered pavilion which has a gazebo like roof, held up by rafters. I've purchased a ceiling fan box/support that is designed to fit between joists, but there are no joists. I was wondering if I could use 2 stacked 2x4's…
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Is it safe to have an unused bulb socket in my ceiling fan?
I don’t have a bulb for my ceiling fan but it has a glass cover. Is that safe? The bulb popped and I haven’t got a new bulb yet and was wondering if the open socket would be safe.
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Do any ultra quiet ceiling fans that have no motor hum exist?
I am in the market to buy two large ceiling fans to cycle air within and potentially cool my master bedroom. The room is about 16x27 feet, and it gets pretty hot during spring, summer, and early fall. I have wired both mounts into the ceiling, and…
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What type of wire should I run when updating a ceiling fan?
I started to change out my ceiling fan and noticed the support brace is actually laying on the drywall and not firmly attached to a beam. I also noticed the new fan has a blue wire where the wiring in the ceiling box doesn't have a red wire. The…
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Can I hook up IKEA light using red 14/2 wire?
I just uninstalled a ceiling fan with the intention of installing an IKEA light in its place:
After removing the ceiling fan I noticed that the wire in there looks like regular 14/2 lumex to me, but it is red, I'm used to seeing white lumex:
Here…
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Can I Swap Ceiling Fan and Light Wires?
I bought a home with a ceiling fan that is wired in this manner: the light is on a single switch, and the fan is wired to two switches, on either sides of the room.
It makes more sense to me to have the light on the two switches, and the fan on the…
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What should I do about this fixture brace?
I'm preparing to hang a ceiling fan fixture in a bedroom. I need to remove an old ceiling light's electrical box and brace first, however I don't see how I can remove them. The brace has limbs which sit underneath the joists and above the ceiling…
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How should I wire a ceiling fan remote where two switches are used to control the fixture?
I have 2 wall switches. 4 wires coming out of ceiling (black-hot, red-hot, white-common, bare- ground), a ceiling fan and a remote. How do I wire them and still be able to use wall switches?
I can wire the ceiling fan and just leave the red wire…
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