I just bought a new home. In the master bedroom, there is a ceiling fan and light. The fan works, but the lights do not. Yes the bulbs are good. There is a holster for a remote but no remote. I am guessing that they used the remote to turn off the lights. Dose that make since? From what I understand I just need to remove the remote unit in the fixture and it should operate manually at that point? What am I missing? Any thoughts

You must buy the same type of remote and drop the receiver to find the little switches on the receiver and set the new remote to the same numbers.
These switches are called dip switches and are like a garage door opener so if you have two different fans they can be programmed to different frequencies.
If you notice that there is a switch on the wall and the fan won’t work with it in the off position, you need to pull and additional wire to make it work right.
This is why they installed a remote unit in the first place.

I’m trying to wire and mount a ceiling fan with light kit to replace a light fixture. I have black, red, white, and copper wire from the ceiling and black, blue, white, and green coming from the fan. I removed the green wire and connected the copper wire to the same location. It seems no matter what I do with the other wires the fan spins, but as soon as i flip the light switch it sparks and the breaker trips. Any suggestions?

The black wire in the new fan is for the fan and the blue is for the light. If you have two switches., The black and red will feed the light and fan. Connect the black to black and the red to the blue. Connect the white to white and the green or bare to green or bare copper. If you have two switches then one will turn on the fan and the other the light. You could also have the black feed in the ceiling and the other black wire could be feeding the switch and when switched on the red feeds the light. If this is so then connect the black to black going to the switch and the blue and black in the fan/light to the red. The white will still go to the white. This is if you only have one switch in the box. I think you only have one switch because when you connected the black to black and the white to white the fan turned on. I am almost positive the feed is in the ceiling, so follow the steps for the one switch answer. Add more info if needed.

Hello,

I took down a ceiling fan in a small bedroom my wife and I re-modeled… Its been far too long to remember how the wiring was setup when I took the original down (just old/dirty but still worked fine..). Anyways, the original worked by chain pulls for both fan/light but power could be turned on/off to the unit via the switch on the wall - pretty common setup I suppose…

Now - I am trying to install the new ceiling fan… somehow I’ve bypassed the light switch - meaning: I have successfully powered up the light/fan (which work by the pull chains) but the switch on the wall doesn’t work to turn power on/off to the new unit…

Current Wiring:

White (ceiling) to White (fan)
Black (ceiling) to Black/Blue (fan)
Green (ceiling mount) to Green (fan)

I know I have to incorporate the other pair somehow to loop it down to the switch - just not sure how to do so - any advice would be most helpful… thanks for your time Does it help that I’ve mentioned I have the thing powered up working properly by the chain pulls? Does this mean the pair hooked up to the new unit must be the power feed, right? I now have another pair (white/black) capped off waiting to be thrown into the mix…
The pair that are capped = switch loop ?

That’s right. They are the switch leg. Now take the white wire that is presently capped off and tie it to the black wire of the house. Now reconnect the fan’s black and blue wire to the black wire that is capped off. This will give you switch operation. Now, there is another option here. You can choose to tie the fan’s black wire to the house’s black and the white of the switch leg together. To do it like this will mean the you can operate ethe light completely from the fan. Leave the switch off and use the fans pull chain to operate the fan. If I can be of anymore help. email me.
With this being said, it is always best to hire a pro to do electrical work as electricity kills.

There is no part of the chain appearing where it connects to the ceiling fan. I tried taking the nut off and it got me no where. Anyone know how to fix this. Do I have to take the whole fan down to repair it? What do I take apart in order to get the chain back into the rest of the fan? Thanks!

You will have to take either the light kit or bottom cover off to get access to the switch. The chain is most likely broken off too short to re-attach the chain so will need to be replaced. there are different kinds of switches so you will have to compare your switch with a new one to see if it is compatible. Check the following site and it shows different types of switches and gives an explanation.. The old switch may have wire nuts connecting the wires. If not you can cut the wires and reconnect them with wire nuts….Good Luck…
http://www.efanparts.com/switches_-_pull_chain_-_ceilin.html

I have two Hampton Bay fans outdoors and was wondering if
Hampton Bay makes a cover for the fan . I would like to cover them for the winter months.

I looked for one, and finally gave up and went to Home Depot, where I bought them.

The man there said they didn’t need one, due to design improvements, and will be fine year round.

My Ceiling Fans are on the top floor of my 2 floor townhome. With the central air on, the first floor gets cooled first, and since the thermostat is on that floor, the first floor stays coolest. The second floor, where the bedrooms are, tend to be warmer. Should I set the fans to rotate upwards to pull the cool air upstairs, or should they rotate downwards to create a "wind chill" effect?

Quite frankly, if your ceiling fans upstairs are in the bedrooms, they will do little to affect moving the air from downstairs to upstairs or visa-versa. You can turn them up on high speed in either direction just to try and get the air moving more in your house, which may help slightly. However, the best way to help draw the room air from downstairs to upstairs is to have a fan in the stairway leading upstairs and most likely operate it in reverse on a high speed. This will draw a column of air from below and force it up and out towards the upstairs. The rest of this answer is copied from a previous posting I made to Yahoo! Answers regarding this question.

After being in the ceiling fan business for over 20 years, I’ve answered this question thousands of times…in several ways. The technical answer from the fan manufacturers is: During the summer the fan should run counter clockwise (as you look up at it). During the winter, clockwise at a low speed. However, most people get confused with this answer…and can’t remember the next day, which is correct. Plus, it is not 100% correct.

So, here are some alternative answers:

During the summer, you want the air blowing directly on you so you will feel cooler from the wind chill effect (which is how fans cool you off). So stand under the fan and turn it up on high speed. If you "Do Not" feel the air very well, then turn the fan off and flick the reverse toggle switch. Turn it back on high speed. If you feel more air, you have it in the right position. So whichever position you feel the most air movement when standing directly under the fan is the correct position for summer. If you do not feel much air in either direction, then your fan has a very weak motor with a relatively flat pitch to the blade. Fans like this won’t do much good for you in either direction during the summer. If this is this case, you may wish to consider visiting a specialty fan dealer online to get a more powerful fan than the ones they sell at the home centers.

During the winter, it is the opposite. You do not want to feel the air movement from the fan blowing directly on you since this will make you feel cooler from the wind chill effect. So, again…stand under the fan and turn it up on high speed. Whichever mode you feel the least amount of air is the correct mode for winter. However, you want to operate the fan at a low speed during the winter, otherwise, even in the correct mode, you will still get some wind chill effect, which you do not want.

To set the matter straight about how fans work during the winter and summer:

During winter (in the correct mode as described above), the fan will slowly draw the cooler air from floor level directly below the fan upwards to the ceiling where it mixes with the warmer air. The air is then kicked out across the ceiling towards the walls as it comes down. This circulates the air giving you the least amount of direct air movement, which minimizes the wind chill effect.

During the summer, you want the maximum wind chill effect, so the main column of air that rushes straight down from the fan is what you will feel the most. However, if your fan is not directly over the area where you want to feel coolest, say your room is rather large with a fan in the middle and your couch closer to an outer wall, you might find yourself more comfortable if you run the fan at a high speed in the wrong direction because the wind chill effect will be more prominent further away from the fan closer to the walls.

One customer told me how he determined the best direction to operate his fans. He turned on a bubble machine in his home and watched where the bubbles went. To this day, I think this is the most ingenious answer I’ve heard to the question.

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