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Ceiling fan question
Howard_Casto:
Buy a new fan. We've had ceiling fans since the early 80's and I can tell you, at this point most of the parts in a fan (speed controller, ect) are costly enough to where it just makes sense to buy a new one and start over. Older fans just use a very basic speed controller. You can get one at lowes for anywhere between 8 and 20 bucks, but the replacments are crap, so expect to be putting a new one in every few years. Thus why it's just easier to buy a new fan.
Of course it depends upon the fan I suppose. We usually get fans that cost less than 100 bucks (usually in the 60 to 70 dollar range unless it's a small room, in which case the 29.99 specials do just fine.) If you've got some crazy high-end one, you might want to try to repair it, but honestly a fan with a solid state pcb is probably unrepairable.
leapinlew:
Found my issue and the fan is working great (I had to replace the pull chain for $3.50). I don't think it's a super high end fan, but it costs around $150. I can't understand what the point of the PCB was. The fan is only 3 years old.
Thanks for everyones help.
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: leapinlew on September 29, 2012, 01:45:36 pm ---I tried bypassing the circuit board and it burned out the pull chain switch. Smoke and everything! The smoke and spark came from the pull chain assembly, but the light did work (but it couldn't be turned off). I don't see the big deal here, why would it smoke like that?
--- End quote ---
Let me guess.... The switch was wired into this board? I'd bet that the board is just a relay board for the high voltage and the switch was low voltage deal hence the burn out. No one noticed the 3A relay? It might've been a wireless board as well, but I don't see many components one sees with RF. But I'm not an expert in that field.
When you connected the low voltage switch into mains, it burned out. When you replaced it, was it with a high voltage switch?
Howard_Casto:
What SL said... probably a relay of some sort. I honestly have NEVER seen a low voltage switch on a fan before unless it has a remote control, so that is what your pcb was for.... a remote control setup.
danny_galaga:
We're all just glad you didn't die (",)
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