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May 17, 2007, 08:30 AM
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| | | Harbor Breeze ceiling Fan- Blowing Circuit
I have a Harbor Breeze ceiling fan that I installed myself in a room pre-wired for a ceiling fan that has a dimmer switch on the wall. I can still turn the light on with no problem but if I hit the switch to turn on the fan it blows the circuit. What is the problem? How do I fix it?
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Jun 11, 2007, 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by ceilingfanrepair | From the box in the cieling I have red, black, white and ground. I connected the fans mounting box to the box in the cieling. I connected the ground on this box to the ground on the fan. From fan I connected white to white in ceiling, black to black in ceiling, blue to red in ceiling. Am I wiring this wrong? Shoult the grounds from the fan and the box be connected the ground from the ceiling |
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Jun 12, 2007, 12:16 AM
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| Sounds like the fan is wired ok, how is the switch connected? | |
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Jun 12, 2007, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by ceilingfanrepair Sounds like the fan is wired ok, how is the switch connected? | The box in the wall has three switches for the room one for a switchable outlet is wired ground, red, red. One for the fan is wired ground, black, red. One dimmer switch is wired ground, black, black. Is this OK? Is it possible that the dimmer switch is blowing the fuse? Should the plain copper ground from the ceiling be wired with the two green grounds from the fan?
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Jun 12, 2007, 03:10 PM
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| Do you have a voltmeter? | |
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Jun 12, 2007, 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by ceilingfanrepair Do you have a voltmeter? | No. | |
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Jun 12, 2007, 05:09 PM
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| This is going to be pretty tricky to troubleshoot without a voltmeter. I have a few questions.
1. Were all the wall switches there before you installed the fans, or did you add those as well?
2. What was installed before the fan and how did it work, and how was it wired?
3. Disconnect the fan from the ceiling. Now operate the fan switch. Does the breaker still break? | |
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Jun 12, 2007, 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by ceilingfanrepair This is going to be pretty tricky to troubleshoot without a voltmeter. I have a few questions.
1. Were all the wall switches there before you installed the fans, or did you add those as well?
2. What was installed before the fan and how did it work, and how was it wired?
3. Disconnect the fan from the ceiling. Now operate the fan switch. Does the breaker still break? | 1. Yes they were already there.
2. Nothing. New house with cieling fan pre-wire
3. No | |
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Jun 12, 2007, 09:47 PM
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| Sounds like there are wires crossed inside the ceiling fan. Open the switch housing and check the wiring. | |
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