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thedebster
Jun 18, 2011, 06:14 AM
Smell of burning wire, when I turned on/off switch off and then on it caused sparks and blew out. Turned switch to off. Is this dangerous to leave or should I call electrician asap. Is this something we can check out ourselves and replace ceiling fan?

J_9
Jun 18, 2011, 06:25 AM
I don't know what the experts here will tell you, but my advice is to keep it turned off and call an electrician ASAP. Why is this my advice? Because I had a friend who's mother and father burned to death in a house fire that was eventually determined to have been started by the ceiling fan.

tkrussell
Jun 19, 2011, 03:46 AM
J9 is absolutely correct.

You have sparks spraying and smell wires burning, and you needed advice of what to do?

Been almost a day, what did the electrician find?