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    Ann Loeb Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Jul 7, 2015, 08:27 PM
    When my refrigerators starts up, my ceiling fan goes on, all of the sudden this is ha
    When my refrigerator starts up, the ceiling fan comes on, this just started happening. Not a new fan or refrigerator
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    Jul 8, 2015, 03:50 AM
    Ann,

    Without a Wigi board or a crystal ball there is not much we can do with the information you have provided.

    It could be a "White Noise" RFI issue. Something in the startup of the refrigerator's motor is now generating noise on the same frequency as the fan. A quick test would be to use the DIP switches on the fan and remote to change the fan's freqs.

    Or it could be that a neighbor has installed a fan with the same freqs as your fan and it has nothing at all to do with refrigerator at all.
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    Jul 8, 2015, 05:38 PM
    A little more information is required. It could be as donf posted or as complicated as a wiring issue in your home. If you are certain that is happens ONLY when the refrigerator starts up, I'd guess you have a wiring issue. Does the fan work normally at other times? Do you have a remote for this fan? Have you changed anything else or added any other appliances or lights?
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