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Bailey Dunbar · Mar 2, 2008, 12:37 AM

Hello, I had an electrician come over and hook up a celing fan with a light kit and twice after it was running for a half hour, it blew the fuse and the light kit smelled burned.

Can anyone help me troubleshoot, the voltage was registering fine. Thanks

stanfortyman · Mar 2, 2008, 06:29 AM

How about you have the electrician come back. You did pay him to do this didn't you?

There is a short in the light kit. I bet it is a pinched wire that finally broke through the insulation.
Where? Who knows. Could be where it was assembled by the electrician, or where it was assembled at the factory.

Stratmando · Mar 2, 2008, 06:46 AM

2 likely spots of pinching would be at canopy, the other it light kit to fan attachment.

Bailey Dunbar · Mar 2, 2008, 09:15 AM

Originally Posted by stanfortyman

How about you have the electrician come back. You did pay him to do this didn't you?

There is a short in the light kit. I bet it is a pinched wire that finally broke through the insulation.
Where? Who knows. Could be where it was assembled by the electrician, or where it was assembled at the factory.

Hello Thanks, I did have an electrician come and paid him $240. It is a high ceiling, so we just took the light kit off and returned and got a new one, it happened again to the replacement.

stanfortyman · Mar 2, 2008, 09:27 AM

Originally Posted by Bailey Dunbar

, it happened again to the replacement.

Then the problem is in the fan itself or the connections at the ceiling.
There are only a few places it can be.

Stratmando · Mar 2, 2008, 09:30 AM

See if it happens when fan is on, or light is on. An amprobe would be helpful to see.
Another thought, If the fan has a pipe extension, their may be a splice in Pipe from ceiling to fan motor touching inside of pipe.

Bailey Dunbar · Mar 2, 2008, 04:39 PM

Originally Posted by Stratmando

See if it happens when fan is on, or light is on. An amprobe would be helpfull to see.
Another thought, If the fan has a pipe extension, their may be a splice in Pipe from ceiling to fan motor touching inside of pipe.

Thanks Strat, I went out and purchased a Casablanca fan with a 80" wire so it will not have to be spliced. The electrician is coming back no Tuesday and he is going to take down the entire fan and base and install a new fan and light without splicing. Also the old fan was a Harbor Breeze... not sure if they are known for problems. I appreciate the help.

Stratmando · Mar 2, 2008, 05:33 PM

They do have problems, but I have never had one "Bad Out of the Box", they developed problems later, This sounds like a wiring problem.

ceilingfanrepair · Mar 4, 2008, 11:49 AM

Harbor Breeze are known for problems, not as bad as Hamton Bay however. What model Casablanca did you get?

It is most likely an issue with the fan. A burning smell is most often a bad capacitor.

Does the fan keep working after you reset the circuit breaker?