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    Jun 21, 2012, 07:50 AM
    Why does my ceiling fan come on from time to time without me turning it on?
    My ceiling fan comes on from time to time without my turning it on. I have a remote, but have removed the battery from the remote and don't use it. I have to turn off the power source at the circuit breaker to the ceiling fan when I go on vacation.

    Anyone know why?
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    Jun 21, 2012, 08:44 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by skinnyg View Post
    My ceiling fan comes on from time to time without my turning it on. I have a remote, but have removed the battery from the remote and don't use it. I have to turn off the power source at the circuit breaker to the ceiling fan when I go on vacation.

    Anyone know why?
    Could be a defective remote control module... or hot sunlight might be making it do this... mose of these are infrared remotes and hot sunlight has lots of infrared (think a heat lamp) and can do strange things. I've had sun light coming in a window turn the TV on at times.
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    Jun 21, 2012, 09:23 AM
    Power surges can turn on a fan or light as can a radom radio signal from another source like a neighbors fan or garage door opener. Change the di swithces in the hand held and the receiver in the canopy to another identical setting.

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