- Aug 17, 2000
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I've got a Hampton Bay ceiling fan that spontaneously started running in
the wrong (winter) direction when I turned it on the other day to dry some
carpeting I had cleaned. From what I understand after talking with the
supplier (through Home Depot) is that it originally came with a wired remote
that had a button that reversed the motor, for summer/winter setting. I
guess the previous owner of the house installed it with a Hampton Bay
wireless remote rather than running a wire to a wall switch. I also assume
that some sort of voltage spike/gremlin caused the internal brain of the fan
to go into winter setting. The tech guy said to try to force the blades to
go in the right direction and turn it on. This failed repeatedly. He also
said to switch the fan off and on quickly, but there is no direct connection
between the switch and fan, so I did try to disconnecting the power to fan a
couple of times. This failed too. The only thing I can think of to do now
is to try this with the hot wire going down the down rod, but I'll probably
want to take off the blades seeing that I'll be doing this up by a 13'
ceiling. Or, I guess I could purchase a replacement wired transmitter and
receiver and hook it up for just a minute so as to allow me to reset the
motor direction.
Any other suggestions?
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Update: nothing worked. I tried leaving the power off for a while. I tried hooking it up backwards (neutral to line/line to neutral) both before and after the receiver. Swapped in another wireless receiver.
I called the supplier of the fan and got the part numbers for the wired wall controller and receiver, and then called Home Depot for a price because the supplier doesn't do retail.
$149.99!!!!:Q
There is only one wired wall controller on ebay and it isn't the one I need (with a button for summer/winter) and no receivers.
Time to get a new fan.
EDIT: Oh yeah, Home Depot said they'd give me a $50 gift card for my pain.
EDIT #2: SUCCESS!!
I had to spin the fan in the right direction, then turn it on, then had to have the daughter cycle the breaker twice. WOOT
the wrong (winter) direction when I turned it on the other day to dry some
carpeting I had cleaned. From what I understand after talking with the
supplier (through Home Depot) is that it originally came with a wired remote
that had a button that reversed the motor, for summer/winter setting. I
guess the previous owner of the house installed it with a Hampton Bay
wireless remote rather than running a wire to a wall switch. I also assume
that some sort of voltage spike/gremlin caused the internal brain of the fan
to go into winter setting. The tech guy said to try to force the blades to
go in the right direction and turn it on. This failed repeatedly. He also
said to switch the fan off and on quickly, but there is no direct connection
between the switch and fan, so I did try to disconnecting the power to fan a
couple of times. This failed too. The only thing I can think of to do now
is to try this with the hot wire going down the down rod, but I'll probably
want to take off the blades seeing that I'll be doing this up by a 13'
ceiling. Or, I guess I could purchase a replacement wired transmitter and
receiver and hook it up for just a minute so as to allow me to reset the
motor direction.
Any other suggestions?
-----------------------------------
Update: nothing worked. I tried leaving the power off for a while. I tried hooking it up backwards (neutral to line/line to neutral) both before and after the receiver. Swapped in another wireless receiver.
I called the supplier of the fan and got the part numbers for the wired wall controller and receiver, and then called Home Depot for a price because the supplier doesn't do retail.
$149.99!!!!:Q
There is only one wired wall controller on ebay and it isn't the one I need (with a button for summer/winter) and no receivers.
Time to get a new fan.
EDIT: Oh yeah, Home Depot said they'd give me a $50 gift card for my pain.
EDIT #2: SUCCESS!!
I had to spin the fan in the right direction, then turn it on, then had to have the daughter cycle the breaker twice. WOOT
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