Kiko
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I was replacing an old ceiling fan today with a new flush-mounted Montecarlo, model #94250, purchased at Lowe's. The wiring in the ceiling box included a red wire, which was used to power the old fan, a white wire, a ground wire, and a black wire, which was simply capped off with a wire nut. I checked the wall switch, and the red wire ran from the wall switch to the old fan, while the black wire that was capped off came from a cluster of black wires that were tied together behind the wall switch.
I connected the (switched) red wire in the ceiling box to the black and blue wires of the ceiling fan. I connected the two whites together, and connected all the grounds together. I tucked the redundant black wire back up into the ceiling box, as it was before.
After the fan was completely assembled, I powered it up from the wall switch. The lights worked fine and the fan worked fine on low speed. I then pulled the chain to change the fan speed, at which time, it sparked out and the fan stopped, yet all the lights still worked.
On this model, you have two plugs that need to be connected from the fan motor to the light fixture. I checked these connections, and they were plugged in correctly (they are color coded). However, the yellow wire that runs between the two plugs (on the light fixture side) was completely burned out. I called the manufacturer's technical support, and they said the fan switch was most likely the culprit, but they couldn't tell me why.
They said to exchange the fan for another one at Lowe's.
Has anyone ever experienced this problem in a brand new ceiling fan?
Does anyone know why the fan switch caused that wire to flame out?
I connected the (switched) red wire in the ceiling box to the black and blue wires of the ceiling fan. I connected the two whites together, and connected all the grounds together. I tucked the redundant black wire back up into the ceiling box, as it was before.
After the fan was completely assembled, I powered it up from the wall switch. The lights worked fine and the fan worked fine on low speed. I then pulled the chain to change the fan speed, at which time, it sparked out and the fan stopped, yet all the lights still worked.
On this model, you have two plugs that need to be connected from the fan motor to the light fixture. I checked these connections, and they were plugged in correctly (they are color coded). However, the yellow wire that runs between the two plugs (on the light fixture side) was completely burned out. I called the manufacturer's technical support, and they said the fan switch was most likely the culprit, but they couldn't tell me why.
They said to exchange the fan for another one at Lowe's.
Has anyone ever experienced this problem in a brand new ceiling fan?
Does anyone know why the fan switch caused that wire to flame out?
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