You should also check to see if the fan blades mounting bolts are all tight.
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Ceiling Fan is 'rocking' violently
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I wouldn't run the fan at all till it's fixed.
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Shhh!!! Let Darwin do his job!
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Get almost any electrical book from the library and it points out what products and methods are req'd to isolate the electricity parts form the structrual parts, and how to install them. I believe there may be special products depoending on how/where you want to do this.
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On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:44:32 GMT, "Noozer" sayd the following:
There was no need for that comment.
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Your fan was supposed to come with a booklet separate from the instructions, which described the structural issues involved with mounting the fan securely. Did you read that booklet?
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What do you mean?
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On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:43:50 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom" sayd the following:
It was a cheap fan and I read everything related to installation.
Why does this make me a bad person?
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I don't care what the price was. If a fan falls and hurts a customer, the manufacturer could be out a few million bucks after the lawsuit is settled. I would be very surprised if the instruction manual did NOT contain explicit instructions about how to make sure the electrical box was braced properly.
So, let's assume the manual contained this information, but you ignored it. That *does* make you a bad person. You rushed the job and risked the safety of people in your home. Even without the information in the manual, you should've been observant enough to notice that the electrical box probably wasn't mounted in a way that would support a fan.
Normally, the law says that for the first such offense, you are required to do what this guy did to himself:
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We'll let you slide this time, but you'd better get with the program.
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It doesn't. You now know what went wrong and how to fix it pretty easily. Ignore all the self-important a**holes who had no idea how to diagnose or fix your problem.
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No, not self-important. He didn't really read the instructions. He explicitly asked for the problem he's having now.
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On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:55:49 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom" sayd the following:
Yeah, whatever.
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Yeah whatever go find the instructions and read them. If you can't do that, hire a pro to reinstall the fan the right way.
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Would THIS ONE work at all???
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Thanks fellas.
On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:57:48 -0500, Crackles McFarly sayd the following:
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That's the right idea.
You threw away your instructions, didn't you? :-) C'mon. You can tell us.
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Yes, that one will work if you have access from above.
There are others made specifically for installations from below if there is no access from above.