do ceiling fans have a shear pin?
#11
just smacked the ceiling fan with a piece of drywall I was moving, and the fan isn't working right. Acting like I broke a shear pin. Of course, it could be that I just broke something more expensive
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#12
Not that I know of.
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#13
Never saw one so far.
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#14
Did you check to see if the rotation switch has been knocked out of position? That did happen as a result of a pillow fight. Pushed it back to its end position and the fan worked fine. There was no shear pin.
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#15
The high end fans have a pin with a clip that holds them from spinning on their motors when you turn them on.
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#16
this is a hunter. I tried to buy the best one I could, but the selection is limited at the BORGs. It does spin, but there is some scraping on startup and you have to push it to get it started.
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#17
The blades are attached directly to the motor.
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#18
Sounds like you bent the shroud and it is rubbing against the rotating motor part.
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#19
(07-11-2016, 10:49 PM)FIB 1 Wrote: Did you check to see if the rotation switch has been knocked out of position?  That did happen as a result of a pillow fight.  Pushed it back to its end position and the fan worked fine.  There was no shear pin.

I never responded back to this post.  The switch was in an intermediate position between forward and backward.  I must have hit it hard enough that it got dislodged.
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#20
No, the ceiling fans don't have a share pin
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