In my sons’ room, there is a ceiling fan and a light on the fan. The problem was that it did not work. It didn’t turn on at all. So I checked the breaker to see if it was off and that would solve the issue quickly. Trouble was, I had a hunch about which circuit breaker may be off.

That led me to hunt down the correct circuit breaker that may be off. I recommend to anyone who reads this to make a diagram similar to the following of which circuit breaker controls which lights or outlets.

See this:

This makes things easier in times of emergencies. I had to update mine. It’s not too pretty, but it tells me what I need to know.

Anyway, if you can’t find the circuit breaker, don’t touch the hot wires or you’ll be a “crispy critter”.

I took the cover to the fan off, tested the wires for power with my multimeter and there was none.

Huh? there should be something (I thought). Unless the switch could be bad.

Here is a picture of the fan:

“Ok, if the fan isn’t bad and there is no power going to the fan, then maybe the switch is bad.” I thought.

So I took the switch off and found another switch I had in the garage and I replaced it. It worked! It was a bad switch.

So it wasn’t a bad fan, or a bad connection, but a bad wall switch. Here is a picture of the bad switch for you information, (it doesn’t look that bad to me, but you never know until you test it.)

Let me know if you have any questions.

Also, let me know if you like this, or if it’s informative and I will put more information out about this topic as well. Comments like “Like it”, or “I don’t like it”, or anything with more words will work. Just keep it “PG” (clean)

Erik Loebl

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