I'll add the switch in the fan could be bad too. I have a switch in a fan that
is currently bypassed. One day I went in the room for something, and pulled
the chain and jumped when it started sparking. It had been working fine
before. I reached for the wall switch to turn it off and the sparking stopped.
I pulled the cover and saw the sparking was coming from the fan switch. With
that bypassed, the light switch in the fan and the wall switch works fine and
it has been for a few years. It isn't a priority since I don't use that room
much.
B
>________________________________
> From: David Scheidt
<dmscheidt@gmail.com>
>To: Tim . <tims_datsun_stuff@outlook.com>
>Cc: Shop
Talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Friday, July 25, 2014 12:38 AM
>Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] electrical issue better defined
>
>
>(snip)
>If the
fan works, you know the wire up to the fan is good. The fault
>is somewhere
downstream of it, including the connection at the fan's
>box. Given the
description before, the likely failure is between the
>fan (again, including
the connections at its box) and the junction
>box. If you're lucky, it's
loose at the fan, and replacing a wire nut
>solves your problem, but it could
well be a broken (or varmint
>chewed...) wire in the wall. Taking the fan
apart to get at its
>wiring is clearly the next step. After that I'd start
checking the
>continuity of the wires. In the absence of sufficiently long
test
>leads, you can short the hot and neutral together at one point, and
>then test that there's low resistance between them at other points.
>If
there's not, then you know what segment has the problem, and work
>out what
the best way to run new wire is. If there is, then you have
>something
stranger going on, but give the topography, I'm betting on
>loose connection
or broken wire.
>(snip)
>David Scheidt
>dmscheidt@gmail.com
>
>
>
>(snip)
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