New Ceiling Fan Motor Gets Hot

So there is no way a hot motor can start a fire. However this morning i was cleaning the fans of the dust in order to quieten them down during the intense summer usage. Get rid of the humming sound in a ceiling fan with help from a foreman for lighty contractors in this free video clip.

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Right there is where i feel a lot of heat coming off it.

New ceiling fan motor gets hot. After running for a bit a foul odor would come from the room. New ceiling fan doesn t turn only hums. It will probably do that better than move air. A few months back i got a new ceiling fan installed and it was working fine.

If any of the speeds do not start and spin then a capacitor is bad. There s a metal screw on piece that holds the glass lamp cover and one of the fan s control chains comes out of that. The motor is not supposed to be in contact with anything flammable. It is not normally installed directly against the ceiling and the ceiling is supposed to be non flammable drywall.

It runs fine but after 5 minutes of use usually immediately the motor gets very hot. Upon feeling the motor it felt alarmingly hot. Contact the fan manufacturer about replacing the light fixture or ask an electrician to repair the socket. Faulty wiring to a ceiling fan can cause that burning smell if the wiring is loose or frayed.

As long as you conect the wihte to white black to black and ground to the ground that is the right way to wire the fan. Fans have 1 2 3 caps or a single plastic box with 2 or 3 caps inside it. This might be why the motor is getting hot. If you bought the 29 99 special you can use it to fry eggs.

When i say motor i mean the housing over the motor hot enough to throw a pan over and start cooking bacon. Not burning but about the temperature of a hot tap. Not a bad capacitor. So about a month ago my wife and i put in a new ceiling fan in one of our bedrooms.

If you conect the black to the ground that is wrong and it will get hot. Ceiling fan wiring repair. And the cheaper the fan the hotter it will get. Look for the mf number s.

The wiring needs to be replaced or cut and crimped then connected tightly to the motor with new wire nuts. I just noticed this last night i have a ceiling fan probably a fairly standard hunter one that seems like the motor gets really hot while operating. After checking the motor housing felt quite hot so we took it back assuming it was defective and put in another. If it is smoking and flaming that would be a cause for concern.