Good old GB.

Barry Russell Thanks Barry will do. Al.

No problem

We all make mistakes, thank goodness.

No problem 👍

That`s great.

Dean Lawson Was

Its looks like summer all over now, save your money for next year.

No problem jay good luck with it.Al.

You're welcome!

No problem Spider.

There should be a short clip of it at the begging.

@@dereton33 h7

+Pete Livesey No problem.

Thank you! 👍

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you! Cheers!

dereton33 It is a resistor NOT a diode and neon screwdrivers will light from static when a circuit is in fact dead also if you are stood on insulated stepladders the screwdriver may fail to indicate a live circuit simply because you cannot complete a circuit to light the neon. NEVER EVER risk your life with these devices and before you ask, I am a qualified electrical engineer .

dereton33 x

@@ianscrimshaw7325 In order to get a shock, the resistor would have to fail shorted and the neon bulb would have to allow enough current to be dangerous. Fairly unlikely at mains voltages if the tester was constructed with proper creepage and clearance distances. I think the main problem would be is you can't see if it's lit up like in day time or and of course if you are on fibreglass ladders then it won't light up either way but If he's go out and bought fibreglass ladders or using them then he'd already would have 1 bought something else to use as. Tester 2 be a professional that works in the trade So bit stupid saying that .. I think having a tester or at least using one is better than not using one ..... Know what I mean.

But yeah I suppose your right.... You win.. .. Thank you sir

Most welcome

Hasan Kamaikazi There is a pull cord on ours that changes the speed from slow through to fast. So it has 3 speeds.

Thanks

UK means unknown

Hasan Kamaikazi 'M,m.,.

As long as the voltage is US.

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AMDRADEONRUBY No problem .Al.

No problem.

Thanks for the extra info .

You must screw into the joists, plugs not good enough, brackets on outside of ceiling.

Thanks for the info Del.

You're welcome - the last time I commented about 8 months ago. I was trying to find how I'd fitted it over 20 years previously. My hunch was correct it was the fan motor (not even in use) that was causing the fuse to blow. A relief really I was dreading a full rewire of the lighting circuit.

really the ceiling fan should have a switch still that allows you to isolate the fan motor, to help in that scenario :)

They came with the fan.

I would double check with an electrician first.

9 wires means that you are very likely dealing with a 3 way switch (2 wires are red).

That would probably mean a Live feed to this point from another (3 wires), this feeding live to another point (3 wires) and one switched Live, taking the Live to the switch and back again (3 wires).

AHuman need to add another terminal block. Keep neutrals together in light fitting. Keep earths together in light fitting. Add extra block for live in and out also use this for live going back to switch then back to live in the light.

You have 3 live 3 neutral and 3 earth wires... The 3 red or brown wires all connect together The neutral wires 1 of them is switched live and it should have either a brown sleeve on it or a red sleeve... That wired is kept separate and is live what you connect the live of the fan to and the other two neutrals are connected together which the neutral of the fan connects to these Then of course the earth's are linked together If you don't know which is the switch wire if it's not got sleeving on Take the switch off and link the wires from the switch together then use continuity tester across each neutral and live that is coming from their own individual wire... Do that until tester beeps then you've got the switch wire... Only 4 years too late...

Great.

No it dosent do it. Just feels colder.

@@dereton33 it's just I have a high ceiling and all the heats up there 😢

Yes definitely. That's partially what they are made for. Use it on low speed reverse (clockwise) in the winter to circulate warm air in the room. The warm air trapped at the ceiling will be forced downwards along the walls and your floors won't be so cold.

Try measuring from inside the loft.

Yes... Yours is loop in system each light fitting has the circuit wire wired into the ceiling rose fitting which is taking power to the next light... Then you have a switch wire which is connected to the live of the circuit wire that's the loop in and this same wire the neutral wire is then switched live. Then the light is connected to switched live and the neutral of the circuit wire. But this man's wiring is likely a junction box system.. Its exactly the same as yours but the circuit wires and switch wires are wired into a junction box.... Therefore there will be a single twin and earth cable running from the junction box connected to switched live and a neutral.. And then the light connects to that or fan as in this video.

Lighting circuits are not on a ring... Sockets are on a ring... Sockets are on a ring because it permits the use of a smaller cable size to be used as the current is coming from both sides where as lighting circuits the wire size is already the smallest size available and lighting isn't usually subject to the same amount of load as a socket.... Aswel lighting is usually protected by a 5 amp fuse or 6 amp miniature circuit breaker and wired in 1mm or 1.5mm/ 14 amp cable.....where as 2.5mm is rated to 23 amps but the circuit breaker is like 32amps so using a ring spreads the load enabling smaller size wires to be used and makes it so the wires are not weak/less stress on them and the fuse or mcb is still the weak part instead as you've got power coming from both sides.

Or it could be a spur from a socket.....utilising an Fcu, or a spur from another light, like the last light on the circuit so wouldn't require a switch wire as such if this man has done it himself he may just use the pull switches on the fan itself..... Yano what I mean

the light can't be switched from a switch and the fan done on the pull cord anymore is nuts. Makes the switch redundant and you have to turn it on from the fitting even though there's 2 separate wires for the light and fan. Just wired it up like my last one from Argos that used to work fine with the fan on the loop in / out lives and the light off the switch wire. Can't make it work independently and use my existing switch on the wall. Such a pointless fitting

No mine is very quiet.

No should be the same.

Well spotted Del, you are of course right, but I did not think it worth mentioning as anyone could see one blade was the wrong way round.

DelTangBrav I hurt really

these fans are reversible, you can have the bamboo effect or not, depending on decor, just flip the motor switch so it goes the other way round.

No

You will have to use plasterboard Fixers.

Yes you can

By using a stud finder. Or go into the loft and measure it out.

@@dereton33 thank you

220v is fine but not 110 that is for American markets.

To an earth if there is one, it may be an old green cable

@@dereton33 thank you bud. There was an earth up there too 👍🏼

Yes still have it.

Sorry don't know there is no make on it.

Argos.

argos brass "HOME" ceiling fan, ive got videos of iton my channel. Very good and quiet!

Up for cold air.

Down usually, depends on your fan, it should spin anticlockwise

thank you both for replying it's doing the job now!!

No problem good luck with it now.

At 5:26, my ceiling cup has a plastic bushing ring that the fan rod ball sits in

Mine has been up for 4 years.

dereton33 thanks, I might just do it then. I like this model of fan, but it does look old fashioned. I think I'll shop around. Thanks anyway

No problem.

Two will be connecting the lighting ring the other two connect to the light. If unsure test with a test meter.

You have 2 live wires in the ceiling? If so, you're probably going to want to fit them both into the live connector

@@Thurrock2 but where does the live switch go then?

Tape it off, you only need it if you are having a separate switch for the fan.

No there has to be a neutral.

@@dereton33 you are right i have black red and copper wire which im assuming is ground.

Gordon Hill Hi Gordon, I have to admit I don`t Know, best check with an electrician. Al.

+Gordon Hill We don't use dimmers on Ceiling Fans because it could hum.

Nooooo

In our case a fan/LED light combination (similar to Al’s) worked with a dimmer switch.

No definitely not! It will make the motor hum loudly and damage it.

Run a piece of 2x4 wood between the joists where you want to hang your Fan.

Thanks I'm going to do this but theoretically what if I had the same problem but with no loft access for example if I had to install one on the ground floor?

You would have to remove some floorboards in the room above and fix the wood across the joists there.

Ok thanks for the reply

Easier to do it from the ceiling below; remove the lamp and box and reach into the wall to add metal fan support bracket or beam. www.homedepot.com/p/KWIK-BRACE-with-4-in-Round-Ceiling-Rated-Pan-1-1-2-in-Deep-with-1-2-in-KO-s-926/203743170

You don't, I'm retired.

It's very simple, but as you saw in his video, there was a red, black and green wire coming out of his ceiling. That is the old version of Live, Neutral & Earth. The colours as we know them today are Brown (L), Blue (N) & Green/Yellow (E)... If your wiring is the same as his, you simply put the Red wire into Live, the black into Neutral and the green into Earth... then you put the other earth wire (which comes with the brass base of the fan) into the same earth terminal as the other earth wire. This means that all the metal parts of the fan are fully earthed.

Thanks. I actually had 5 wires so I had to get an electrician to come and do it.

Call an electrician.

@@dereton33 some in line connectors will do it then from that connect to the 3 wires attached to the fan

3 of each wire that's equal to 1.21 gigawatts so it tells me that no wait it can't be

@@ZenMotoMCR wago box did the trick

@@dereton33 wago box did the trick genius invention

Chinese

They are long ones screwed into wooden joists.

A replica.

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No problem.