I replaced the ceiling fan/light in my living room yesterday. A friend came over to help with the electrical wiring from the house wires to the fan. I'm smart enough to know where my limits are not to mention the Don Ho look just doesn't work for me. If you're too young to know who Don Ho is, well, I have nothing more to say to you. (I'm just kidding, I think) Anyway, after my friend got the wiring done and was leaving the last thing he told me was not to forget to remove the rubber stops that keep the fan from rotating.
I got all the rest of the fan and light hung and hooked up, turned the breaker back on and turned on the light. Success!! The light came one! I was so excited. Next was the fan. I pull the chain and...nothing. I pull the chain again just to be sure...still nothing. Hmmm...I pull it one more time because third time is a charm after all, right? Wrong. The fan isn't fanning anything. The lovely black blades are just sitting there mocking me. I text my friend to let him know the fan isn't working in the hopes he has some magical knowledge. Sitting down on the couch in defeat I stare up at the stubborn fan and notice this black thing sticking out from between the fan blades. Oh.......yeah........ummmmm, wonder if that's one of those rubber stops he told me to remove that I didn't. I climb back up on the ladder and read the label stuck to one of them. In big letters it tells me to remove before operating. I go around and pull all the stops out and then try turning on the fan again. Guess what!?! The fan worked!
Yeah, I am such a dork at times.
I got all the rest of the fan and light hung and hooked up, turned the breaker back on and turned on the light. Success!! The light came one! I was so excited. Next was the fan. I pull the chain and...nothing. I pull the chain again just to be sure...still nothing. Hmmm...I pull it one more time because third time is a charm after all, right? Wrong. The fan isn't fanning anything. The lovely black blades are just sitting there mocking me. I text my friend to let him know the fan isn't working in the hopes he has some magical knowledge. Sitting down on the couch in defeat I stare up at the stubborn fan and notice this black thing sticking out from between the fan blades. Oh.......yeah........ummmmm, wonder if that's one of those rubber stops he told me to remove that I didn't. I climb back up on the ladder and read the label stuck to one of them. In big letters it tells me to remove before operating. I go around and pull all the stops out and then try turning on the fan again. Guess what!?! The fan worked!
Yeah, I am such a dork at times.
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