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do ceiling fans have a shear pin? - EricU - 07-11-2016
just smacked the ceiling fan with a piece of drywall I was moving, and the fan isn't working right. Acting like I broke a shear pin. Of course, it could be that I just broke something more expensive
Re: do ceiling fans have a shear pin? - Mr_Mike - 07-11-2016
Not that I know of.
Re: do ceiling fans have a shear pin? - K. L. McReynolds - 07-11-2016
Never saw one so far.
Re: do ceiling fans have a shear pin? - FIB 1 - 07-11-2016
Did you check to see if the rotation switch has been knocked out of position? That did happen as a result of a pillow fight. Pushed it back to its end position and the fan worked fine. There was no shear pin.
Re: do ceiling fans have a shear pin? - Herb G - 07-12-2016
The high end fans have a pin with a clip that holds them from spinning on their motors when you turn them on.
Re: do ceiling fans have a shear pin? - EricU - 07-12-2016
this is a hunter. I tried to buy the best one I could, but the selection is limited at the BORGs. It does spin, but there is some scraping on startup and you have to push it to get it started.
Re: do ceiling fans have a shear pin? - Robert Adams - 07-12-2016
The blades are attached directly to the motor.
Re: do ceiling fans have a shear pin? - K. L. McReynolds - 07-12-2016
Sounds like you bent the shroud and it is rubbing against the rotating motor part.
RE: do ceiling fans have a shear pin? - EricU - 12-22-2016
(07-11-2016, 10:49 PM)FIB 1 Wrote: Did you check to see if the rotation switch has been knocked out of position? That did happen as a result of a pillow fight. Pushed it back to its end position and the fan worked fine. There was no shear pin.
I never responded back to this post. The switch was in an intermediate position between forward and backward. I must have hit it hard enough that it got dislodged.
RE: do ceiling fans have a shear pin? - luka - 12-27-2016
No, the ceiling fans don't have a share pin