New (to me) house. There was a fan, it was dead, we assumed it was original (c1974) and was dead. Took 8hrs to replace the fan :( and then we found the circuit to be dead at switch. All breakers are hot.
I do not know what circuit this is and it is one of the longer runs in the house. There have been lots of addons to the original electricals, house has more switches than I have ever seen (most of which is up to code but not all). The wall where this is located does not have a wall underneath BUT the wires run into the box from the bottom. I planned on running the toner from the switch backwards to the box.... -Rolf On Mon, August 13, 2012 11:56 am, Randy Bennell wrote: > Please forgive me if I am behind the curve on this one as I did not > search back to see what other responses may have already been offered. > > My first question, is what was there before you installed the fan, and > did that light or whatever, work before you installed the fan? > > If there is power at the breaker, then I wonder if you just do not have > the fan wired correctly. Is there a 3 or 4 way switch setup for example and > could you have not got the wiring right or could you have a switch turned > off somewhere? > > Have you pulled the fan and checked the wires to see if there is any > power at the fan box? > > Could it be that the fan is defective etc.? > > > My basic feeling is that if the circuit worked before, it should now > except for any issues that you might have created in the box where the fan > is attached. > > I had a dead circuit in my house once years ago and it took me most of a > day to track from one outlet to another but I found a bare wire shorting to > the metal outlet box in that case. Of course, the breaker would not stay > on in that case so it was fairly easy to track it. > > Randy > > > > On 13/08/2012 10:04 AM, Rich Thomas wrote: > >> The one I have needs to be within an inch or two, but it is a cheapie >> from Lowes. Can you get any idea how the wires are routed? Coming off >> some junction box somewhere? Probably best to start tracing from the >> main breaker box. >> >> --R >> >> >> On 8/13/12 9:55 AM, Rolf wrote: >> >>> I spent 8 hrs hanging a ceiling fan only to find out my circuit is >>> dead. I have another circuit dead in basement as well. I tested all the >>> breakers and they had power. I,ve had som xp with a toner before. How >>> far into the wall will it get a signal? >>> >>> -Rolf >>> >>> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
