dex
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Post by dex on Aug 7, 2016 23:04:04 GMT -5
So this is literally the only place I could find anything about jab ceiling fans. Just bought a house a month ago. Had ceiling fan on, not light. Definitely not a jab ceiling fan. Been here about a month and noticed a strange smell coming out of the bedroom, and noticed the jab branded rotary toggle switch was smoking. Hit the breaker and took the cover of the rotary wall dimmer off and the inside was melted and dripping down the wall. Does anybody know how old these switches are and what may have caused this???
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Post by Adam D. on Aug 7, 2016 23:53:03 GMT -5
Sounds like the switch has gone bad.. From what you said, it sounds like the fan was replaced at one time, and they continued to use the old speed control with the new fan.. It's typical to see this.. A Jab control, I would assume it's an Evergo made control.. The transformer is probably burnt to crisp in some spots, windings shorting into each other... I would imagine the control is somewhere over 35+ years old.. I would say it's time to replace it with something else.. That unfortunately can't be fixed..
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Post by Andrew G. on Aug 8, 2016 8:31:41 GMT -5
Yeah, your wall control has completely failed. Luckily, finding a new wall control shouldn't be too difficult.
If I had to guess, I'd say that the original fan was either 36" or 48" and the replacement fan draws an amount of current higher than what the control was rated for.. leading to overload/catastrophic failure.
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