bad experiences with ceilng fans

[derek anthony]

this is a thread about bad experiences with ceiling fans, ,
here is mine
1. I was trying to install a intellitouch zephyr in the dining room ( unsucsessfully ) and I had the power killed (I thought, because the lights were off in the room, plus I also had a tester plugged in the outlet near the switch), I also tested the switch with a tester, and it was zeroed, but when I was rehanging the craftmade, I had the switch turned on, because I thought it was dead, but I found out the hard way it was not when I connected the hot wires, I felt a really strong tingle in my right arm, and it turned out the power was on, I yanked it away fast, and then after the craftmade was rehung and running, I noticed it slowing down and the lights went out on it, and the lights turned off in the rest of the room,, so I was ready to get the ladder and take down the fan to check the wire connections, but it came back on again, it turned out we had a power bump,

feel free to share some stories

[Tais]

hmm.. removing layers of oil with paint between layers is a terrible experience to face! especially the mess it makes whenever you enter the workshop and accidentally step on the sludge barefoot and u dont feel it until it starts sticking on ur slippers.. i experienced that with at least 2 fans so far

i had an SMC in my early days with a bad bearing, i tried my best to disassemble the motor but accidentally destroyed the winding.. at those times i didnt have experience with fixing cut windings and took the fan for repair and paid a hefty amount, after that i also realized that the motor top was bent due to my effort in trying to remove the lower part of the motor which caused the bearings to jam

i once installed an orient in the farm, not noticing that i pierced the safety pin through the cable above the motor, i operated he fan and "BANG"! the whole area's power supply got cut off at night!

there was an SMC K56 in a house awaiting demolition, but nothing i can stand on, i managed a side drawer to stand on and remove the motor from the downrod.. after successfully removing the motor along with its canopies, the whole drawer collapsed and i fell along with it on the ground, with my wrist landing directly on a tubelight and glass entering my wrist and having several unsuccessful times to remove the glass until i finally removed it myself.. the fan and its canopies survived the fall with barely any scratches

i once attempted to take 4 70s relite fans which were my childhood fans from a building awaiting demolition and met with a guy who claimed me to be the guy who robbed his flat and took his bicycle and laptop 2 days earlier, after denying all this and telling him i am here to collect fans he was in shock telling me "why do u want those damaged old fans" i left those fans behind to avoid any further troubles.. i came back later on to see that they were gone