I have a ceiling fan that won't work. My contractor thinks it may be because it isn't getting enough electricity. He says my house is running at standard 20 amps and the ceiling fan manual says it needs 120 V AC. Is this the same thing and the fan has a bad motor, or do I need to get a fan with a diferent voltage?
2006-08-01 21:22:04 · 5 answers · asked by RJ & EJ 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
No. (E=I x R, P= I x E). What voltage is (120VAC) is the ability to carry more amps i.e. more voltage more amps safely. I think your contractor is pulling your chain.
If you use a different voltage (240VAC) your fan will not work either (and please don't try it). Now, I am assuming that your are in North America (all of north America runs on 120 VAC) most of Europe runs on 240 VAC.
First you want to make sure you have the wiring set up right. You can check in the installation manual for the correct set up. If you have 3 wires (white, black, and copper) coming from the ceiling to the fan it is quite simple (hook the white to white, black to black, and copper the the base (mounting) of the fan outlet in the ceiling (grounding the fan, this is for safety).
There should be an amp rating on the fan, if it is pulling too many amps it will trip the circuit breaker.
Most likely you have checked all of that and you just have a bad motor.
If you really want to know... What I recommend is a great book for novice Do-it-yourself home electrical is Home Depot's Wiring 1-2-3. You would be surprised how easy home electrical is...
Check the references, those should be of help.
Hope that helps!
2006-08-01 21:56:58 · answer #1 · answered by Michael G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are trying to run it with out the light being installed, you need the light kit
Amps and voltage is not the same
Amps can be considered the amount that an item will use ,a quanity voltage is the source,
with out getting into the math of it,
check these thing,
is the switch on
at the fan ,at the wall switch
at the breaker
is the reversing switch in one position or the other , it is a small slide switch up or down
was there a light there in the beginning
the wiring will be Black , Blue( for the light kit ) and white and a green
black is for the power for the fan , blue is the light and white is a nuetral
2006-08-02 00:51:51 · answer #2 · answered by mr_jim51 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your contractor is an idiot, i hope he knows more about something than he does about electrical matters. think of amps and volts as the water flowing through a hose-amps are a measurement of the amount of current flowing in a wire or gallons per minute of water, voltage is a measurement of the pressure in the hose or the difference in the voltage between ground and the hot wire. watt hours measures the total usage or gallons delivered. as for your fan you need to measure the voltage between the hot and neutral wires at the fan.if it is not 120 or somewhere near that [ 110 to 130] check the voltage somewhere else in the house, if there is no difference then remove the fan and have it checked out. [ a quick test would be do install a coed to it and try just plugging it into a known good outlet.] check the fan's switches and any connections [ wire nuts, splices, or terminations] if all are OK then its a good bet you need a new fan
2006-08-02 02:05:02 · answer #3 · answered by glen t 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
amps are voltage are 2 diferent things. If your motor is bad replace it.
2006-08-01 21:30:06 · answer #4 · answered by daveinsurprise 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
by using fact the electrical powered capability (in Watts) P linked to rigidity U and cutting-edge I via the formola: P = U x I you have, in terms of electric powered gadgets: a million Watt = a million Volt x a million Ampere = a million VA so W and VA are the comparable and 500 W = 500 VA desire it will help !
2016-12-14 17:57:25 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋