I went to turn off my ceiling fan and the whole chain came down.. I shut off the circuit breaker then opened the housing to take a look but was no better informed. Ask my dad to take a look and I think he broke it further because now it won't turn on at all. If that boomer is stumped.. what do I do!
>>2991976Whole thing presumably uses 2 cables, one live, one neutral. Neutral presumably gonna be common and live switched separate for fan and light. Depending on what the chain did, the light switch could be in the chain switch (the shitty black plastic box) or you could have a third incoming wire for the light from a light switch. And then either live or neutral goes into the black plastic chain switch and gets switched there. It's extremely easy but if you have absolute zero electronics knowledge then it will be a bit of an uphill battle. Good news is that as long as you don't touch live wires, the worst fuckup you can make is a dead short that will blow the breaker anyway.You also kinda have to decide what you want to fix, because fixing the chain switch is a simple mechanical thing that likely requires no electronics work, but now your dad disconnected some electrical connections for no reason, so now you have to figure out how those go back together.
>>2991976good luck because ceiling fan switches are a rabbit hole, and there are all sorts of them, 2, 3, 4 wire and most of them are not interchangeable. you can try googling the numbers on the switch but... good luck.
>>2991976The light is controlled by a simple SPST pull switch that opens and closes the hot supply. The fan is controlled by a SP3T pull switch that connects hot to three different taps on the motor coil.
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