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12pennynail

Wed, 09/27/2006 - 10:42pm

No grounding wire a problem?

I'm replacing a broken bathroom fan. New fan fits just fine, but the connection to AC house power has three wires, a hot, neutral, and ground. Problem: my house wiring doesn't have a ground wire, What do I do with the ground (green wire) from the fan? Ground it back to the metal fan base? Run a ground wire to the nearest pipe or neutral point? Leave it alone? Os it dangerous? Anybody got an idea?

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missmanners writes:

Fri, 09/29/2006 - 4:36pm

Look at the new fan's directions. They're usually really clear on what to do with the ground wire. When we installed ours, we just placed the new ground wire alongside the metal frame. But it varies from model to model so I'd even consider calling teh manufacturer directly.

Light Fixture/Ceiling Fan

gmdill writes:

Fri, 09/29/2006 - 8:34pm

When I turn the ceiling fan on, the lights (4 of them) start to swing and sway. I don't know how to tighten them up. For some reason, the light fixture is suspended down a few inches from the fan, which I don't need either. I believe that may be part of the problem the lights are swinging. Can you help?

Light Fixture/Ceiling Fan

laurielou56 writes:

Fri, 10/06/2006 - 6:12am

The fan may need to be balanced. There are little weights you can get to place on the blades. If the fan isn't balanced, it will make the entire unit rock.

The ground wire should be

sworthin writes:

Tue, 10/03/2006 - 10:01am

The ground wire should be connected to the fan casing or fixture body. If it's new it should have a green 10-32 screw somewhere (probably around the attachment point for the wires) to connect the ground wire to. The ground wire provides a seperate grounding path back to your panel and should not be attached to your neutral wire at the fixture.