Harbor Breeze Fan Turns Off By Itself
The next step is to turn off your circuit breaker that powers the fan just in case.
Harbor breeze fan turns off by itself. Turn the fan off using the remote control. Run the ceiling fan for a few minutes. Repeat until the fan begins operating correctly. Similar colored wiring should be firmly connected together with a cap seated over the connection to prevent shorting problems.
You will not need to do any wiring for this fix. Turn off the ceiling fan and allow the blades to come to a full stop. There are a few reasons why this might occur. If the motor housing is hot the bearings are shot and the motor needs to be replaced.
Drop the canopy by removing the screw cover and unscrewing it from the mounting bracket. Open up the fan housing and inspect all of the wires wire connections to make sure they are snug and all of the wires are intact. Spin the blades manually in the direction you want the fan to turn turn it slowly with your hands turn the fan on then off then on. Turn off the fan at the wall switch.
Unscrew the fan blades and remove the fan motor from the ceiling bracket to check the wiring connections. Whether you have a hampton bay ceiling fan or other having the fan turn on by itself can cause a problem. Test that the power to the fan is dead using a voltage detector. The lights started to blink on and off and eventually died.
Frayed wiring within the fan s housing can cause the fan to turn on and off by itself. Look for wires that are broken or with missing insulation. Below we analyze each part of the ceiling fan that could be causing this problem and the steps you can take to attempt to rectify it. This video is about fixing a harbor breeze fan and lights with remote control model tdcv1152bpslklrc.