Balancing a Wobbly Ceiling Fan ~ Rick's Tips DIY
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- Greetings! This week I want to share with you how to balance a wobbly ceiling fan. We have all experienced this at one time or another. You may have thought that there was no way to fix it and that you just had to learn to live with it. You don't! This is an easy, albeit, time consuming fix. A few inexpensive supplies are needed but in the end you will have a smooth working, non irritating ceiling fan to enjoy year round!
I hope you learned something and I hope this was helpful!
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Awesome ceiling fan!
Nice job on the video, made my repair very easy !
I like the vacuum idea for cleaning!
Great video! 👍
I had balanced my SMC Laguna ceiling fan, that is made in 1979. It used to wobble more than it does. It had 4 blades I found it easier to remove 2 blades to balance other 2 blades, then swap these 2 blades with other 2, then balanced these blades, then put other 2 blades back on. Wobbles less!
+The Channel of Random Ceiling Fans Neat trick!
+Rick's Tips Thanks for subscribing by the way!
Great idea!!!
I thought mine needed to be balanced, but it turned out to be some loose screws that attached motor to downrod. Thanks for help anyway! We have some spare balancing kits now I guess.
I have one of these in my house. Now I know how to fix it!! Thanks!!
I balanced my fan this week! The fan blades wobble a little, but the lights, aka the "base" remains completely still I used one of those metal clips for a stack of papers. Then once I figured it out, I used a quarter and taped it. Once I confirmed the wobble went away, I used Gorilla glue to permanently glue the quarter. Problem solved!
Well you made that look easy.
Wow, I got almost the same model as yours. Mine is OL52066-R. I notice your wobble a lot more then mine even fine tuning it. Mine hardly wobble, it shakes a tiny bit. But before it wobbles a lot, so I go to Walmart and buy 2 silver bracket and secure the top more and use Adhesive and Silicone Sealer and seal the whole base to the ceiling and now it wobble only a tiny bit.
I may need to fine tune the blade and it will be perfect, but from the look of it, it is way too time-consuming.
Yes, the first thing anyone should do is make sure all your connections, especially to the ceiling, are good and tight! :)
I love wobbly Ceiling Fans.
Why are you yelling at me?
Same. i love wobbly ceiling fans!
+Ceilingfans94 That's cool!
Great tip!
duck tape and a couple of pennies worked for me! Just my 2 cents worth..)
Hey Rick I have a Power Max Builders Ceiling Fan that wobbles alot! And I need you to help me!
Hi Rick I have a Hampton bay my fan is wobble a lot I bought a balance kit try everyone still wobbles. Could be the black hanging ball or could it be by blades they du
arron pina 1) Make sure all the fan blades are tight. 2) make sure where the fan mounts to the ceiling is tight and if an extension pipe was used make sure it's tightly connected at both ends of the pipe. 3) If none of these help you can try swapping opposite blades across from each other two at a time. If none of that helps then, unfortunately, I'm afraid some fans just can't be balanced.
Very helpful. Getting a house that I know has a very wobbly fan. Will follow your instructions (except for the beverage), but have a question: how do I tighten the blades if I find they are loose? I assume there are screws, but I am not at the house yet and can't study the fan. The particular fan looks a lot like the one you demoed, but may be different. Thanks!
Most times you can see and access the blade screws while looking up at the fan. You may have to use the screw driver at awkward angle but can still get plenty of torque on the screws.
On some fans you may have to move the light assembly out of the way to get to the screws.
We have the exact same fan.
What's the fan name then
my ceiling fan wobbles a bit on low speed,i can't run it on high because it might fall off the ceiling
techrickyross check all screws even pull the fan from ceiling be careful as then your exposed to wires see if the fan mount screws are loose if it's not secure to ceiling it will wobble
Those Mike's Hard Lemonade drinks are loaded with sugar. That wasn't a concern in the younger years but is now.
Alcohol converts to Sugar instantly as it hits your bloodstream so you getting a double
yes and broken
It’s easier to replace the blade Brackets which there sold at Lowe’s for not much because the blades are bent since there 6 blades is better if you get a 2 packs which it should be 10 and it should match the fan and hopefully the trick works
or pull it apart check the screws in the mounts could be loose and fan blade screws tighten any and all screws no reason go spend money on weights
That was the first thing I said to check in the video. And the balancing kits are less than 5 dollars.
fan still wobbled at end of video.
If you watched to the end I explained that, although it was better than before, some fans just can't be completely balanced. The procedure still holds true though.
my flusmount scrapes when runs what could it be?
+Sherri B First and foremost, make sure there is nothing rubbing on the motor cover (the decorative cover between the blades and ceiling. On some fans the manufacturers put stickers on the outside of the motor that can can come loose and cause a scraping noise. Or sometimes the bearings get a little dry and can become noisy but a little petroleum jelly (which will be less messy than a spray lube) put on the shaft above the bearing should eventually quiet it down once the jelly begins to melt into the bearing. Hope that helps!
on the spur of the moment I used a binder clip and a quarter, but followed these instructions and it worked.
I now have a 5 gram quarter taped to the back of one blade on my almost perfectly smooth fan.
I have done that as well! Hey, whatever works!! :D
Hernan Cortes I did this method on my first try and I fixed my wobbly fan thank you so much bro!👍
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I used a black spring clip I had for holding sheets of paper together. They come in different sizes. You could put a dime under one for more weight if needed. When it is balanced you can stick the balance weight to the top. :) I later found that I had some screws that came loose and tightened them up and good to go.
+Barry Wind Yes, loose screws was the 2nd thing I said to check for before trying to balance the fan.
We always used pennies or a dime to see where the balance was off, glad to see a kit now...thanks for all the tips Rick, :D
That's a Harbor Breeze Charleston Harbor Ceiling Fan
Thank you. Your video told me what i needed to know (and did not know) to fix my wobbly fan-- was about to call a handyman. Thanks! (runs fine now!)
I drank 9 mikes limes and my fan don't wobbbles no moes. 😋
Bill Platt did the whole room wobble afterwards?
"I really reconem Mike's Hard Lime..."
Makes this repair a breeeeeez. LOL
LOL!
Where there's Mike's Hard Lemonade, there's bound to be Chris Hansen
How about a downloadable pdf checklist? Thank Rick
You didn't show The Fan running without it wobbling. So did you really fix your wobble??
If you watched until the end I do show the fan and explained that although it was better than before that sometimes you just can't eliminate all the wobble. Thanks for watching! :)
I've been in the lighting industry for ten years and always wondered what that plastic clip was. haha thanks dood now I know. Great video
wow I will try this with my wobbly ceiling fan THANKS
Thank you this was very informative!
Great tip rick
Great tip, thanks Rick! Show us more tips!!
+CherryRed 314 We'll have more coming soon! :)
Great! Been a while.....
Hi i,m a big fan
Fan name
Sorry, I don't remember and don't have it anymore.
Oh :(
@@Elijahbdareal1926The name of the fan is harbor breeze Charleston breeze
That fan reminds me of a Litex.
and I would recommend pop
thx
To save the 3 dollar kit (yes, I am cheap) glue a half dollar coin instead. The coin weighs 12.5 grams and seems to work better.
+Jennifer Ray I suppose you could do that, but really? The kit is $3. Pony up the cash and do it right and proper. Incidentally, it is against the law to deface coinage or money.
+Noreen's Kitchen And you would still need the weighted plastic piece that comes in the kit to know exactly where you would need to glue the 50 cent piece, anyway.
+Noreen's Kitchen That's not quite accurate. :) For coinage it's only illegal if you fraudulently represent it as currency after you've altered it. E.g. You can't drill a hole in a quarter, and the try and pass it off as quarter to pay for something.
+AZDesertPhil I would never drill a hole in a quarter. Just spend the money on the kit. Geez!
how would you change hugger fan to a regular fan with that long stick
I meant to say with that long pipe but not stick
Most ceiling fans (unless they are specifically hugger style) give you the option when installing whether you want to mount it "hugger" style or hanging and come with the parts to do so. Assuming you no longer have those parts (I have several because I never throw those things away :D) you will need to go to your hardware store and buy a downrod in the length of your choosing, a downrod ball, and a downrod mounting bracket. If your existing wires are not long enough to go through the tube they will need to be extended with extra pieces of wire.
A hugger ceiling fan is a flush mount design that “hugs” the ceiling. A down roded fan is a fan that hangs down off of a down rod (You can also flush mount a down roded ceiling fan.)
What's the name of that ceiling fan?
I have no idea, came with the house and has since been replaced.
I love Mike's but I lost 2 fingers slowing the blade down.
LOL!
Come on man, a ceiling fan with wood blades isn’t going to cut your finger off. Appreciate ceiling fans.
Is that on reverse
The direction shouldn't matter.
Wait...what? The direction absolutely matters. The blades are angled to push air down. If it IS rotating the wrong direction, well....that's just not very efficient.
Umm... I don't know if someone has mentioned this yet, but at 0:27 you should have used the word "and" instead of "nor". Technically speaking you're saying we're not allowed to hold you harmless and must defer responsibility onto you if everything goes wrong.
So you suggest we drink an alcoholic beverage before climbing up on a ladder? Great. What could poss go wrong with that? No wonder you have that big ugly disclaimer at the start of the video.
The actual instructions were ok tho, so thanks for that. Would help if you zoomed back so we could see the entire fan.
If you get drunk off of just one drink I'd suggest you don't drink ANY before trying to repair anything :D
@@rickstipdiyshow the full fan so I can see it better.