Troubleshooting
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1. Check hardware bi-yearly. Because of the fan's mechanical movement some connections may become loose over time. Check the support connections, brackets and blade attachments twice a year. Make sure they are secure. It is not necessary to remove fan from the ceiling.
2. Clean your fan periodically. This will help to help maintain its new appearance over the years. Use only a lightly water-moistened, lint free cloth to avoid scratching the finish. Plated finishes are sealed with lacquer to minimize discoloration or tarnishing. Do not let rain or running water to come in contact with the fan. Rain or running water could damage the motor, wood blades or possibly cause an electrical shock.
3. There is no need to oil your fan. The motor has permanently lubricated bearings. 4. Fan makes a vibration noise. Check to see that all screws are tight in the fan cage connection to the motor face plate.
5. Fan vibrates or makes grinding noise as blades rotate. Uninstall and reinstall the blades. Make sure that your fan head's set screw is counter-sunk into the bore hole in the flat part of the motor shaft. Be careful that the blade brackets themselves are not bent in this process. Do not operate your fan if it continues to vibrate. Contact your Atlas Fan Co purveyor if the re-installation of the blades does not resolve the problem.
6. Clicking noise from inside of center of fan. As unit rotates at higher R.P.M.s, clicking noises are normally heard from the braking mechanism within the fan body. If the noise is bothersome, slow the unit down. To do this, see "Regulation of Rotation" section above.
7. Fan is not rotating or doing so unevenly. See "Regulation of Rotation" section above and verify that coupling cover has at least 1/8 - 1/4" clearance between it and fan motor assembly, otherwise coupling cover will act as a brake, impeding rotation.
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1. Regulate speed of fan. The rotation of the fan can be sped up or slowed down by increasing or decreasing the power at the remote control, regulating the speed of fan heads and varying the position of the motor heads. See number 2 below
2. Vary position of motor heads. The greater the angle (either up or down) of the motor heads to the horizontal support rods, the greater the speed of rotation. The less the angle of the fan head, the less the speed of rotation.
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