trane_fanatic Posted December 28, 2006 Report Posted December 28, 2006 (edited) There is a manual switch fan over my stove at home. Last night, while I was in another room and nobody else was in the kitchen nor was anything cooking at the time (it does not have an auto sensor), it turned on by itself. How can this happen? I'm baffled, stumped, mystified. Edited December 28, 2006 by trane_fanatic Quote
trane_fanatic Posted December 28, 2006 Author Report Posted December 28, 2006 short. ghosts. aliens. I hope it is the first answer. Quote
JSngry Posted December 28, 2006 Report Posted December 28, 2006 Look - what makes a switch work? The opening/closing of a circuit. Nothing more. So I'd look at the switch on that fan, open it up, take it apart, and see what's up. Something's opening the circuit. Might be a worn toggle switch that's not fully holding its position (it just take a little contact to open a circuit), might be some crud up inside there that's f-ing things up, who know? But it's something in the switch. Has to be. If it ain't, do you dig Sigourney Weaver? Quote
PHILLYQ Posted December 28, 2006 Report Posted December 28, 2006 Look - what makes a switch work? The opening/closing of a circuit. Nothing more. So I'd look at the switch on that fan, open it up, take it apart, and see what's up. Something's opening the circuit. Might be a worn toggle switch that's not fully holding its position (it just take a little contact to open a circuit), might be some crud up inside there that's f-ing things up, who know? But it's something in the switch. Has to be. If it ain't, do you dig Sigourney Weaver? Who you gonna call? Quote
trane_fanatic Posted December 29, 2006 Author Report Posted December 29, 2006 Look - what makes a switch work? The opening/closing of a circuit. Nothing more. So I'd look at the switch on that fan, open it up, take it apart, and see what's up. Something's opening the circuit. Might be a worn toggle switch that's not fully holding its position (it just take a little contact to open a circuit), might be some crud up inside there that's f-ing things up, who know? But it's something in the switch. Has to be. If it ain't, do you dig Sigourney Weaver? Enough crud to move a rocker-type switch? Quote
JSngry Posted December 29, 2006 Report Posted December 29, 2006 The switch doesn't have to "move", the circuit just needs to be opened. Something can be loose on the inside that you can't see from the outside. Take it apart, open it up, and see what's there. Something's loose. Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted December 29, 2006 Report Posted December 29, 2006 Actually, to be technical about it, if something is on, then the circuit is considered "closed". And "open" circuit means there's a break in the line somewhere (like a switch turned off). But I here what you're saying. Was the rocker actually in the "ON" position? Those things are spring loaded and it could be that the last time you turned if off, you didn't turn it totally off and it sprung back to the "ON" position. Quote
trane_fanatic Posted December 29, 2006 Author Report Posted December 29, 2006 Actually, to be technical about it, if something is on, then the circuit is considered "closed". And "open" circuit means there's a break in the line somewhere (like a switch turned off). But I here what you're saying. Was the rocker actually in the "ON" position? Those things are spring loaded and it could be that the last time you turned if off, you didn't turn it totally off and it sprung back to the "ON" position. Yea, I tried toggling with it last night. It wouldn't get stuck in the middle. You need a solid nudge either way. Quote
JSngry Posted December 29, 2006 Report Posted December 29, 2006 Actually, to be technical about it, if something is on, then the circuit is considered "closed". And "open" circuit means there's a break in the line somewhere (like a switch turned off). But I here what you're saying. Damn know-it-all electronic musicians... Quote
BERIGAN Posted December 29, 2006 Report Posted December 29, 2006 (edited) Actually, to be technical about it, if something is on, then the circuit is considered "closed". And "open" circuit means there's a break in the line somewhere (like a switch turned off). But I here what you're saying. Damn know-it-all electronic musicians... Y'all musician types might also mention flipping the circut breaker off for the room he is in, before taking apart in any way the fan switch..... Edited December 29, 2006 by BERIGAN Quote
BERIGAN Posted December 29, 2006 Report Posted December 29, 2006 short ghosts aliens. Short ghost aliens???? Quote
Jazzmoose Posted December 30, 2006 Report Posted December 30, 2006 Barb fell in love with me. I've yet to figure that one out... Quote
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