The ceiling fan in our bedroom broke not too long ago.
This was frustrating on several levels. One being that the ceiling fan was fairly new. Secondly, the fan is remote controlled.
Remote controls = easier life for Tom and Sheila.
With the remote, Tom can turn the fan on and off throughout the time he’s in bed and regulate his own temperature level. Mucho easier than having to make Sheila get up several times through the night to adjust the fan levels.
Anyhow – at first we thought maybe just the battery in the remote had died. So, I went to the grocery store to buy a battery. But, of course its some crazy type of battery that not just any grocery store would carry… So, I have to stop by another store to find the flipping battery. Go figure, when I get home and install the new battery, that doesn’t fix the fan.
No. That would of been waaaay to easy.
So, we sit back and stare at the fan. I google the fan to see if it has any known issues, with no real luck. We contemplate the next step.
And we think, and we think… we don’t have the money to replace the fan. We don’t have the funds to buy any replacement parts. We don’t even know what to look at to see if it needs to be replaced.
Finally, Tom and I ask TNR to check out the fan and see if he notices any issues with it. He looks it up and down, without taking it apart, and doesn’t see anything noticeably wrong with it.
He stares at it, and stares at it. Tom stares. I stare.
TNR walks over to the wall, and flips the light switch to the ‘on’ position.
Uhm.
Yeah.
Amazingly, the fan works now. Someone had turned the switch off. I don’t know who did it… since the fan is worked by remote, we never flip the switch anymore.
Go figure, huh? We all felt incredibly stupid to the fact that none of us thought to check the switch sooner.
But, at least it was a cheap fix!
Tuesday, 27. October 2009
Aahahaha. Welcome to my world!! We’ve done the same thing only it involved throwing out perfectly good Xmas lights, spending $$$$ for new ones only to find our that particular outlet only works when a certain light switch is on!
Sunday, 1. November 2009
LMAO! Glad it was easy, though. Well, easy enough for someone else to fix. LOL
Monday, 2. November 2009
BWAAAHAAAHAAAAA.. Oh wait, I’ve done that..
Get yourself a switch guard. You can find them at a hardware store, for around $1. Google it. I put one on a switch that kept getting flipped off by accident and it solved that problem forever. If you ask real nice you could probably talk me into mailing you one.
Tuesday, 3. November 2009
I am so glad to know that I am not the only one who does that kind of stuff!! LOL