Fanimation Slinger Ceiling Fan Remote Repair DIY

[@jdugan27]

I think this is our problem too. We would have to stand on stool under fan to get remote to work. Now the light on fan won't come on at all and remote doesn't turn off fan or adjust speed. Remote lights up. Battery isn't dead.

[@movingpicturesbruce]

Great information. Thanks for taking the time for making a proper video with clear and concise narration.

[@hangtime_31]

My pleasure, thanks for watching!

[@gandules06]

Great video! Love the "TA" analogy 🤣🤣🤣

[@hangtime_31]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@zeroninehundred]

Thanks for sharing your experience, as well as how you resolved your issues. My wife loves the size and look of our Fanimation Slinger V2 in our living room, and when it’s working, it moves air throughout the entire open room very well. However, it suffers from the poltergeist you described. It changes speeds, turns itself off, and turns the light on or off seemingly at random. Whenever it wants. This is the second one of these we’ve installed in the living room. The first one did this as well, but then it burnt out after about 3/4 years and we replaced it with a new one that also does the same thing. I’ve just tried the code reset/re-sync on the remote. If that doesn’t work, I’ll call Fanimation and try to get this resolved. If that doesn’t work, I’m uninstalling it and re-enacting the “fax machine” scene from Office Space. Then I’ll go buy another, more reliable brand’s fan.

[@hangtime_31]

I had the same attitude you did, but replacing the internal radio parts helped. Good luck and thanks for watching!

[@TheOctagonman]

Thank You for the video, as I've been having the same problem with mine! I bought it some years back, so hopefully, I'll be able to get the parts from Harbor Breeze. Love your RC Airplanes!

[@hangtime_31]

Thanks for watching! 👍

[@aaronmathewson5522]

I have had similar issues with my fan, and now it just quit altogether. So I pulled out the receiver and there was a scorched area where something has gotten to hot in the area the power to the motor comes from. So now I will be trying to get a replacement from animation as well, cuz on Amazon they cost around $100!

[@tuezmoi]

I'd rather sell my house and get a new one before doing all this! 😂

[@hangtime_31]

Aw, Tasha ... that's hilarious!! It wasn't really that difficult though. 🤣

[@douglanglois456]

I had similar issues. After seeing this video, I decided to check if the aerials were similarly zip tied to the other cables. They were. I snipped the zip, pulled the aerial out the top, and wouldn't you know it? That was enough to fix my issues. I previously had to hold the remote above my head and find *just* right spot, now I can control the fan from anywhere within about 10 feet. So before installing a new receiver, see if it's just a badly located aerial.

[@hangtime_31]

Wow, good call. Maybe that could have been the trick for one of my three; the one in the man cave had serious range issues but no other weird behaviors like the one in the living room. The living room fan would go faster or slower, or turn the light off and on as if controlled by a poltergeist regardless of how many codes I tried. That one still mystified me but it doesn't do it any more, so I'm okay ... for now... 😁👍😎 ... in any case, thanks for watching and for your advice!!

[@TheOctagonman]

@@hangtime_31 I'm going to give this a try, and report back.

[@ettienneschwagele6486]

I have the same fans and remotes and I was getting ready to rip them out and trash them, maybe I'll give them one last try and see if I can get replacement controls. It's really frustrating but I've had the same experience with other brand fans and I've thrown them out.

[@marvinqualls2382]

I thought the profile model was control line at first then I saw the servos. I haven’t flown for a few years but still make it out to the field once in a while. Great fun!

[@hangtime_31]

Wow, someone who watched to the end! Yeah, I used to fly them and my Blade heli quite often, now I'm using them more for decoration in the man cave 🤔 You can check out my other video of the subdivision build, I flew my drone over this nearby neighborhood every week or two for several years and then spliced together some clips so you can see the entire neighborhood built in less than 15 minutes.

[@marvinqualls2382]

I’ll check it out 👍

[@marvinqualls2382]

The editing must have been killer on that video. We used to sport fly in new neighborhoods until construction would get to far along. I raced Quicky 500, Giant scale and finally Formula one! Burned out on training new flyers. My fault because I took on too many students. I just couldn’t say no. Back to your video though. How do I contact them to get replacement parts?

[@hangtime_31]

@@marvinqualls2382 I just called them and talked to them about it, try 888.567.2055

[@marvinqualls2382]

👍 Thanks. Keep up the videos !

[@juliewest532]

Informative and entertaining; thank you

[@hangtime_31]

Glad you liked it, thanks for watching! 👍😁

[@antionettevanderpool3475]

Great video. Very entertaining!

[@hangtime_31]

Thanks for watching!

[@RichardandEmmaWang]

What is your favorite fan speed?

[@chrisanderson5461]

I need an update. Did this solve your problems? I have 2 of these in my living room and they are both possessed. The lights turn on at random, the blades change directions at random, and they also change speeds. The remote range is good on both of them but I hate these fans because of the issues I’m having with them. Thanks for this video. It brings hope to the money spent on these beautiful but frustrating fans. Cheers.

[@hangtime_31]

Hi Chris! Thanks for watching. My fans had different behaviors - the living room fan would go faster or slower or turn itself off randomly and the light would go on or off by itself occasionally. I don't recall it ever reversing. The patio one would be mostly fine, and the garage / man cave fan didn't do any of that but the remote barely worked and I had to stand under it and hold the remote as high as I could to make it work. New batteries, too. What are we now, seven months out from this video? All of them work like I would expect them to and I haven't had any problems. No random on or offs, remote in the garage works great, all is well. Which is great because I liked the fans and even though I had thought about replacing them all, I couldn't find any designs I liked as much. So far so good. 👍 Cheers!

[@bigchief113]

I’m having the same problem. Thanks.

[@hangtime_31]

Hope it helped!

[@jasong5127]

Good stuff man

[@hangtime_31]

Thanks for watching!

[@marvinqualls2382]

I have two of these and they are possessed also. Where did you get the new receivers from?

[@hangtime_31]

Hi Marvin! I called up Fanimation customer service and they sent them to me. Gratis. Even though the fans were nearly five years old.

[@floridamother4922]

I have a fan set on high and remote is crap. Can’t turn it off. Customer service is no help. Unless I kill power in the entire room, the fan is stuck on high. Any ideas? Thanks!

[@hangtime_31]

If the battery in the remote is good and it's still doing that, then I would do what I explained in this video. Call them up, get them to send a new fan radio receiver module and remote control, and replace them. Mine all work fine now. Good luck! 👍

[@jillianmcgee5782]

Do you have a video of changing the code to the receiver? We are unsure how to locate the receiver and change it without removing the fan. The electrician installed ours on factory settings so it is constantly turning off.

[@hangtime_31]

Hi Jillian, thanks for watching! If you just want to change the code, it's super easy - I explained in this video but admittedly it went by really fast. All you do is turn off the power to the fan, usually at the light switch. Take the cover off the back of the remote control and change one or more of the four switches next to the battery. Turn the power on to the fan and within 60 seconds hold down the "set" button on the back of the remote until the light on the fan blinks twice, then release the button. That's all there is to it. I talk about it at about the 3:15 point in the video. The problem in my case was no matter how many times I changed to a different code, the fans were still all wonky and/or the remotes didn't work well even when very close to the fans. That's how I ended up getting new receivers and remotes, which fixed the problem in my case. Good luck!

[@team541rocksout]

@@hangtime_31 hangtime, dont you have to change the receiver to match the same exact dip switch? I think this is what she is asking?

[@hangtime_31]

@@team541rocksout HI Richard, no, there are no dip switches on this receiver, only on the remote/transmitter. The receiver is programmed to the remote with the power off / power on procedure demo'd in the video.

[@aaezah]

Thank you for sharing this.

[@hangtime_31]

My pleasure, I hope it was helpful!

[@team541rocksout]

wait, did you change the dip switch only on the remote, or on the receiver too? I either missed that part, or you forgot to mention that. Wouldn't one want to do that from the start on both the remote and the receiver to ensure they are exact

[@hangtime_31]

There no dip switches in the receiver, only the remote. After you set the switches in the remote to the code you want, the receiver is programmed with the power off / power on procedure I demo'd in the latter part of the video.

[@Dontdothat5300]

@@hangtime_31the receiver has dip switches also - at least the new ones are

[@hangtime_31]

@Dontdothat5300 Yeah, mine are several years old, so I wouldn't put it past them to make changes.

[@fjdpowerwashingllc5488]

My son lost our remote to our fam. What can we do to make it work?

[@hangtime_31]

Find the remote or get a new one?

[@peggymorales1971]

Thks!

[@jilla4045]

Thank you!

[@SeanLake3D]

How does one replace the fuse?

[@Dontdothat5300]

Just installed two of these - the remotes and receivers suck.

[@douglanglois456]

Open the housing following the instructions on this video, and pull the aerial out through the top vents. It might be enough to fix your issues - it worked for me. Of course, if your fans are only a couple of weeks old, you may want to just return them. This is an obvious manufacturing defect.

[@RichKing-d6y]

Our fan turns itself off. It may run for 10 minutes or I hour. This just started.

[@mTechPenn]

theres a reason these fans are cheap. Had mine up 3 months and the fan just turns off after 30 seconds. I'd be able to remove the receiver as I don't use the remote anyways

[@Paultimate7]

so stay far far away from this company is what I'm seeing.

[@rottiesworld1599]

How to reverse blaneds?

[@bamabilly7816]

charged me $55 think thats a little steep for a $300 doller fan hell I have hunter fans in the house over 30 years no problems!

[@TheVaccineMachine]

Nobody has the time or interest to do this though

[@briandietrich1373]

I hate my Animation fans....