Step-by-Step Instructions and Pictures: How to Balance a Ceiling Fan

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Test fan blade alignment and correct wobbling blades. Read an overview on how to balance a ceiling fan.
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1. Measure the distance from the ceiling to the edge of a blade with a yardstick (most blades are angled, so be sure to measure on the same side of all the blades). Hold the yardstick still and rotate the blades around to measure the other blades.
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Why do you measure the distance from the ceiling of each blade.?

By dhauen, on 2009-06-18 09:53:31.0

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