Pull Switch for Ceiling fan please ?

[Furkin]

Hi all,
My dear old neighbour mentioned that the chain had come off her ceiling fan/light.
As she's by herself, I volunteered to have a look at it.
The chain had indeed come off the internal switch, so i've stripped down the unit to re-attach a chain/cord.
Unfortunately, where the chain attaches to the switch, is inside the switch,,, I managed to get the switch open, but it's broken inside anyway,,,,

anyone know where I can pick up a cheap basic ON/OFF pull switch for these things please ?

thanks for reading,,,,

 

[holmslaw]

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[Furkin]

,,,,,,,,,,,,, very helpful,,,,,,,,,,,,,, but think i'll decline,,,,,,,,,,

 

[Spark123]

You haven't given us much to go on! You might be able to get one from the manufacturer if they have a spares dept, or RS, Farnell or CPC??

 

[Furkin]

Sorry SPARK,
not much more I can say really.
The unit seems to be un-branded, but looks to be a generic type thing.
I need to replace the internal ON/OFF pull switch.

will look at CPC etc,,, I didn't think it was their thing,,,,,, but no harm in looking.

thanks for your advice

 

[Spark123]

Can you upload a photo of it?

 

[Furkin]

Here is a picture of the type of thing i'm after,,,,,,

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Why not just use the correct 2 wires from that one?

 

[Furkin]

Why not just use the correct 2 wires from that one?

thanks - ,,,, it was just a picture from the 'net.

 

[333rocky333]

http://www.fantasiaceilingfans.com/

http://www.ceiling-fans-n-more.com/ceiling-fan-pullchain-replacement-and-repair.php

 

[ban-all-sheds]

thanks - ,,,, it was just a picture from the 'net.

Ah - it was in your Photobucket album, so I assumed it was your photo.

Didn't occurr to me that if it was a photo off the net that you wouldn't just use the it directly...

 

[Furkin]

cheers folks.

Thanks for the help so far. Have followed some links & advice and sent out a few e-mails,,,, so hopefully by tomorrow, i'll have a result.

I hate leaving the old lady without a light,,,,, so the sooner the better.

I'll put any details here for others,,,, as it seems that this is a common fault with these things.

 

[bernardgreen]

When you replace the chain create a weak link a few links below the switch. In the future event that the chain is pulled too hard the weak link will break saving the switch from damage.

 

[BS3036]

Didn't occurr to me that if it was a photo off the net that you wouldn't just use the it directly...

It may be a question of culture, BAS. On many forums hot-linking is banned, as it represents a theft of bandwidth, which can result in complaints from the owner of the stolen bandwidth. Forum users get trained to avoid doing it.

I notice that this forum currently appears to have such rule. It usually gets introduced after the first threat of legal process.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

What's Photobucket's position on hot-linking? It'll eat their bandwidth just as it would that of the original site where you found the photo. And as a photo-hosting board I imagine that they'll be particularly sensitive to the problems of hot-linking.

And talking of the original site, what about the fact that by doing what you did you have taken possibly copyrighted material and appropriated it for your own use?