Noisey Bedroom Celing Fan

[Robin Goffrier]

Anybody dealt with an intermittent ticking in a bedroom ceiling fan? I fooled around with it but to no productive avail. I'm pretty much deaf as a post without hearing aids (explosion Vietnam 1969) so no problem for me at night.  But the phrase "happy wife, happy life" has a flip side.

[Gerald Farris]

Robin,
A ticking noise in a ceiling fan is usually caused by an out-of-balance condition that causes excess movement in the mount.

Gerald

[Rod Ogle]

Gerald.

  How do you fix the "out of balance" condition??  Our front AC fan also has a pesky ticking from time to time.

[Paul Meehan]

Could one use a fan balancing kit from one of the big box stores?

[Keith Moffett]

Robin
Try this, find a spot on the ceiling that is just outside the range of the fan blade but it flat.  Use a measuring tape  and measure to the point on the fan blade.  If there is no point just use the same spot on each blade.  Do each blade and adjust (bend) the one that is out.

[Gerald Farris]

Rod,
I balance ceiling fans by just taping coins to the top side of the fan blades. I just tape a coin to one blade an turn on the fan. If the vibration improves, I adjust the coin count until the is no vibration, and if it is worse, I move the coin to the opposite side blade. This takes a lot of trail and error, and a lot of moving of the weights, but it works very well if you are patient, thorough,and use a good tape like duct tape. 

If your front A/C fan is noisy, that is usually caused by either a shaft bushing or bearing.

Gerald