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Crystal C
We bought our house a couple months ago and the realtor said it had a blower (I think she was just trying to sell the house) there is a switch near the fireplace but it doesn't power anything around it nor does it turn on anything in the fireplace. Ive never owned a fireplace so I don't know much about it. It just says "Underwriters Lab Fireplace #P-249915 model HS 36 True Heat.
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The fan on these fireplaces is supposed to be very quiet. I've often had to use a piece of tissue paper over the intake (bottom grill) to see if it was working. The tissue will be held in place over the vent, if the fan is pulling any air in through the lower vent.
Usually, a fireplace with a blower is on its own circuit breaker... so you may want to check the circuit panel for that breaker. It may even be a GFCI breaker.
Most often, a built in fireplace/insert will have the switch located on the front of the unit itself, not on a wall nearby. The switch on a wall nearby may be for something else, perhaps a ceiling, or attic fan, for example.
Look for that breaker, and if all else fails, take the front grill off and see if the fan has electric coming to it, when the switch is flipped, by testing with a multimeter. If you need to, call an electrician.
Good Luck
Additional -- By the way, if you are in a mobile home, that wall switch may actually be to a powered fresh air intake. This would be located under the floor of the home, usually behind the fireplace. Sometimes these are set up with a plug and outlet... and it may be unplugged. Again, these also tend to be GFCI outlets, and if so, may be tripped.
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The fan on these fireplaces is supposed to be very quiet. I've often had to use a piece of tissue paper over the intake (bottom grill) to see if it was working. The tissue will be held in place over the vent, if the fan is pulling any air in through the lower vent.
Usually, a fireplace with a blower is on its own circuit breaker... so you may want to check the circuit panel for that breaker. It may even be a GFCI breaker.
Most often, a built in fireplace/insert will have the switch located on the front of the unit itself, not on a wall nearby. The switch on a wall nearby may be for something else, perhaps a ceiling, or attic fan, for example.
Look for that breaker, and if all else fails, take the front grill off and see if the fan has electric coming to it, when the switch is flipped, by testing with a multimeter. If you need to, call an electrician.
Good Luck
Additional -- By the way, if you are in a mobile home, that wall switch may actually be to a powered fresh air intake. This would be located under the floor of the home, usually behind the fireplace. Sometimes these are set up with a plug and outlet... and it may be unplugged. Again, these also tend to be GFCI outlets, and if so, may be tripped.
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How do I install a ceiling light fixture if there isn't one there already?
Madilyn's
In my living room, there are 2 recessed lighting fixtures to iluminate my fireplace area. The room is kinda dark, even with a floor lamp. I want to install a ceiling light fixture in the center of the room. How do I run electrical to it?
Answer
Answer #1 is mostly right, but if there is space above the room you are in business.
find the studs by an hot out let, and at the celling near the wall drill a very small hole in the celling between the studs with a long bit, leave the bit in the hole or a piece of wire, get in the space above the room and move over 2" over and above the wall and drill a hole through the plate and drop a 3-14 wire down in the wall make a switch box hole above the outlet, take the outlet out "have the electric off" hook into the outlet with the wire now going to the new switch, your wire will be running across the celling to where you want the light, and make sure that the light fixture box is put on the Joyce. if you can do this you will then have bragging rights to all your friends.
Answer #1 is mostly right, but if there is space above the room you are in business.
find the studs by an hot out let, and at the celling near the wall drill a very small hole in the celling between the studs with a long bit, leave the bit in the hole or a piece of wire, get in the space above the room and move over 2" over and above the wall and drill a hole through the plate and drop a 3-14 wire down in the wall make a switch box hole above the outlet, take the outlet out "have the electric off" hook into the outlet with the wire now going to the new switch, your wire will be running across the celling to where you want the light, and make sure that the light fixture box is put on the Joyce. if you can do this you will then have bragging rights to all your friends.
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