Why does my ceiling fan keep clicking?
Ceiling fan clicking noises often stem from internal motor issues or environmental factors like running the air conditioner, rendering standard troubleshooting like cleaning, balancing, or adjusting lightbulbs ineffective. These persistent sounds leave people unable to stop the noise across various speeds even after trying multiple temporary fixes or replacements.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1moving the lightbulbs in the fan
- 2put your fan on a lower speed
- 3Checking and tightening screws on fan blades and mountings
- 4Taking apart the fan to inspect components
- 5Using a fan balancing kit
- 6Returning clicking fans for replacements
- 7Changing AC registers so air does not blow directly onto the fan blades
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“does anyone know what this is??? i’ve already tried moving the lightbulbs in the fan, which worked for a few months, to it just making this sound the entire time the fan is on.”source ↗
“Fan makes a clicking noise an I cannot diture out why”source ↗
“the other two that are on remotes make an intermittent light clicking noise but the sound is slightly different between the two.”source ↗
“When I have the fan speed on medium is when I notice it really.”source ↗
“I got four fans, half of them click. In my case it's from inside the actual motor unit so nothing I can do other than return them only to realize that the replacement fan clicks too.”source ↗
“I had the same persistent and intermittent problem. After multiple cleaning and balancing sessions I came to the realization that the clicking only happens when the air conditioner was running.”source ↗
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