This could be the craziest (dumbest) off topic thread EVER!

[schuey1010]

I just purchased a new ceiling fan for my bedroom, and it came with the wireless remote control. Here is the deal. The light will turn ON and OFF by itself. I can be sleeping and the damn light will just come on in the middle of the night. I come home from work and the light will usually be on when I know it was off when I left.

My question is as follows. Would it be possible for the neighbor, who may have the same fan be turning my light on and off with his remote? Is it possible for this little POS remote to run from his room to mine. Hell, my directv remote barely works from my bed to the TV five feet away. Could the fan remote be transmitting 20 plus feet to my bedroom?

You say, why dont I just ask my neighbor if he has the same remote? Well, first he is not very social, second he is rarely home, and third, he is just plain angry.

Do I have ghosts?

Please help ease my fear of ghosts, and of my crazy ass neighbor.

 

[FrEsHaZzBuRu]

if it's a wireless remote and not an infrared remote, it is possible, though i believe they are only meant to work no more than 10 feet away. In my house there are 2 remote fans about 15 feet apart in separate rooms, but i haven't encountered that problem, possibly because they have different programming. If it is that reason, then he may have the same dilemma as you are having wondering the same thing about why the damn lights keep turning on and off, which could explain his anger :biggrin:.

 

[schuey1010]

If it is that reason, then he may have the same dilemma as you are having wondering the same thing about why the damn lights keep turning on and off, which could explain his anger :biggrin:.

That is too damn funny. Actually I think he is angry because my sprinklers get his concrete wet. I get angry because he parks his POS Mercedes in front of my house that leaks about a quart of oil every 24 hours.

Heck it 230 in the morning, I think I am going to go turn the light on and off in his room and maybe get his fan going if he has one as well.

 

[CKS Papa]

I think your remote receiver and transmitter has programming switches in them. You should change your switch settings and see if that fixes your problem.
Make sure your wiring is correct, no shorts and the ground wire properly grounded.

 

[AdnanVCS]

Yeah you have like that gadget's for sale for TV, etc littel kids play around with them. You get them at the toy shop (I think where els?)

 

[tjobeid]

The topic is not that bad. It will be cool to have ghost in your house, i did.Last year we moved in to a 2 story house when the doors are locked and no one is home and when im in the shower i hear ppl laphing and some one running up and down the stairs. And its scary becouse i waked out not nowing what to expect and there was nothing there. . Then we did some speratual crap and it was gone and lived happly ever after , Utill we deceidid to take the carpets off and install tilles and found this on the floor.
http://www.chocolateimpressions.com/images/star of david.jpg.

 

[White92]

It can happen. My 2 year old daughter was playing with our tv remote one day and turned a fan on with it.

 

[Sig]

I've heard of remote garage door openers affecting some random devices inside homes. Any of your neighbors come home at late hours and pull into their garage?

 

[mickeylex]

The remote and the reciever inside the fan housing usually have dip switches to set the communication between each other. You can try to change the dip switch settings on the remote and on the fan to see if that helps.

If that doesn't help, try these guys http://www.ghosthunter.com/ :wink:

 

[zahntech]

We had remote fans on the ceiling at my old shop...they were like 30ft up and the remotes worked fine.

He is prolly mad because his car leaks oil:wink:

I have an angry neighbor too...but he is angry because he is a looser that needs anger management and has a mail order bride that is taking him to the cleaners.

 

[Malibu Rapper]

Here's to add to the dumbest thread and it's on this topic... There was this nightclub I used to go to in Huntington Beach. It's a restaurant by day and one day I noticed they had the same exact ceiling fan I do at home. So I used to date one of the gals that worked there and I asked her to see the remote for the ceiling fans so I could open it up and see how the dipswitches were set for their code. I made note of it and returned the next week with the remote control for my ceiling fans programmed with their same code.

At about midnight, I decided to start the fun. I started out turning on the fans at full speed (they had about 3 of these units all on the same code). Then I turned on the lights full brightness. Basically killed the ambience and the drunks were thinking that the clubbing was over. The owner grabs his remote and turns the fans and the lights off. My group of friends know that I was doing this. So I wait till the owner puts the remote away and I turn everything back on again and I start dimming and playing with speed and brightness. My friends were laughing so hard they had to go outside so that they would not give me away. This goes back and forth for like 15 minutes and I decided I had enough fun. Next week I come to the restaurant and the fans are all gone. :biggrin: Just electrical box covers in their place.

 

[Zishan]

At my parents house, they have the samething, 2 remote ceiling fans. One in the living area and one up stairs on the other side of the house, in my parents master bedroom.

Well, one time I started fiddling with the remote while in the living area watching tv, and my dad comes out of his room telling me to knock it off. :tongue:

It's probably catching a signal from something else.

 

[tjobeid]

Here's to add to the dumbest thread and it's on this topic... There was this nightclub I used to go to in Huntington Beach. It's a restaurant by day and one day I noticed they had the same exact ceiling fan I do at home. So I used to date one of the gals that worked there and I asked her to see the remote for the ceiling fans so I could open it up and see how the dipswitches were set for their code. I made note of it and returned the next week with the remote control for my ceiling fans programmed with their same code.

At about midnight, I decided to start the fun. I started out turning on the fans at full speed (they had about 3 of these units all on the same code). Then I turned on the lights full brightness. Basically killed the ambience and the drunks were thinking that the clubbing was over. The owner grabs his remote and turns the fans and the lights off. My group of friends know that I was doing this. So I wait till the owner puts the remote away and I turn everything back on again and I start dimming and playing with speed and brightness. My friends were laughing so hard they had to go outside so that they would not give me away. This goes back and forth for like 15 minutes and I decided I had enough fun. Next week I come to the restaurant and the fans are all gone. :biggrin: Just electrical box covers in their place.

I do the same thing in class and ppl houses . But with a T.v And a universal remote that looks like a keychain.

 

[steveny]

Heck it 230 in the morning, I think I am going to go turn the light on and off in his room and maybe get his fan going if he has one as well.

I can see it now. You standing in the yard in your jammies turning his light off and on and he peeks out the window and sees you. :biggrin:

 

[steveny]

Here's to add to the dumbest thread and it's on this topic... There was this nightclub I used to go to in Huntington Beach. It's a restaurant by day and one day I noticed they had the same exact ceiling fan I do at home. So I used to date one of the gals that worked there and I asked her to see the remote for the ceiling fans so I could open it up and see how the dipswitches were set for their code. I made note of it and returned the next week with the remote control for my ceiling fans programmed with their same code.

At about midnight, I decided to start the fun. I started out turning on the fans at full speed (they had about 3 of these units all on the same code). Then I turned on the lights full brightness. Basically killed the ambience and the drunks were thinking that the clubbing was over. The owner grabs his remote and turns the fans and the lights off. My group of friends know that I was doing this. So I wait till the owner puts the remote away and I turn everything back on again and I start dimming and playing with speed and brightness. My friends were laughing so hard they had to go outside so that they would not give me away. This goes back and forth for like 15 minutes and I decided I had enough fun. Next week I come to the restaurant and the fans are all gone. :biggrin: Just electrical box covers in their place.

hahahahaha

Reminds me of one time when I was waiting for a Pizza and cell phones had just become small and portable. I kept calling the place and hanging up. Man the guy behind the counter got super pissed off. He was slamming stuff around and yelling. In between my calls a real caller called in. He picks the phone up and screams into it, STOP CALLING HERE!!! :biggrin:

 

[schuey1010]

OK. I have changed my code on the fan, the remote, and the wall unit. If my light still turns on and off while I am sleeping, I am calling GHOSTBUSTERS.COM.

Either way my neighbor is still a dink with no personality and he drives a 20 odd year old Mercedes that leaks a butt load of oil (in front of my house).


I really want to change my oil in front of his house WITHOUT a bucket underneath the the car.

 

[schuey1010]

I've heard of remote garage door openers affecting some random devices inside homes. Any of your neighbors come home at late hours and pull into their garage?

Reminds me of that insurance company commercial where the guy is flipping a light switch up and down and his wife (in bed) is saying nope, nothing is happening, as they pan to the neighbors house where the garage is slamming up and down on the neighbors car. CLASSIC....

 

[NeoNSX]

Reminds me of one time when I was waiting for a Pizza and cell phones had just become small and portable. I kept calling the place and hanging up. Man the guy behind the counter got super pissed off. He was slamming stuff around and yelling. In between my calls a real caller called in. He picks the phone up and screams into it, STOP CALLING HERE!!! :biggrin:

LOL... Pure evil, but i love it!