[i]Hi. I made the above. I grouped the 18 gauge wires into 2 bunches of 5, connected them in a junction box on top of the beam and ran a single wire from each up into the attic to connect to the 14 gauge house wire in another junction box. Can I use two 18 gauge wires to connect to the 14 gauge? Can I do this connection in the attic or does it need to be in the light canopy on the ceiling? It all needs to come down soon to have the ceilings done. It would be nice if it goes up rght after[/i]

I have a Hunter ceiling fan that's about 10 years old. It's a fan that can utilize a remote control change speed, however, I lost this remote many years ago. The problem I'm having is that whenever I turn the switch on for the ceiling fan oh, only the light comes on. No matter what I do I cannot get the blades to spin. Now sometimes whenever I turn the fan on the blades will start spinning on their own and then I'll just leave it alone until I accidentally turn the switch back off. I can hear a clicking sound whenever that occurs and then it'll Spin and blow cool air just fine. I'm wondering what I need to do to find out why this doesn't always work and what could be the culprit behind it not wanting to start spinning whenever I pull the chain. I tried to call Hunter but they were unwilling to assist in figuring out the problem. And they would not try and sell me another remote control either so now I'm stuck without being able to control the unit even if it did work. What can I do here? I have older Hunter fans that have been working flawlessly for a number of years and this one just does what it wants.