Ceiling Fan Running Slow On High

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Ceiling fan running slow on high.

It has 3 settings and when we initially purchased the fan. The speed was noticeable and the air movement was as well. Either a bad capacitor or damaged winding. Is your fan running slow.

Ceiling fan speed problem the torque to drive the motor of your electric fan comes from the magnetic field induced in the motor coils when electricity passes through the coils. Two of these issues are mechanical. Ceiling fans that operate at speeds slower than normal can have one of four problems. For a hampton bay fan 4 wire capacitor 3 speed switch.

Essentially we ll use process of elimination to get to the root of the problem. Loss of bearing lubrication and poor blade balance. Sometimes either or both the switch and capacitor fail. Watch this video as this will help you troubleshoot and repair it under 10.

All ceiling mounts have copper black white and red wires coming from them and are connected to a two way switch on the wall one controls fan speed the other the light. Because it occurred within a few months of the remodel and because our house s wiring has always been a little bit flakey anyway i figured that there must be some sort of electrical problem. The other two are electrical. Turning the knob to high or medium did nothing.

It now seems as though the highest setting is not much different then the middle setting. We have owned a minka aire ceiling fan for about 4 years and it has been great overall. Luckily finding out the source of the problem is not all that difficult. The ceiling fan would turn on by using the wall switch but it would only work on one speed low speed.

The switch replacement is below. Ceiling vans have very little torque and almost any problem may cause the fan to run slowly.