Ceiling Fan Spinning Slowly

Is your fan running slow.

Ceiling fan spinning slowly.

I turned the power off at the switch and pulled the chain and then turned the switch back on and. Initially i did not have the pull switch set to fast. Also a fan that is too close to the ceiling or wall will provide poor airflow. Troubleshooting a slow ceiling fan by joseph glover.

If the blade spins freely turn the fan on and listen as the blade accelerates to full speed. The fans know when to start running faster and when to slow down. Any unusual buzzing would indicate a bad capacitor shorted winding or operating the fan on the wrong type of speed control. Most fans are not compatible with solid state speed controls so make.

Watch this video as this will help you troubleshoot and repair it under 10. My ceiling fan out of the blue has just started spinning slow. They have sensors built in that periodically monitor the temperature of your system and when it reaches a certain threshold they start to spin to cool it down. See del mar fans lighting s article on ceiling fan direction.

When you turn it on low it doesn t even spin. When i set it to slow it barely moves if at all. Verify the ceiling fan is suspended to hang between 7 8 feet from the floor so the air is reaching the ground. Everything works including the fan.

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