Ceiling Fan Running Slow On High

Two of these issues are mechanical.

Ceiling fan running slow on high.

For a hampton bay fan 4 wire capacitor 3 speed switch. We have owned a minka aire ceiling fan for about 4 years and it has been great overall. 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. Ceiling vans have very little torque and almost any problem may cause the fan to run slowly. It has 3 settings and when we initially purchased the fan. 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.

Turning the knob to high or medium did nothing. The first thing to try is to clean and lubricate. New ceiling fan runs slow even on highest setting our home is a new build and was pre wired for ceiling fans. Loss of bearing lubrication and poor blade balance.

Luckily finding out the source of the problem is not all that difficult. Ceiling fans that operate at speeds slower than normal can have one of four problems. The switch replacement is below. The speed was noticeable and the air movement was as well.

The other two are electrical. It now seems as though the highest setting is not much different then the middle setting. If certain ceiling fan speeds are not working there are a few things that could be the problem. Essentially we ll use process of elimination to get to the root of the problem.

The ceiling fan would turn on by using the wall switch but it would only work on one speed low speed. 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.