Ceiling Fan Running Slow On High

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Ceiling fan running slow on high.

Running for 24hrs a day. New ceiling fan runs slow even on highest setting our home is a new build and was pre wired for ceiling fans. 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. Sometimes either or both the switch and capacitor fail.

Ceiling fans that operate at speeds slower than normal can have one of four problems. Is your fan running slow. Turning the knob to high or medium did nothing. Luckily finding out the source of the problem is not all that difficult.

The first thing to try is to clean and lubricate. Essentially we ll use process of elimination to get to the root of the problem. Two of these issues are mechanical. Ceiling vans have very little torque and almost any problem may cause the fan to run slowly.

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. The other two are electrical. The speed was noticeable and the air movement was as well. For a hampton bay fan 4 wire capacitor 3 speed switch.

It has 3 settings and when we initially purchased the fan. Loss of bearing lubrication and poor blade balance. Watch this video as this will help you troubleshoot and repair it under 10. We have owned a minka aire ceiling fan for about 4 years and it has been great overall.

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