If your ceiling fan won t turn on or your speed settings are not working properly you may notice a sharp change in the airflow.
Ceiling fan slow speed not working.
Then stop the fan and add ceiling fan oil until the reservoir overflows slightly.
If certain ceiling fan speeds are not working there are a few things that could be the problem.
This video will give some insight into replacing the capacitor in a ceiling fan.
Probably causes for this are the remote control handset or receiver the wall control incorrect installation wiring the fan up incorrectly a broken switch or capacitor.
Clean and lubricate the ball bearings.
The first thing to try is to clean and lubricate the ball bearings.
Joe has a ceiling fan here that is.
Put plastic sheeting below the fan to avoid any oil getting on furniture or carpet and using a step ladder locate the add oil hole.
Luckily finding out the source of the problem is not all that difficult.
Watch this video as this will help you troubleshoot and repair it under 10.
This will normally be sae 15 or sae 10 oil.
Is your fan running slow.
Ceiling fan blades don t turn properly most often if the fan can be turned on but the blades don t spin only run at one speed or change speeds unexpectedly the fan t capacitor is defective or going bad.
Start off spraying a little light oil into the hole and let the fan run for 20 minutes.
Replace the ceiling fan capacitor.
See how to replace a ceiling fan capacitor below.
Our ceiling fan was not turning at full speed when selecting high speed the.
2 the light has stopped working or on installation does not work.