Ceiling Fan Slow Speed Only

Changed the wall ceiling fan switch fan still has only one speed.

Ceiling fan slow speed only. It s only working on one speed high. It turns on all three settings but all at the same speed. I replaced the pull switch and it still does the same thing. Our ceiling fan was not turning at full speed when selecting high speed the.

Some fans have a combination start stop capacitor and some have a capacitor for each. 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. It will only run on low speed. I ve already checked to make sure that the wiring did not come loose and that everything was connected as it should be.

Ceiling fan spreads the air in all over the room and helps to improve the indoor environment more amiable but there are few situations where your ceiling fan noise. Watch this video as this will help you troubleshoot and repair it under 10. Fan still seems slow on high but there is now a difference between high med and low. In your breaker box flip the breaker that powers your fan to the off position.

Not only do you want to clean the ball bearings but lubricating them with some oil is a good idea too. The culprit maybe your ceiling fan speed switch. Hello i have a hampton bay ceiling fan that is functioning at a very low speed on it s highest setting. A hum in fan is generally due to the quivering of a motor and the amount of noise is based on housing blades and mounting.

This video will give some insight into replacing the capacitor in a ceiling fan. It is at least 3 years old now and used to work fine at one time. Black base instead of the 4 wire switch red base i needed. Other fans use multiple capacitors for speed changes.

It does not have a wall switch or remote speed controller. I have a hampton bay ceiling fan. If the fan will run on a slow speed but not on higher speeds and you ve checked all the fore mentioned items then we need to consider the. With a simple replacement you should be able to get all 3 speeds again.

Why is this problem happening. If i try to get the fan to work on low or medium the fan tries but then stops. Ceiling fans are single phase motors and rely on capacitors to start and run. Turning the knob to high or medium did nothing.

Everything is hard wired in the fan housing and conrolled by the pull chain only. It will then continue on the high setting. The ceiling fan would turn on by using the wall switch but it would only work on one speed low speed. Hampton bay fan working at slow speed.