The other two are electrical.
Ceiling fan running slow on high.
Sometimes either or both the switch and capacitor fail.
Turning the knob to high or medium did nothing.
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.
New ceiling fan runs slow even on highest setting our home is a new build and was pre wired for ceiling fans.
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.
Loss of bearing lubrication and poor blade balance.
Watch this video as this will help you troubleshoot and repair it under 10.
The speed was noticeable and the air movement was as well.
Either a bad capacitor or damaged winding.
Ceiling fans that operate at speeds slower than normal can have one of four problems.
We have owned a minka aire ceiling fan for about 4 years and it has been great overall.
The first thing to try is to clean and lubricate.
The ceiling fan would turn on by using the wall switch but it would only work on one speed low speed.
Two of these issues are mechanical.
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.
Is your fan running slow.
Ceiling vans have very little torque and almost any problem may cause the fan to run slowly.
For a hampton bay fan 4 wire capacitor 3 speed switch.
It now seems as though the highest setting is not much different then the middle setting.
Running for 24hrs a day.
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.