Either a bad capacitor or damaged winding. How old is your hampton bay ceiling fan.
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Ceiling fan only works on high. About 15 years old. They all work on medium and high speed settings on the wall switch but not on the lowest setting. Two of these issues are mechanical. Its a chain pull no remotei pull the chain it clicks through but doesnt change speeds. Because it occurred within a few months of the remodel and because our houses wiring has always been a little bit flakey anyway i figured that there must be some sort of electrical problem. Low medium or high are all the same fast speed.
Maybe you can just fix it yourself. Turning the knob to high or medium did nothing. This video will give some insight into replacing the capacitor in a ceiling fan. The other two are electrical. Good thing joe is. The ceiling fan would turn on by using the wall switch but it would only work on one speed low speed.
The one has. With a simple replacement you should be able to get all 3 speeds again. My hampton bay ceiling fan is 3 speed but only operates on high. Menu whirlpool go to navigation. Posted 2011 jan 5 230 pm. I havent tried anything yet.
The fan does reverse and the lights do work. Im sick of hearing that. It just has one speed fast. Ceiling vans have very little torque and almost any problem may cause the fan to run slowly. This is where knowing how and where the wires that go to your existing fan speed switch is important. Any suggestions on what could be wrong.
For a hampton bay fan 4 wire capacitor 3 speed switch. Sometimes either or both the switch and capacitor fail. Just doing a little research to see if its fixable. Changing the start or run capacitor should only be done with power to the fan disabled. Our ceiling fan was not turning at full speed when selecting high speed the capacitor was faulty. 4 of our bedroom ceiling fans in our house are malfunctioning.
Archive view return to standard view. A user recently asked. How long has this been going on with your hampton bay ceiling fan. What have you tried so far. Depending on how it is wired up youll first need to disconnect power and remove the housing holding the fan speed switch. I did see two different capacitors of the 5 mfd rating could these be the problem.
Loss of bearing lubrication and poor blade balance. If i try to get the fan to work on low or medium the fan tries but then stops. The switch replacement is below. Its only working on one speed high. Youngistockgetty images ceiling fans that operate at speeds slower than normal can have one of four problems. Get in there look at your ceiling fan see what its going to take to fix the stuck ceiling fan speed.
You can get a. Ceiling fan not working on some speeds. I have a hampton bay ceiling fan. My ceiling fan is running at high speed only no matter what position the switch is in. As long as your ceiling fan does not come with a remote control and just has switches on the fan and wall the culprit maybe your ceiling fan speed switch. Last updated posted 2011 jan 5 750 pm aest posted 2011 jan 5 750 pm aest user 205121 714 posts.
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