Ceiling Fan Running Slow On High

New ceiling fan runs slow even on highest setting our home is a new build and was pre wired for ceiling fans.

Ceiling fan running slow on high.

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 other two are electrical. Sometimes either or both the switch and capacitor fail. Turning the knob to high or medium did nothing.

The first thing to try is to clean and lubricate. Ceiling fans that operate at speeds slower than normal can have one of four problems. It has 3 settings and when we initially purchased the fan. 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. It now seems as though the highest setting is not much different then the middle setting. Ceiling vans have very little torque and almost any problem may cause the fan to run slowly. Running for 24hrs a day.

Essentially we ll use process of elimination to get to the root of the problem. For a hampton bay fan 4 wire capacitor 3 speed switch. 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. Either a bad capacitor or damaged winding.

The switch replacement is below. We have owned a minka aire ceiling fan for about 4 years and it has been great overall. 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. Luckily finding out the source of the problem is not all that difficult.

The speed was noticeable and the air movement was as well. If certain ceiling fan speeds are not working there are a few things that could be the problem.