Ceiling Fan Moving Slowly

This video will give some insight into replacing the capacitor in a ceiling fan.

Ceiling fan moving slowly.

Is your fan running slow. Either a bad capacitor or damaged winding. If you d like to support the channel you can do so by shopping for whatever you need on amazon through this link http amzn to 2gudda1 dirty maintenance s. Ceiling fans that operate at speeds slower than normal can have one of four problems.

Repeat this test for each blade until you find the one where the wobble starts to lessen. Loss of bearing lubrication and poor blade balance. Our ceiling fan was not turning at full speed when selecting high speed the. New ceiling fan runs slow even on highest setting our home is a new build and was pre wired for ceiling fans.

The other two are electrical. If it s making noise then that s because of lack of oil in the motor. The slowness of the fan is sometimes cause by the capacitor if it s running slowly without making noise. 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.

Then move the coin up and down the blade trying heavier coins as necessary until you find the optimal balance.