Ceiling Fan Running Slowly

I turned the power off at the switch and pulled the chain and then turned the switch back on and.

Ceiling fan running slowly.

I have installed a hunter with remote control model 27185. Hampton bay fan working at slow speed. It s the only thing that cools the room at the bottom and keeps the air circulating inside an unventilated area. Loss of bearing lubrication and poor blade balance.

Ceiling vans have very little torque and almost any problem may cause the fan to run slowly. The other two are electrical. Is your fan running slow. It would be as if you were stuck in the middle of the sahara desert if the ceiling fan suddenly stopped working.

Everything works including the fan. Ceiling fans that operate at speeds slower than normal can have one of four problems. Initially i did not have the pull switch set to fast. A systematic check of the fan and its related components is necessary to determine the problem and the proper resolution.

I ve already checked to make sure that the wiring did not come loose and that everything was connected as it should be. Check with the electric switch to which the ceiling fan is connected because at times that switch creates the hum resonance when the fan is in working state. Hello i have a hampton bay ceiling fan that is functioning at a very low speed on it s highest setting. Either a bad capacitor or damaged winding.

There are a number of potential reasons for this problem including mechanical as well as electrical. Generally fan creates humming sound at low velocity and the noise is not heard after a sufficient long run of a fan so that every part or bearing of a fan is to be greased. The run capacitor stores charge and delays the current momentarily which gives the fan rotor time to turn and orient itself so that the induced magnetic force is effective. It s still not the time to call a technician though.

Watch this video as this will help you troubleshoot and repair it under 10. When i set it to slow it barely moves if at all. When i set the fan to fast using the remote it runs at the slowest speed of my other hunter fan. It is at least 3 years old now and used to work fine at one time.

How to fix a ceiling fan.