Ceiling Fan Running Slow On High

Ceiling vans have very little torque and almost any problem may cause the fan to run slowly.

Ceiling fan running slow on high.

Either a bad capacitor or damaged winding. It now seems as though the highest setting is not much different then the middle setting. Loss of bearing lubrication and poor blade balance. It has 3 settings and when we initially purchased the fan.

For a hampton bay fan 4 wire capacitor 3 speed switch. Sometimes either or both the switch and capacitor fail. The speed was noticeable and the air movement was as well. 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.

Luckily finding out the source of the problem is not all that difficult. If certain ceiling fan speeds are not working there are a few things that could be the problem. Running for 24hrs a day. The other two are electrical.

New ceiling fan runs slow even on highest setting our home is a new build and was pre wired for ceiling fans. Watch this video as this will help you troubleshoot and repair it under 10. 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. Turning the knob to high or medium did nothing.

We have owned a minka aire ceiling fan for about 4 years and it has been great overall. The ceiling fan would turn on by using the wall switch but it would only work on one speed low speed. The switch replacement is below. Two of these issues are mechanical.

Ceiling fans that operate at speeds slower than normal can have one of four problems. The first thing to try is to clean and lubricate.