Slow Ceiling Fan Speed - Easy DIY Fix

Is your fan running slow.
watch this video as this will help you troubleshoot and repair it under $10

[stevencrowley]

This fixed my slow fan. The old capacitor didn't look blown, but apparently it was. Thank you so much!

[mg]

Well done video. Clear instructions. Nice that you didn't have a useless background soundtrack like a lot of videos have.

[elbaezinho]

Thanks for the video. I was just able to successfully fix my ceiling fan!!! Having the multimeter helps to make sure your capacitor is the problem and also the capacitor you bought is a good one.

[Joaquin]

NowI know why is mine running slow.. I have 4 fans of the same style so I gues I can buy 4 capacitors and just swap all 4 while im at it. Thabks for the video!

[waimeaguyz]

thanks for sharing your knowledge and talent. hope i can do and don't cause and explosion or get electrocuted. i've 5 Hunter fans with faulty capacitors. I have 2 hampton bay fans and so far no problems. this is my last Hunter fan. no more.

[justinhamill]

Thank you very much for making this video. It was very informative and helped me out and fixing two of my fans

[blairseibert]

Thank you very much. I'm delighted to see I might be able to fix my fan myself. I do not have a meter to check current. Can I just assume the capacitor is the problem and try replacing it? Also, I wish you would have shown this "shorting out" process of the existing capacitor. I'm a bit nervous about doing it without seeing an example.

[Da-Sheek]

Yup mine was visibly deformed like it melted. Thanks for the explainer video.

[PetterBruland]

Thank you!! I had just installed some smart controllers that are paired with Alexa, and this fan was not going the fastest speed. So trying to troubleshoot if it could be the capacitor I realized that the controller can only give the motor as much power as the speed controller allows it. So if the smart controller tries to send the voltage for speed #3 and the fan speed is set to #1, you get speed #1. Pretty doh! moment, but at least something was learned there, and now if the fans die, I know how to check the capacitors too. Great stuff!

[ManuelSanchez-hzij]

Can I do this replacement if I am having the same problem with a pedestal fan? Thanks.

[derekmirror]

I’m about to change my capacitor. The one currently in there looks like the new one you put in. From top to bottom, the it is 5uf, 5uf, and 4.5 uf. I cant find an exact replacement. Can I get a new one .5uf above or below the old one?

[timothydelaval]

i noticed this problem with hunter brand fans, my house had them and after 3 years it barely moves

[sabai]

All my fans spinning slow in full speed. I have replaced one fan with brand new that too spinning slow in full speed. I don’t thinks it’s capacitor issue! Any idea why all my fans in my home spin slow?

[JoseCalderon]

Thanks for the video. Im about to try this. have a question. I got no multimeter, my fan is also a Hunter but it got 2 capacitors. Should I change both of them? both got the same capacity

[Markne]

Advice please, my old capacitor has two red wires but I can only find replacements with black or black and red wires it also has the letters DB-D after the 450v but replacements I've found don't have this, my fan is a remote control one so wasn't sure if they work differently

[Altuve]

Bought a new fan and installed it. While it goes through the 3 speeds on the remote, the highest speed seems like the medium speed. Could the capacitor on a new fan be the problem?

[mattm]

Does the max temp value matter? It says 90C on the hunter fan one I took out and the one on Amazon is only max temp 70C.

[MMerajHossain]

Brother What If My Fan is 2.5 and I use 3 micro ferret capacitor? Any Problems?

[kaushikved]

Can I test if the capacitor is working fine or not, without disconnecting it? Before I actually cut the wires, can I test the capacitor charge?

[tracyjackson]

We had to replace the fan pull switch on our ceiling last summer. We replaced it with a 3 speed switch as that’s what was there originally. Now the medium speed is the same as low... is it possibly a bad switch or do you think it could be the capacitor?