Could be a few things. Most likely the pull chain, fwd/rev switch. Check for burnt wires or bad connections. Check in the ceiling box for the connection to the fan. Should be a blue and black wire.
Question. No only does my fan not work but the light does not work as well. Could the light not working be related to the capacitor not working? Thanks
nice video.....so do all ceiling fan capacitors have 5 wires, with all the same universal colors?? Im a novice do it yours selfer, and have come across various old and new electrical components that sometimes have different colors, which can be confusing. Thanks! you got a "like" !
awesome video....cud you please suggest what's wrong with my fan: worked one nite next day it stopped. pulling the light string the lights came on, pulling the fan string the lights were again turning. So something is shorted between the fan and light string switches because the trip didn't go off. The fan turned on once at low speed but stopped. turning on the fan again today i heard a humming sound. Again pulling the fan chain turns the lights on!!!
Great video, thank you! BTW at 5:40 on the video... do you know how to seperate the white connector shown on the middle-bottom of the screen? (for single blue and white wires). Trying to avoid breaking the connector so I can add a new module. Thank you.
@@fixthemthings ahhh thank you. I was afriad to put the wire out of the connector. It worked great, thank you so much for the quick help! :) Have a great week!
Sounds like the reverse switch itself is not working. I wouldn’t think it would go bad unless you switch it all the time. If you switch it a lot then yes it may be bad.
The pull chain is probably the problem now. They are really cheaply made. Please check the wires going to the switch and see if they are making contact. With power off of course. If you use the pull chain a lot then I would suspect that. I doubt it will be the motor.
how did you know it was a bad capacitor? i have power to pull chain when pull chain is on i have power to all wires on both side of capacitor but motor doesn't run
@@bquedenfeld ah. Your using a power stick. That won’t give you good reading. Anything close and it picks it up. You need a meter. I would just buy a cap for $7-10. It’s almost always the cap.
