I have the same exact fan and am having the same issue. I’m terrible at handyman stuff but this video helped. I do wish you would have shown how to fully take off/disconnect the lights though. I’m afraid of breaking the wires and I have the globe hanging by two cords while I work on it lol. Also I can’t figure out how to take the capacitor out it’s as if it’s glued on or something
I have a Hunter fan and I am replacing the capacitor The new capacitor has a RED wire and the old capacitor has a GREEN The Green goes to the pull change #2 should I run the new RED wire to that same location. All the others wires match?
Please help me, I can't figure my 2 new CBB61s caps, with 5 wires; 2 grays, a red,a brown, a purple. The original fan cap has a white a red and the other cap 2 grays and a green and a brown........I have it all apart...
Sorry for the dumb question, but when you say "cut the power" for safety, do you mean simply flipping the wall switch (that controls power to the ceiling fan) to the off position or actually going to the circuit breaker and cutting off power to the entire room? Thanks.
In terms of the wire colors on a pull switch fan is the following true? -Purple,Brown, and Gray go to the pull switch where the purple wire slides into the hole labeled #3, the Brown slides into the slot labeled #2, and the Gray slides into the slot labeled #1 -Red wire goes to the Motor -the other Gray wire goes to the forward/reverse switch
The issue what I have: Hunter ceiling fan, 3 speed, was working normally. Lately I admit 1 speed (fastest) working well, 2 speed (medium) and 1 speed (lowest) run the same on low speed. I assume it could be bad capacitor or rather speed switch? Thank you
That's a Hampton Bay Farmington. I have a Harbor Breeze Builder's Series which would spin extremely slow at the highest speed (26 RPM), much slower than normal low. Replaced the capacitor and it work well. I didn't even have to cut any wires, I used pliers to loosen the cramps, and used nail to take wire out of the chain switch.
@@usernamemykel Triple or dual capacitor has two or three wires directly to a chain switch, so removing them from chain switch is better than cutting and stripping them. Saves wire nuts.
When one is 78 years old, has spinal stenosis and hip bursitis, one does what is most comfortable while trying to maintain balance on a ladder I am using narrow tubular crimp connectors to take up less space than @@CeilingFanVideosOnYT using wire nuts. If I were to use nuts, I'd want to tape them over for extra electrical security, and that would mean more time on the ladder, uncomfortably. BTW, we needn't be concerned about saving wire nuts since wire nut trees aren't being over-harvested. ; )
Hey, hope you read this. My 5wire condensator has 6.5uf on red cable and 1.3 on the other two cables. Really hard to find. How can you help me? Can i convert into 2 condensators? If so how? I only need medium and high settings. My rope has answitch that is off,low,medium,high. Please help me
Thank you for sharing this helpful; video and also feels good to have extera capacitors on hand. You are the master.😎 and that fan is a hampton bay farmington. I reconise it.
Hello, I wanted to know if I need to discharge the capacitor in any way before I go ahead and cut the wires. Will I get shocked if I go ahead and cut the wires without discharging? Thank you.
Cutting one wire at a time and adding in the new one using the method shown is safe, BUT: Cutting multiple wires at the same time, or accidentally grounding the used capacitor after removing may lead to an unwanted discharge. Discharging while still connected is probably the safest option, but you should be okay if you carefully discharge the capacitor after it's fully removed, using something like a tool or other metal object. Either way, better to have control over when and how it discharges, if you're not sure whether it's holding a charge.
Just get a new ceiling fan guys. Some fans come defective. Only work well for a few months notice how you see many thrown away in front of houses. Not worth the hassle to try and fix it yourself unless you're an expert like this man.
Must be nice to be able to throw money away like that, when something is a relatively easy fix. You don't have to be an expert to cut one wire and reconnect the same color and location on the new capacitor, then repeat four times. Most hardware stores that sell fans, also sell parts like this, so it's the same road trip for a lot less money and installation effort. You'd still have to redo three wires if replacing the whole fan.
i have the same fan and the start capacitor has a 300 VAC rating, would replacing it with a 250 VAC capacitor be detrimental? the run capacitor is rated at 250 VAC.
What if a fan was very slow on low speed, but med and high were good, would you lean towards a capacitor or the receiver? This is a fan with a remote. I tried changing the frequency switches and remote batteries but no difference. Thanks
It could be the capacitor. Since it's moving at all on low speed, it's receiving a low speed signal, just not performing properly. The new fans with the remotes drive me crazy haha.
I have replaced my capacitor and electric wire and absolutely nothing happens, I even oiled the moving parts and nothing seems to work at all, am I missing something here?
@@TheGaginator TY. So you don't think nothing with switching a couple of wires around? I have a 5 wire capacitor and wondering if switching two wires in question may be the issue. The fan goes forward and reverse fine, just at slow speed.
I should have said, but Capacitors do not have polarity. It doesnt matter which way it goes. For the universal capacitors I linked, just connect the color that matches to the rating of the old capacitor.
The current one has three wires, two blacks on each side and another blue one one side. one black and blue connect to the fan switch, not sure about the other black for.@@TheGaginator
