Meat Plow wrote:
On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 09:56:33 -0500, jakdedert Has Frothed:


Meat Plow wrote:

On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 07:29:46 -0700, eliz Has Frothed:


I have a 30inch (approx) ceiling fan in a bedroom and it has stopped
working.
It does not have a remote.
The light is working fine.
The blades do not turn but I can hear the motor running when the blades
are turned on.

So, the power seems to be going to the blade motor(or whatever) but the
blades aren't turning.
The blades will spin easily by hand. They are well balanced and they
have never been noisy.

I cannot remember the make.

What might the problem be?

eliz

Motor might be bad wouldn't you think?


Sounds more like a bad startup capacitor. These are mostly generic and
available in the lighting department at Home Depot (assuming the OP is in
the States).

Usually repair involves demounting the fan and some disassembly.



Didn't know that kind of motor had a cap in it.




Some probably use shaded pole motors, better ones are likely to be PSC
which use a cap. There really isn't much else to go wrong, if it turns
freely by hand and hums when power is applied, there's gotta be a second
winding that isn't powered.