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Ceiling fan - blades not turning
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 |
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Ceiling fan - blades not turning
"eliz" wrote in message ups.com... I cannot remember the make. What might the problem be? Might be anything. |
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Ceiling fan - blades not turning
I had on doing the same thing..
Turned out to be the Line Locking Wedge Phase Shifter. Very Very common.. frank "eliz" wrote in message ups.com... 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 |
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Ceiling fan - blades not turning
Very funny.
"kip" wrote in message .. . I had on doing the same thing.. Turned out to be the Line Locking Wedge Phase Shifter. Very Very common.. frank "eliz" wrote in message ups.com... 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 |
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Ceiling fan - blades not turning
eliz ha escrito: 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 Probably a bad run capacitor. You should dismantle the lamp kit of the ceiling fan. The lamp kit is usually attached to circular metal housing. Inside the housing you will find the cap, the two switches of the ceiling fan (one for the lamp and the other for the motor fan) and the reverse switch. Normally these capacitors have three wires, two of them goes to the motor switch and the third one goes to the reverse switch. Just replace the cap with other of similar specs, and you will have your ceiling fan operating again. |
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