Post by conley on Aug 19, 2009 15:05:59 GMT -5
I have a four blade ceiling fan with a three socket light fixture, make unknown. The light and the fan are both operated by pull switches. The fan has three speeds and a reverse switch. During renovations our electrician accidentally put 220 VAC on the fan’s circuit for a few seconds, and after that it only ran on high. I only use the low speed, so I’m trying to repair it. (Of course this is not cost-effective and the electrician would be happy to buy me a new fan, but I like to salvage stuff when possible.)
Inside the fan switch area there are
(1) The 3-speed pull-switch. It has 6 wires: purple and black, which are connected on all three speeds, and white, blue, red, and yellow. White connects to blue on low, red on medium, and yellow on high.
(2) A 5 uF 250 Watt capacitor (Seika, Taiwan) with 2 leads, one red and one yellow.
(3) Something that looks like a small transformer with 5 leads: black, white, blue, red, and yellow.
(4) A reverse switch with the usual 6 leads.
Moreover, there are 7 leads coming down from the motor and ceiling: black, brown, blue, red, purple, and 2 whites (which are linked). Of course, 2 leads go down to the lights, a black and a white.
Unfortunately, I removed the switch and capacitor to test them (both are ok) and foolishly did not take sufficient notes on how to hook them back up.
Can anyone help with any of the following? (See attached photos.) Thanks in advance!
(1) What kind of fan is it?
(2) Is it likely that the transformer (inductor?) is burned out?
(3) Is there a relatively easy way to hard wire the fan to run at low speed all the time, perhaps by removing the coil and adding more capacitance?
(4) Is there any site which explains where all the wires go? I tried taking the covers off my other fans to copy them, but they don’t have transformers inside.
Inside the fan switch area there are
(1) The 3-speed pull-switch. It has 6 wires: purple and black, which are connected on all three speeds, and white, blue, red, and yellow. White connects to blue on low, red on medium, and yellow on high.
(2) A 5 uF 250 Watt capacitor (Seika, Taiwan) with 2 leads, one red and one yellow.
(3) Something that looks like a small transformer with 5 leads: black, white, blue, red, and yellow.
(4) A reverse switch with the usual 6 leads.
Moreover, there are 7 leads coming down from the motor and ceiling: black, brown, blue, red, purple, and 2 whites (which are linked). Of course, 2 leads go down to the lights, a black and a white.
Unfortunately, I removed the switch and capacitor to test them (both are ok) and foolishly did not take sufficient notes on how to hook them back up.
Can anyone help with any of the following? (See attached photos.) Thanks in advance!
(1) What kind of fan is it?
(2) Is it likely that the transformer (inductor?) is burned out?
(3) Is there a relatively easy way to hard wire the fan to run at low speed all the time, perhaps by removing the coil and adding more capacitance?
(4) Is there any site which explains where all the wires go? I tried taking the covers off my other fans to copy them, but they don’t have transformers inside.
