Post by piercetheorganist on Dec 27, 2007 13:13:57 GMT -5
As per request, I'm reposting this from another thread.
This applies to the majority of 3-speed, reversible, spinner-motor fans. I say "the majority", because there are some fans that use 8-wire/double-layer pull chains and such. So this doesn't apply to those. But those fans are largely outnumbered by the regular style, to which this diagram applies.
This may also apply to some other fans; I'm not sure. This might apply to the new-motor Hunter Originals, or even the 3-speed reversible old-motor Hunter Originals of the 1990s. This could apply to some K55 stack-motor fans, but none that I can think of at the moment. So this diagram is intended for spinner-motor fans.
Shown is a 4-wire capacitor, forward and reverse motor field windings, a regular single-pole-single-layer SP3T (3-speed) pull-chain switch, and a regular reversing switch.
Because different fans use different color wires, the colors are omitted.
Note: many fans don't use a single 4-wire capacitor. Some have two capacitors, some have three, some have four -- all with varying numbers of wires. So if this diagram doesn't apply to you, please make a post in the Ceiling Fan Problems forum here, and one of us will gladly help you out.
Click image to enlarge:
That's a non-standard diagram -- rather than using the regular electrical diagram symbols, I made it a little more user-friendly.
The following digram shows how, when electrified, the power actually flows to make the fan work.
A lone number refers one of the numbered wire terminals on the reverse switch (see above diagram).
A number prefaced with the letter P refers to one of the numbered wire gates on the pull-chain switch.
The terms "black" and "white" refer to the lead wires connected to the house wiring in the ceiling.
"P1/cap. out" refers to the fact that the P1 wire in the above diagram, and the un-labeled fourth wire in the above diagram, are internally connected in the capacitor.
"Lead patch" refers to the length of wire spliced to the white lead wire. It is connected directly to side 1 of the reverse field winding.
This applies to the majority of 3-speed, reversible, spinner-motor fans. I say "the majority", because there are some fans that use 8-wire/double-layer pull chains and such. So this doesn't apply to those. But those fans are largely outnumbered by the regular style, to which this diagram applies.
This may also apply to some other fans; I'm not sure. This might apply to the new-motor Hunter Originals, or even the 3-speed reversible old-motor Hunter Originals of the 1990s. This could apply to some K55 stack-motor fans, but none that I can think of at the moment. So this diagram is intended for spinner-motor fans.
Shown is a 4-wire capacitor, forward and reverse motor field windings, a regular single-pole-single-layer SP3T (3-speed) pull-chain switch, and a regular reversing switch.
Because different fans use different color wires, the colors are omitted.
Note: many fans don't use a single 4-wire capacitor. Some have two capacitors, some have three, some have four -- all with varying numbers of wires. So if this diagram doesn't apply to you, please make a post in the Ceiling Fan Problems forum here, and one of us will gladly help you out.
Click image to enlarge:
That's a non-standard diagram -- rather than using the regular electrical diagram symbols, I made it a little more user-friendly.
The following digram shows how, when electrified, the power actually flows to make the fan work.
A lone number refers one of the numbered wire terminals on the reverse switch (see above diagram).
A number prefaced with the letter P refers to one of the numbered wire gates on the pull-chain switch.
The terms "black" and "white" refer to the lead wires connected to the house wiring in the ceiling.
"P1/cap. out" refers to the fact that the P1 wire in the above diagram, and the un-labeled fourth wire in the above diagram, are internally connected in the capacitor.
"Lead patch" refers to the length of wire spliced to the white lead wire. It is connected directly to side 1 of the reverse field winding.