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Post by Jonathan A. on Oct 31, 2012 21:31:44 GMT -5
The restaurant was noisy, so no original audio, sorry guys. These fans are controlled by a 4-speed slider wall control. They run silent and wobble free. The 1st one spins slow and doesn't move very much air because the capacitor is bad. I checked the chain and it was on high. The other one works fine and blows good amount of air. The faster one actually had the chain on medium, but I changed it to high. I was disappointed when I found out it was the capacitor problem on the other one instead of chain being on medium. I was surprised how fast they spin on speed 4 (low), 3, and 2 considering that the 2 fans share 1 control. Both fans are shown on all 4 speeds.
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Post by Matt B. on Oct 31, 2012 21:51:28 GMT -5
If the fans share one control, then the fans are probably wired in series, which explains the one fan going slower than the other. 5 of the 6 Dayton Industrials in my church are wired in series, and the last fan goes noticeably slower than the other 4. I wouldn't be surprised if it is a cap problem though, being a newer Hampton Bay....
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Post by Jonathan A. on Oct 31, 2012 22:02:15 GMT -5
If the fans share one control, then the fans are probably wired in series, which explains the one fan going slower than the other. 5 of the 6 Dayton Industrials in my church are wired in series, and the last fan goes noticeably slower than the other 4. I wouldn't be surprised if it is a cap problem though, being a newer Hampton Bay.... They are not wired in series. I know because when I accidentally turned off the slower fan when trying to change it to high, another fan kept spinning. You should tell the church to fix the wiring so the fans are connected in parallel so nothing happens to the rest when something happens to 1 of them. |
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Post by Matt B. on Nov 1, 2012 21:20:37 GMT -5
That's true. Bad cap then. The ceilings are like 40' tall where the Daytons are hung so that will not be an easy thing to do.
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Post by Jonathan A. on Nov 1, 2012 21:29:20 GMT -5
That's true. Bad cap then. The ceilings are like 40' tall where the Daytons are hung so that will not be an easy thing to do. 1 of the worst thing could happen is is that 1 of the fans died or the capacitor starts going bad on 1 of them, and you don't know which one to fix/replace. How many RPMS do they run on high? |
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Post by Jonathan A. on Nov 1, 2012 21:38:56 GMT -5
I have never heard of the fans connected in series, but I have experienced few other controls controlling more than 1 fan that I know are connected in parallel.
When I tried changing the chain to high on 1 fan, nothing happens to other fan, so I know they are connected in parallel.
I remember when it used to have Hunter Summer Breeze before these. There were some times that I saw 1 fan off and another fan on, so I know these fans are connected in parallel.
If you watch this video, you can see they are obviously connected in parallel. The 2 fans are still running while 1 fan doesn't work.
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Post by Matt B. on Nov 2, 2012 6:24:37 GMT -5
That's true. Bad cap then. The ceilings are like 40' tall where the Daytons are hung so that will not be an easy thing to do. 1 of the worst thing could happen is is that 1 of the fans died or the capacitor starts going bad on 1 of them, and you don't know which one to fix/replace. How many RPMS do they run on high? About their normal rated RPMs except for the last one on the row, which is slower. They are controlled via Leading Edge variable speed wall controls. |
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Post by Jonathan A. on Nov 2, 2012 15:05:29 GMT -5
1 of the worst thing could happen is is that 1 of the fans died or the capacitor starts going bad on 1 of them, and you don't know which one to fix/replace. How many RPMS do they run on high? About their normal rated RPMs except for the last one on the row, which is slower. They are controlled via Leading Edge variable speed wall controls. Can you make a video of them please when you have the chance? |
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Post by Jonathan A. on Nov 2, 2012 22:01:09 GMT -5
I should tell you that even when the faster fan is on medium with the chain and the slower fan is on high with the chain, the faster fan still spins faster than the slower fan.
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