Harbor Breeze Teak ceiling fan: bad capacitors

4,565 views · Published 4 October 2017 · 4:57 · Indexed 6 November 2026

Channel: The Channel of Random Ceiling Fans · 2017 · Science & Technology

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This fan is in my collection. I got it for free from my friend, who replaced it with 44" Fanimation Embrace. It is controlled by a remote control. Both the start capacitor and the speed capacitor have gone bad, and I replaced a start capacitor after this video. I'm not going to worry about the speed capacitors because they're in the receiver and it's harder to replace capacitors in electronics, and low speed would originally had been too fast anyways and medium would had been too close to high. Anyways, it spins fastest on medium setting, and slowest on low setting with bad capacitors, and it doesn't blow much air either. This fan is shown on all 3 speeds.

Video of it with a new start capacitor (shows it with an incandescent bulb): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRGhlj9eDI4

Video of Fanimation Embrace that replaced this fan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnEmtJx4rsE

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