aviation76
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Hello,
Where to begin. I moved into a new house three years ago. The master bedroom has a ceiling fan installed. I decided to replace the toggle single pole AC switches with dimmer switches (slide types). The wall plate has two switches, one to power the light and the other to power the ceiling fan. I replaced both toggle switches with dimmer switches.
If my memory serves me correctly, the speed of the ceiling fan was fine. I guess over time the speed degraded. It ran at a setting somewhere between low to medium. Yes, the pull chain on the fan is set to high.
So I decided to switch out the fan with another ceiling fan in our house that has worked fine.
I switch out the fans and now the fan in our master bedroom spins on HIGH without any problems. A few hours later I notice the speed has decreased dramatically.
Note that the when I reinstalled the original ceiling fan in the other room the high speed setting did not return.
Now I am left scratching my head. What is causing the fan to run at a lower speed even though I set it to high?
The only though I have is that I may have damaged the capacitor. Did the dimmer switch I install cause this? Or someother wiring problem? I have another ceiling fan in the house that utilizes a three-speed ceiling fan switch and that works fine (as opposed to the slide-style dimmer switch).
If I install a different style switch will the speed settings be back to normal?
Your comments and advice are greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Where to begin. I moved into a new house three years ago. The master bedroom has a ceiling fan installed. I decided to replace the toggle single pole AC switches with dimmer switches (slide types). The wall plate has two switches, one to power the light and the other to power the ceiling fan. I replaced both toggle switches with dimmer switches.
If my memory serves me correctly, the speed of the ceiling fan was fine. I guess over time the speed degraded. It ran at a setting somewhere between low to medium. Yes, the pull chain on the fan is set to high.
So I decided to switch out the fan with another ceiling fan in our house that has worked fine.
I switch out the fans and now the fan in our master bedroom spins on HIGH without any problems. A few hours later I notice the speed has decreased dramatically.
Note that the when I reinstalled the original ceiling fan in the other room the high speed setting did not return.
Now I am left scratching my head. What is causing the fan to run at a lower speed even though I set it to high?
The only though I have is that I may have damaged the capacitor. Did the dimmer switch I install cause this? Or someother wiring problem? I have another ceiling fan in the house that utilizes a three-speed ceiling fan switch and that works fine (as opposed to the slide-style dimmer switch).
If I install a different style switch will the speed settings be back to normal?
Your comments and advice are greatly appreciated.
Thank you.