Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - Ceiling fan failure
View Single Post
 
Old 07-14-2023, 11:42 AM
Arctic Fox's Avatar
Arctic Fox Arctic Fox is offline
Soaring Eagle member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 2,467
Thanks: 27
Thanked 1,366 Times in 545 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Toymeister View Post
Your fan capacitor is bad. It is in the part where you attach the light. You can get these on Amazon for 10.00. It's a simple remove and replace.
I'm back!

I have removed the old capacitor (big bulges on both sides) and have the replacement ready to go in.

Trouble is, the color of the wires is slightly different so I want to be sure that I am connecting like to like.

The old one has red, purple, brown (right to left) whereas the new one has green, brown, red (right to left).

I would be tempted to connect red-red, brown-brown and green-purple but any thoughts would be welcomed.

At the other end of both capacitors are two gray wires. Does it matter which is which?

I have attached photos of both capacitors
Attached Thumbnails
The Villages Florida: Click image for larger version

Name:	old.jpg
Views:	1442
Size:	30.4 KB
ID:	99259   The Villages Florida: Click image for larger version

Name:	New.jpg
Views:	1441
Size:	71.7 KB
ID:	99261