Harbor Breeze vs Hunter ceiling fans - replacement capacitors?
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Comments (31)My daughter's fan literally fell off the ceiling. Apparently it was just too heavy because it was installed correctly. I think it was Hampton Bay (possible Harbor Breeze - I get them confused), the kind the sell at Home Depot. So don't get that brand, in addition to it being scary and dangerous their customer service was awful. When I was looking to replace it, I went to some local lighting shops and found Craftmade. Totally changed my opinion of fans! They are 1000% better looking. Not to mention the quality is so much better. I love my daughter's new fan, and before I just thought fans were kind of ugly. Hers now has thick blades that are carved. It's just so much nicer looking and completely silent. You can check them out online, but if you can go look at them you can get a much better idea about the quality....See MoreCeiling Fan Capacitor
Comments (1)Capacitance in microfarads or fractional or farads is a fairly inexact "more is better" within reason sort of thing when dealing with starter caps for most electric motors. It is more critical that the voltage ratings be fairly close but a bit on the higher side in a replacement if that is only what is available. Anyway, sounds normal, should work ok as it is a factory sourced replacement....See MoreCeiling fan with a wall switch
Comments (10)To echo some of the other posters, I'm pretty sure you can do this with any fan. It's not the fan that determines the switch, it's the wiring. Either the fan and light can be wired to one single switch (like yours), or they can be wired to separate switches. Separate switches require extra wiring, because the light and the fan have to be wired separately. We wanted our fan and light controlled by separate switches - here's what we did: 1. Ran new wiring in the attic from the fan to the switch 2. Replaced the old switch with something similar to this: http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=100059262 3. Re-connected the fan to the (new) wiring coming out of the ceiling. Instead of two connections (one for power, one for neutral), there are now three connections (one for fan power, one for light power, and one neutral). (There's also a ground, of course.) I had to get help on the electrical forum for exact wiring instructions, both from the fan to the ceiling wiring, and from the ceiling wiring to the switch. You could hire an electrician to do the wiring - it probably wouldn't cost much more than buying a new fan....See MoreDo you recognize the brand of this ceiling fan?
Comments (15)Thanks, Tishtosh! I think we are probably going to go with the 52" Casa Vieja fans in our media room and the upstairs bedroom which is DH's "snore room." We will decide on the other bedrooms later, but will likely choose a less expensive fan for them. Not that $220 (the cost of the Casa Vieja) is terribly expensive, but it's been a long time since I've bought a ceiling fan and I was hoping we could do all four rooms for around $100 a pop. Well, we CAN - but not with the Casa Vieja fans, and I really like them. I like the single light on the CV fan too, Delilah. These will replace flush-mounted ceiling "BOOB" lights. You know what I'm talking about, right? Why do they even MAKE lights that look like that? Ugh....See MorePeke
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