I have a hunter ceiling fan. It usually is on about 8hr during the night since i live in the tropics. i don't use the reverse and i have separate switches for the fan and light. the fan is set on max speed always.
I need more breeze from the fan so i slightly bent each blade by about 2 degrees and i get more breeze but the speed has droped. i'm thinking about changing the capacitor to a larger one to increase speed.
the cap in the fan are 1.5 and 2.5 micro farad. there is a red that comes in to the cap and 2 other that leaves it.
Tell me, does these 2 cap values give low and medium . How does the high speed is attained ?- does the red go directly to the motor for high speed?
I will try experimenting today with different cap values . I need to have a faster speed on the highest setting regradless of the mid and low. I never use the mid or low .
will adding a higher cap. burn the motor?
Thanks

ceilingfanrepair

Short answer: yes it will. make sure the fan is performing at the speed it is supposed to*, and if it is then you cant safely make it go any faster, so buy a better fan.

If you want more speed and air movement I recommend an industrial fan:

http://www.ceiling-fans-n-more.com/i...iling-fans.php

What model Hunter do you have?


*Make sure the bearings are not dirty, the capacitor value isnt drifted, and the blades are at the proper pitch and not out of balance.