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    mikegtsd Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Jul 9, 2014, 11:54 AM
    My Hunter outdoor fan has 2 capacitors.
    Can a 5 wire capacitor replace them? The old one one has 4 wires and the other has 2.
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    Jul 11, 2014, 07:03 AM
    Replace like caps only. Any thing else theoretically will work, but there are no guarantees. Stick with the design or replace the entire fan.
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