[fanetic]

I have a two (2) Hampton Bay Carousel II ceiling fans with remote. The fan on one of them stopped working and I noticed that the chain pull that controls fan speed wouldn't work. After opening the fan I noticed that the plastic switch was cracked and some of the wires were no longer connected. The fan control switch has 4 wires (for three speeds) -- White, Black, Yellow and Blue. Because I did not know the wiring scheme (what wire attaches to L, 1, 2, 3 positions on the fan) I opened the other identical fan to look at how that switch was wired and discovered that this switch was also cracked, but I believe I was able to determine what wires went where (although a few wires had fallen out when moving the unit, but I think I remember the orientation), which was as follows:

L - White
1 - Yellow
2 - Blue
3 - Black

In this configuration, the fan motor "hums" but the fan does not turn. I now have 2 fans that don't work. Since Hampton Bay is made by Home Depot, I went and puchased another switch (Westinghouse) which is th eonly 4 wire, 3 speed switch they carry, and I'm thinking it should work since it's their fan.

I'm now thinking that I have the wrong wire configuration as the second fan was working just fine until the switch broke and now it won't work with the replacement switch.

PLEASE HELP!

[ceilingfanrepair]

First of all, you may not have the correct switch. Order the correct one from Hampton Bay, their contact info is in our sticky. Secondly, here are replacement instructions:

Ceiling fan pull chain replacement and repair - Ceiling Fans N More

And if that color combo doesn't work, try

L - White, 1- Black, 2 - Blue, 3 - Yellow