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    #1

    Aug 16, 2009, 03:53 PM
    No high speed
    My ceiling fan will not turn on with one pull, then a second pull sends it straight to medium speed, no high speed?
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    #2

    Aug 16, 2009, 04:30 PM

    No remotre, right? Sounds like a bad swicth.
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    Aug 16, 2009, 07:06 PM

    Yea, no remote, just pull cord, medium and low works fine, just doesn't get the highspeed
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    Aug 17, 2009, 09:52 AM

    In your first post you said medium only, no low or high. No matter, I still think it's a bad switch.
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    Aug 17, 2009, 01:05 PM

    Appreciate your help, but I said it goes straight to medium, like skips the high, I said nothing about the low.
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    Aug 17, 2009, 01:12 PM

    " not turn on with one pull, then a second pull sends it straight to medium speed, no high speed" I may be reading this wrong.
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    Aug 18, 2009, 05:31 AM

    Yes, it goes 1 pull high, 2 medium, and 3 low, I should have stated that, but I though almost all fans were like that.
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    #8

    Aug 18, 2009, 06:06 AM

    Could also be a capacitor.
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    Sep 2, 2009, 10:33 PM

    I bet it's the capacitor. These switches don't fail unless someone breaks the chain.

    I BET the sequence is: High (acts like medium) Medium (acts like low) Low (blades not moving) Off.

    Ceiling fan capactors - troubleshooting and resources - Ceiling Fans N More
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