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    Jeanne462 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Apr 11, 2014, 11:34 AM
    Replacing a 3 speed ceiling fan zing ear
    I have a hunter ceiling fan. The fan chain switch went. It was a zing ear #ZE-268S6. I replaced it with a Westinghouse zing ear #77288. Replaced wires as follows
    L-black. 1-gray. 2-brown. 3-green.
    Now the fan only has high & medium. And does not shut off with the pull chain I need to shut the switch.
    Any thoughts on how to make it work. We tried switching the wires around. Still didn't work
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    Apr 11, 2014, 06:58 PM
    Why did you use a different part, they are not all the same. PULL CHAIN SWITCH
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    Mar 14, 2015, 03:46 PM
    OK, I have a workaround fix...
    I too have a Hunter ceiling fan and replaced the original Zing Ear (because the fan chain switch broke off) with the Westinghouse zing ear #77288.

    Same problem you had when I did: L-black. 1-gray. 2-brown. 3-green, got high & medium and won't turn off:

    I switched 2 wires:
    L-green. 1-gray. 2-brown. 3-black

    Now it does turn off but the speed sequence changed.
    It starts at medium > low > high > off

    I can live with this (hopefully it doesn't blow up because other sites say "black always go to the L connection")
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