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Remote controlled ceiling Fan: El ventilador de techo no gira, sólo se enciende y apaga la luz.

Sat, 21 Jun 2025 09:57:09 -0700

El ventilador de techo, reversible, con luz led y mando a distancia, comprado hace 3 años en Leroy Merlin, sólo enciende y apaga la luz, no gira en ningún sentido. El receptor emite un pitido cuando pulsas el mando a distancia pero no gira.

⟐ Commented junio 21, 2025 at 9:57 GMT-7

Ceiling fan: Ventilador de techo gira muy lento en maxima velocidad.

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:09:17 -0700

Ventilador de techo gira muy lento en maxima velocidad, y ni hablar en la velocidad 1 y 2.

⟐ Commented enero 29, 2026 at 9:09 GMT-7

Ceiling fan: Ventilador de techo Milly leroy merlin no funciona y la luz si.

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 23:38:07 -0700

Hola buenas noches, tengo un ventilador de techo milly del leroy merlin de hace unos años, dejo por aquí el modelo exacto;

- https://www.manualslib.es/manual/290143/...

El problema que se me presenta es que nunca lo había utilizado, está nuevo. Pero por alguna razón no funcionan las aspas, la luz si funciona pero las aspas no hay manera.

¿Cuál podría ser el problema? Adjunto imagen de los cables del ventilador, yo no e visto que esté nada suelto ni que tenga ningún problema a simple vista.

⟐ Answered agosto 13, 2025 at 23:38 GMT-7

Ceiling fan: Se corta la luz cuando enciendo el aire acondicionado

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 01:36:34 -0700

Hace algunas semanas compre un aire acondicionado pero si lo tengo conectado varias horas (8 h en promedio) se me corta la luz de los focos (no de los enchufes).

¿Qué puede ser?

⟐ Answered marzo 04, 2021 at 1:36 GMT-7

Remote controlled ceiling Fan: Se fundió la bombilla y dejó de funcionar

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:18:44 -0700

Se fundió la bombilla y dejó de funcionar

⟐ Answered abril 27, 2026 at 8:18 GMT-7

Remote controlled ceiling Fan: El ventilador va lento y le cuesta arrancar.

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 11:34:10 -0700

El ventilador es semi-nuevo, pero le cuesta arrancar además de ir lento y cuando digo lento es muy lento, no se nota el movimiento del aire.

⟐ Answered septiembre 24, 2025 at 11:34 GMT-7

LAMPARA VENTILADOR MANTRA ALISIO MINI: X k no gira

Sun, 10 Aug 2025 23:10:15 -0700

Lo prendo y prende la luz y se escucha el motor jalar pero no giran las aspas

⟐ Answered agosto 10, 2025 at 23:10 GMT-7

Remote controlled ceiling Fan: Ventilador de techo de Leroy Merlín no funciona la lyz

Sat, 20 Jul 2024 15:20:39 -0700

Ventilador de Leroy Merlín solo funcionan las aspas,pero de pronto la luz no

⟐ Answer accepted julio 20, 2024 at 15:20 GMT-7

Remote controlled ceiling Fan: Ahora gira al reves

Sun, 21 Apr 2024 09:11:37 -0700

Tanto el ventilador como el control remoto no tiene para cambiar el sentido de giro pero sin tocar nada ahora gira al reves (sentido invierno)

⟐ Answered abril 21, 2024 at 9:11 GMT-7

Ceiling fan: Mi ventilador westinghouse conexión cables

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:06:57 -0700

Se me desconecto el sistema eléctrico ventilador westinghouse 78145 y lo quiero arreglar si interruptor de reversa

Ceiling fan: ¿Cómo puedo resetear el remoto de mi ventilador?

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:50:02 -0700

Tengo un ventilador de techo de la marca m-mimotec, éste modelo. Hace unos días ha empezado a activarse por sí solo. Supongo que puede ser una interferencia de otro producto de un vecino, así que estoy tratando de resetear la frecuencia: como el mando no va con dip switches, la manera parece ser siguiendo las instrucciones (que son bastante ininteligibles, la verdad). Apago en pared, vuelvo a encender en pared y mantengo pulsado el botón de on/off del mando... pero aquí no se resetea nada. ¿Estoy haciendo algo mal? ¿O se ha vuelto loco el receptor? Gracias de antemano por la ayuda...

Ceiling fan: My ceiling fan speed has gone low currently.

Wed, 11 Oct 2023 06:28:50 -0700

The fan was rotating at its normal speed while it was still new. But now the speed has decreased. Air is still coming but not enough. Earlier i taught it was because of the dirt. But after cleaning it does not make any difference. Please advise me what to do.

⟐ Commented octubre 11, 2023 at 6:28 GMT-7

Ceiling fan: My Ceiling fan only make humming sound but not moving, Light works.

Mon, 27 May 2024 20:27:30 -0700

Ceiling Fan light is working but fan only making humming sound but not moving? I have changed capacitor, checked pull switch and forward-reverse switch. Don,t know whats the issue here.

⟐ Commented mayo 27, 2024 at 20:27 GMT-7

Ceiling fan: My ceiling fan doesn’t blow down like it’s supposed to

Wed, 20 May 2020 05:25:06 -0700

Any ideas as to why my ceiling fan isn’t blowing air like it’s supposed to? We’ve cleaned it, even tried switching the blades around and nothing…

can anyone help…

⟐ Answered mayo 20, 2020 at 5:25 GMT-7

Ceiling fan: How can I fix my ceiling fan?..

Sat, 22 Apr 2017 14:36:05 -0700

It makes a loud noise when its on and when it on actully it look like if its about to fall off

⟐ Answered abril 22, 2017 at 14:36 GMT-7

Ceiling fan: Wobbly ceiling fan noisy

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 05:14:08 -0700

Ceiling Fan blades make noisy and seem out of balance. How to repair

⟐ Commented octubre 18, 2022 at 5:14 GMT-7

Ceiling fan: 10/5 mfd capacitor modern replacements (maybe 5/5/5 uf)

Thu, 07 Aug 2025 14:54:21 -0700

Hello all,

I am trying to repair a capacitor on a ceiling fan that is rather old. The capacitor is old enough to use the old unit label of mfd instead of uf for micro-farads.

Just in case the image is hard to read the text on the capacitor is:

Y C E

10MFD/5MFD/250VAC

GY/5R/5BR/5GR

I have found that there are a few people asking about this exact capacitor, but only in amazon questions and I don't want to trust those as technical advice.

From what I understand, the important thing is to get a capacitor with at least 250VAC, the same number of wires, and the same capacitance value. I have not been able to locate a single 10/5 uf capacitor regardless of the number of wires. What I have been able to find is a 5+5+5 uf capacitor with people saying it is a valid replacement.

I know that capacitors in parallel add their capacitance, so should I be able to buy a 5+5+5 and just attach two of the 5uf outputs to the 10mfd wire? Or do I need to actually track down a 10+5 uf capacitor?

EDIT: I have been doing a lot more research into this. I am now wondering if the 10mfd/5mfd is just a lie. making a few assumptions, GY could mean grey, R red, BR brown, and GR green. If that's the case, the grey are live, and the red, brown, and green are all 5 uf capacitors. This would explain why all of the more modern capacitors that come up in my searches are 5+5+5 uf and I cannot locate a single 10+5 uf.

⟐ Answered agosto 07, 2025 at 14:54 GMT-7

Ceiling fan: Do you need the exact same value capacitors when swapping an old one.

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:40:46 -0700

I'm looking to change of the capacitors on my fan but I could only find one's that are almost similar in rating. Is it okay to use the capacitors from this seller:

https://shopee.com.my/Kipas-Capacitor-OR...

Here's the PCB of my fan:

https://i.imgur.com/VOA3cWQ.jpg

As you can see some of the caps provided by the seller has similar voltage but different uF and vice versa. Should I keep looking for capacitors with the exact rating or is it okay to have some slight difference in rating?

⟐ Commented junio 09, 2026 at 10:40 GMT-7

Casablanca W-11 Wall Control: Ceiling fan running slow

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 08:33:04 -0700

My Casablanca ceiling fan runs quite slow even when on high. I looked up online to see how to fix a slow running fan and most solutions seem to be to replace an old capacitor. I opened the hood of my ceiling fan to take a look at the capacitor but unfortunately I don't see one that is easily detachable. I'm looking for some help on how to fix this particular model

⟐ Answered agosto 12, 2025 at 8:33 GMT-7

Ceiling fan: Ceiling Fan Capacitor replacement

Wed, 31 May 2023 18:28:24 -0700

I need to replace my ceiling fan capacitor because it only works on its high speed. Any other speed makes the fan slow to a crawl then even stop at times. I been having trouble finding the exact capacitor the fan has.

At Amazon I found this capacitor but I am not sure it will work in my fan since for the red its 4.5uf/300v instead of 4.5uf/280v that the old one has. While the brown and purple match in numbers

At lowes.com I found a capacitor that at first mached one I need but when I ordered it and it arrived it was totally different from the image lowes had in its website. This is what I received from lowes

Does anyone know if its ok to use the one from lowes or is it better for me to just return it and get the one from Amazon instead?

Thanks to eveyone who answered my post. I ended up just returning the one from lowes. I didnt want the higher microfarad messing up my cealing fan. Instead I ordered one i saw on amazon. I made sure the macrofarads matched the old one, and followed the adviced on the voltage rating being higher but not lower then the the old ratings. It finally got here yesterday. The lowes one looked better physically, like better made then the amazon one. I installed it anyways and now the fan works at all speeds. Hopefully it lasts a good while and isn't some crappy knockoff, which now a days is very common.

⟐ Edited by author mayo 31, 2023 at 18:28 GMT-7