Nice post!
OT: Fixing Listening Room Hum with a Ceiling Fan Cap
Living in a 20 year old home has disadvantages, if you happen to be the owner when the appliances all start to fail together.
I was pretty sure this was the case with my ceiling fans. Besides humming loudly one failed to start without pushing. End of the line I thought.
I was wrong, the humming and low torque were caused by degraded motor capacitors. In our world metalized polypropelyne capacitors almost never fail, especially in a speaker crossover, but I guess the continuous use in series with an AC current wears these out early.
I had always thought that a humming ceiling fan was normal for an old fan. I was wrong, it's not. Replaced my caps and my listening room is much quieter!
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Get on with your BAD SELF ! Never underestimate what a man and his soldering iron can accomplish! FWIT my house is 35 years old hence I’ve replaced EVERYTHING, and I mean everything, except this one Hunter Douglas fan in the Master bedroom. That thing was installed when the house was new and it’s a hugger due to a low ceiling and close proximity to the bed. After 35 years that thing is dead silent. If it ever gets noisy I’ll PM you for tech support. 😆 Cheers , Mike B. |
@buellrider97 - I'm working on upgraded capacitor kits for ceiling fans to eliminate jitter ..... |
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