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Road Dog
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So weird. I have high, low, low, and off.

Anyone know why this might be? I can live with it. I find it odd that both are doing it.

Any thoughts or suggestions are most appreciated.
 
Posts: 3446 | Location: Southwest Indiana | Registered: December 12, 2004Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Almost all of the fans in our house are similar, but only have 1 speed, maybe 2.

Curious to see the responses.




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Posts: 15315 | Location: Spring, TX | Registered: July 11, 2011Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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That doesn’t sound right.

All three of the ceiling fans we have in our house have Low/Med/High speeds.


 
Posts: 33805 | Location: Pennsylvania | Registered: November 12, 2007Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Someone at the factory put the wrong resistor in the "medium" switch position.

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Posts: 27902 | Location: Dallas, TX | Registered: May 08, 2006Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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What model are they? I know Hunter has a few 2 speed offerings.

Are they traditional (regular wired, pull chain selector) or remote? Is your home set up for separate light/fan controls (3 wire), or is it controlled at the fan only (2 wire)?

AC or DC motor?

If they are traditional AC wired 2 speed motors, with 3 wire wall controls, you might be able to use a wall control switch and control the fan speed that way, vs the setting from the pull switch.




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Posts: 3352 | Location: Southern Maine | Registered: February 10, 2008Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Is that what they are labeled, or is that the speed at which they rotate?
 
Posts: 17144 | Location: Lexington, KY | Registered: October 15, 2006Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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We have Hunter ceiling fans in every room except the bathrooms & they all have 3 speeds. Our "newest" is at least ten years old, so not much help.


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Posts: 2048 | Location: PA | Registered: September 01, 2013Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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https://www.hansenwholesale.co...0reversible%20motors.

All Hunter fans feature 3-speed, electrically reversible motors.
 
Posts: 10626 | Location: Gilbert Arizona | Registered: March 21, 2013Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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That would piss me off... We have numerous Hunter fans that i installed throughout the house and run them on Medium. I'd be fired up if I put 2 together and mounted them only to find out there was no medium setting...
 
Posts: 436 | Location: Virginia | Registered: October 10, 2012Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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If you have the wireless remote fan/light switch and they are both on the same circuit, they may interfere with each other if their locations are too close together.


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Posts: 344 | Registered: December 24, 2006Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I do have two switches. One for the fan and one for the light. The house is new and I had every bedroom wired for a fan.

No remote switches. Fans all have three speeds. I’m sure I’ve done something wrong because the odds of two doing the same thing and being faulty are pretty slim.

I installed one in the family room and it’s fine.
 
Posts: 3446 | Location: Southwest Indiana | Registered: December 12, 2004Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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My hunter fan is a 2 speed. But it used to be a 3 speed. The chain broke off inside the plastic housing that controls the speeds. I replaced the speed switch but the wiring schematic was wrong for the new switch. I did it exactly how it said. But it only has 2 speeds now. PIA. I like 3 speeds better.
 
Posts: 11148 | Location: NE OHIO | Registered: October 22, 2004Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I installed 3 hunter fans in the last year and they all have 3 speeds.



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Posts: 2034 | Location: Liberty, MO | Registered: November 28, 2004Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Fan related mini-rant:
Why is the first switch setting full blast?
Shouldn't it be low, medium then high?


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Posts: 16088 | Location: Marquette MI | Registered: July 08, 2014Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Put my Hunter's in over 20 years ago, they are controlled by sliding switches so I don't know how many speeds the chain pull activates.


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Posts: 3856 | Location: WNY | Registered: April 11, 2009Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I leave my fans on high and have three speed fan control smart switches to operate them remotely. I use Z-Wave smart switches with some right next to each other in the same boxes and they don't interfere. They actually form a mesh network.
 
Posts: 4713 | Location: Indiana | Registered: December 28, 2004Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Can't they wire in a switch to accommodate more speeds?
My oldie Casablanca has a rotary switch which makes it variable.
 
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