New CEILING FAN CAPACITOR CBB61 4.5uf + 6uf + 5uf 5 WIRE 250V

Medium and High speeds were fine, but on low speed the fan stopped. This is in a Hampton Bay fan that came with the house which worked until recently. My guess is the fan is 8 or 9 years old. As a fan it was pretty good, quiet and no wobble. No reason to replace the fan from that perspective. Anyway, I purchased a new switch and installed it, same behaviour, no low, works on medium and high. After a little more research, I found that the capacitor actually controls the speed based on switch input and decided to replace the capacitor. This one is almost identical to the one that was already installed. The wire color codes even matched. Simple to install with very basic electrical tools and skills. The fan is all buttoned up and back to working normally. All in all a bit of a learning experiance for me and much simpler and less expensive than replacing the whole fan.

Fan started running real slow and on some speeds wouldn't move at all. Was happy to find that this was an exact replacement for what was in my fan! Same capacitances, voltages, wire colors, etc. Tip: to get the wires out of the pull-chain switch, jam a large paperclip in with the wire, then you can gently pull the wire out. It's basically just a big spring clip inside. That way you don't have to cut & strip more wires. Very easy to swap out, biggest pain was just removing the light section and having to work overhead. For as cheap as they are I bought two, that way I would have a spare in case one of my other fans decided to do the same thing.

Works as indicated. My fan spins like new on all 3 speeds. Easy to install with just a laymen's knowledge of electricity. Just make sure you shut the breaker of as well as the fan switch.

The problem with a ceiling fan not working is sometime that model is no longer made. Since this fan is a matched set in my 800 Sq Ft Sunroom my wife uses as a studio, I was reluctant to have to replace both fans. A little research indicated that a ceiling fan not operating at full speed and "humming" indicates a bad capacitor. Instead of testing the capacitor, I identified it and order its replacement (this part). Replacement was straight forward, simply remove the light kit to access the switch box below the fan. This part was identical to the one in the fan right down to the wire colors. Cut the wires (make sure the power is off 1st), and reconnect to the capacitor using wire nuts or crimp connectors. VERIFY the wires are matched up, and replace the cover/light kit. To make change out easier, make sure you have some double stick foam tape to hold the new capacitor in place. Also a second set of hands to hold the light kit in place while installing the screws was a must. My wife used a cane with a rubber tip to hold it in place without having to be on a ladder with me. Fan worked great, just like new! Since there are two fans about the same age, I bought a 2 pack and am now ready when the other capacitor fails!

Item was as described and packaged very well. Fast shipping and delivery. Ceiling fan was running at slow speed, installed this capacitor and fan now working like new! Very satisfied!

Worked fine as a replacement part to fix my ceiling fan.

Our ceiling fan quit working. Rather than replacing the whole fan, I bought one of these. Easy to remove the old one and install the replacement. I never did this before, but it really was easy. Saved me a ton of money compared to replacing the whole ceiling fan.

I have five Hampton Bay five blade ceiling fans. All were running. But all were running slower on every speed. One ceiling fan (in the master bedroom) had a slight hum on the low speed only. I started pulling the capacitor packs and all of the original C61 capacitor packs measured with the red lead to the grey leads well below the 4.5uF and ranged from 1.970uF to 3.200uF. The red lead is the common capacitor to all speeds. A low reading on this lead will cause the ceiling fans to run slower on all speeds. But all speeds will continue to work. As an example, the RPM speeds were: Low~60RPM, Med~70RPM and High~80RPM. After the capacitor pack replacement with this new capacitor pack, the RPM speeds are now: Low~70RPM, Med~100RPM and High~150RPM. This new CBB61 capacitor pack measured values on the red lead range from 4.498uF to 4.557uF. The measurements of all of the packs I ordered are very good indicating quality and consistency of these CBB61 capacitor packs. I definitely recommend these battery packs. To test the RPM of the fans, an 8” piece of painter’s tape was placed on top of the outer portion of a single blade leaving a tail of tape hanging off the end of the blade. A stop watch was used as a timer. On low speed, it is easy to visibly count 10 revolutions and record the time to get the RPM. On medium and high speed, I found it more accurate to stand under the fan off center so that the tape passed over my head. I could hear the tape each time it passed over my head at medium and high speeds. This allowed me to look at the stop watch and count 10 revolutions by sound. Although the capacitor pack replacement significantly improved performance, the capacitor pack replacement did nothing to reduce any motor humming. For the one fan with an intermittent motor hum on low speed (in the master bedroom), the entire fan ($80-$100) needed to be replaced because the issue was with the motor itself. If you have multiple fans that all match like I do and you replace a fan, I recommend either keep the old fan or at least keep the press board blades and metal blade arms. These come in handy if a blade gets scratched or if a blade is out of alignment. These parts are getting harder to find in that the manufacturer changes and existing models are replaced with newer models that do not match the existing models with blades and arms that are incompatible.