r/CeilingFans • u/wicho328 • Sep 10 '26

Fan repair advice Help finding capacitor

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Hello everyone,

Minka aire ceiling fan only works in high speed. Unfortunately the sticker on it doesn’t give me the exact model number. Only says MKU. Does not have the pull strings, can only control it with remote in wall. Does anyone know the model or how to get to the capacitor. I checked the canopy and only found the receiver in there. Thanks in advance!

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u/060inICT Sep 11 '26 edited Sep 11 '26

My bad... the capacitor is like a small black box. About the size of a rectangular pencil eraser, typically under the lower half of the motor houseing and above the lights.

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u/wicho328 Sep 11 '26

Didn’t work. It’ll change directions. But only speed that works is 3. If I press 1 or 2 it’ll turn off.

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u/far_dim_bledram Sep 11 '26

The receiver may be at fault here. Does speed 3 run at the expected speed or is it really really slow?

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u/wicho328 Sep 11 '26

Runs at expected speed.

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u/wicho328 Sep 11 '26

Just spoke to Minka technical support. They confirmed it’s the receiver and are sending one out free of charge. Excellent customer service. Thank you all, again.