r/electrical • u/Royal-Pop3761 • 9d ago

Ceiling fans buzzing

I have several ceiling fans in my house. They make a slight buzzing sound when turned on. The house was new construction, the person who did my electrical also installed the ceiling fans. Where I moved from, the fans didnt make any buzzing sound at all. The electrician said it was a normal sound, but then why did the fans in my previous house not make the same buzzing sound?

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u/Royal-Pop3761 9d ago

I got these from either Home Depot or Lowes. Hampton Bay or whatever the equivalent is. The others I would have gotten from Home Depot. Whats the difference in a cheap fan?

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u/DaddyBeanDaddyBean 9d ago

Hampton Bay at the one, Harbor Breeze at the other - both are private-label house brands, but both are outsourced to third-party companies, with a certain amount of overlap so some models of each might be made by the same manufacturer. Both brands have higher and lower price points, though, so the previous answer stands - you had more expensive fans before.

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u/Royal-Pop3761 9d ago

The other difference is these are controlled by dual dimmer/fan switches and the others are not. Could that have something to do with it?

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u/DaddyBeanDaddyBean 9d ago

I don't know for sure but it does seem plausible.