New 5 Wire Ceiling Fan Capacitor Replacement for New Tech CBB61, 250VAC 50/60 Hz, 4.5uf+6uf+5uf, 2Pcs

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.

Item came a day ahead of anticipated delivery. Color coding was identical to factory part. Minor issue is it is about 1.5 to 2 mm larger than original. Not using double sided tape to fasten internally or cardboard spacer was sufficient. I think this probably varies from model to model so every case may be different, depending on light kit, etc... other than that works like a charm. Three speeds again as it should be. Less than 10 bucks instead of over a hundred for a new fan makes sense. Depends on your comfort level in tearing things apart. This was actually pretty easy. Less than an hour start to finish. Used Wago instead of twist or crimp(original) , tinned leads before inserting. Time will tell on part quality.

Easy to install and works fine with my ceiling fan. Time will tell on durability.

Wire colors didn't match my existing Hunter fan capacitor, but functions properly.

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.

Replacing this capacitor made my 10 year old slow moving fan new again.5 minute job to cut out old and splice in new. Color coded, super easy.Even a caveman can do it.

Pulled out my old fans (pretty new actually, in fan years) cap 4.5/4/6 uF and replaced with this 4.5/6/5uF. Faster spin, more air circulation, easy color coded wire replacement. My old high is my new mid. hope it stays that way.

Our bedroom ceiling fan only had off and low speed no matter how many times you pulled the chain. Right in the middle of a heat wave the part arrived and in about 15-20 minutes I was back and running at all three speeds again. Looks almost exactly the same as the OEM Harbor Breeze capacitor but the numbers all match along with correct number and color of wires. Been running for almost a month straight without issues or problems. Saved my fan for just a couple of bucks.