Remote controlled 3 speed fans were prone to nonlinear or no speed regulation.

There's a good cheap way to solve it by bypassing the remote control and speed regulator board inside the fan.

You need to know how to read the diagrams, how to locate the wires and have the hand skills to rewire the fan.


Remove and bypass the wiring of the speed controller in the remote controlled fan




Wire the fan with wall regulator

See proposal above

Why so complicated?

This post has been edited by wigneswr: Jan 20 2022, 10:24 AM

Easier to change the capacitor. Cost about RM1 the last time I did it.
Already done it for 3 fans in the house. This is after 12 years of use

get this

What is the brand and model no. of your fans? Where to buy capacitor?

The reason is mainly for those who have cheap local brands that were made in China. The motors are good but the controller boards are terrible and changing capacitors might not solve the problems

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This post has been edited by desmond2020: Jan 20 2022, 10:33 AM

why not just change the problematic capacitor??

It is usually one of the big capacitors went bad. Even if you don't know which one, just change all of them and still way cheaper than get it repaired outside. You probably need soldering skill though.
Those capacitors are common and easily available and make sure you replace same type, not just value.

Why waste time , just use ewelink ifan03 to replace the regulator.

Makesure you have a correct capacitor. Don't be like me back in highschool, try to OC the fan after learning it from kemahiran hidup class.
Aftermath was capacitor blew and the hot wax flew everywhere. Lucky it is not shit.

fan motor also mau vtec kick in ..owai

lmao wtf kipas angin pun mau OC rpm hahahhaha

Thank you bro for your tips!

Really appreciate it!

+1

Gostan parking. Nice info tered.

Dafak ahahahahahaha

Where to buy decent capacitors?

whats this called? Ada link ka

for my alpha remote control fan, i just purchased the capactiors and replaced all of them - a bunch of yellow capacitors and one black capacitor.
yes there's some work involved, you need to solder them, but it's better for the environment and your wallet.
Imagine every 5 years need to buy a new fan - it's a total waste.
If you're lazy to do soldering, just purchase a new PCB board and plug and play, this method can save money too.

This post has been edited by abhipraaya: Jan 20 2022, 11:14 AM

Any electronic shop will do like in Pasar road. Normally polyester type used (non-polarized). Shop will know usually. Each one is not even RM10. Probably RM4~5?

All 3 capacitor regulate speed but normally one faulty. Can buy multi-meter that can measure capacitance. China brand cheap. Even Fluke for China market is sold here and very cheap compare to international version.

How to OC? highest speed is without filter, see diagram 1

As an electronics engineering ex-student, my soldering skills are still OK

Where do you buy the capacitors and how much?

Take the board out and send to repair shop. Probably around RM60 only.

Search around and probably get cheaper one

https://shopee.com.my/Universal-Ceiling-Fan...6b-633ec65f620f

Alpha fans are not supported well like Panasonic

I think need to use back the same board

lel mod a remote fan to become non-remote fan?

just change the capacitor lah dude....

remote fan slow = change capacitor
remote fan cant change speed = change capacitor

kthxbye

If its not KDK/Panasonic brand, RM60 probably means can buy new board liao lel

Basically the circuit is similar. Any 3rd party repair shop usually familiar with any brand in Malaysia

in shopee

For those who have replaced the capacitors but feel unsatisfied, they can opt to mod for connection to wall mounted 5 speed regulator.

Applicabl for local brands below rm 200

I bought it from shopee. if I recall it was 4 yellow and 1 black capacitor. Less than RM20 for all of them.

Just use the correct rating capacitor matching your old one, plus minus - a very small deviation is OK.

Too high then ur fan will spin too fast and reduce lifespan of the motor.

Put a higher capacitor, the fan will spin a lot faster.

One of my alpha fan was under warranty so the service guy came to replace the board but the speed of 1 was still too slow compared with 2 and 3.

Yes, the higher the Cap, the smoother the current. More on time than off time

The fan motor can last very long probably as long as the bearing

It is induction I believe. No brush to wear out.

Why your fan got red, blue and black wire ah? My fan only got 2 wire for power, and green Earthing wire,

huh replaced board should fixed it how come not fixed? u personally see the guy replace the board?

This one was copied from internet

The correct one is below, only 2 wires




He brought 2 boards, only 1 fixed the issue slightly. As we usually run the fan at speed 2, after time we could not be bothered whether speed 1 or 3 was proportional as we were busy. Unlike now, I didn't have the time then to do all these DIY as I was having a busy work life, property investment activities and personal life.

Sounds like used board lel

Panasonic.
First time took it to 5he electronic shop. The owner identified the correct type capacitor and even replace for me
The other fans, I did it myself.
Depending where u live ... Find electronic parts supplier shop.
Seremban it's in Oakland area..behind Colombia Asia hospital

This post has been edited by wigneswr: Jan 20 2022, 12:34 PM

Quick question.. if you have the normal rm150 3 blade ceiling fan. Do you still repair it or pakai rosak buang? Sell a besi buruk to recoup the lost.

Btw KDK ceiling fan is a work horse. Only thing need to replace probably 10-15 years once is the capacitor..

This post has been edited by Brotherjoe: Jan 20 2022, 05:47 PM

Don't throw.

Repaint and repair.

cannot brain