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can anyone help…

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I am trying to repair a capacitor on a ceiling fan that is rather old. The capacitor is old enough to use the old unit label of mfd instead of uf for micro-farads.

Just in case the image is hard to read the text on the capacitor is:

Y C E

10MFD/5MFD/250VAC

GY/5R/5BR/5GR

I have found that there are a few people asking about this exact capacitor, but only in amazon questions and I don't want to trust those as technical advice.

From what I understand, the important thing is to get a capacitor with at least 250VAC, the same number of wires, and the same capacitance value. I have not been able to locate a single 10/5 uf capacitor regardless of the number of wires. What I have been able to find is a 5+5+5 uf capacitor with people saying it is a valid replacement.

I know that capacitors in parallel add their capacitance, so should I be able to buy a 5+5+5 and just attach two of the 5uf outputs to the 10mfd wire? Or do I need to actually track down a 10+5 uf capacitor?

EDIT: I have been doing a lot more research into this. I am now wondering if the 10mfd/5mfd is just a lie. making a few assumptions, GY could mean grey, R red, BR brown, and GR green. If that's the case, the grey are live, and the red, brown, and green are all 5 uf capacitors. This would explain why all of the more modern capacitors that come up in my searches are 5+5+5 uf and I cannot locate a single 10+5 uf.

⟐ Answered August 07, 2025 at 14:54 MST

At Amazon I found this capacitor but I am not sure it will work in my fan since for the red its 4.5uf/300v instead of 4.5uf/280v that the old one has. While the brown and purple match in numbers

At lowes.com I found a capacitor that at first mached one I need but when I ordered it and it arrived it was totally different from the image lowes had in its website. This is what I received from lowes

Does anyone know if its ok to use the one from lowes or is it better for me to just return it and get the one from Amazon instead?

Thanks to eveyone who answered my post. I ended up just returning the one from lowes. I didnt want the higher microfarad messing up my cealing fan. Instead I ordered one i saw on amazon. I made sure the macrofarads matched the old one, and followed the adviced on the voltage rating being higher but not lower then the the old ratings. It finally got here yesterday. The lowes one looked better physically, like better made then the amazon one. I installed it anyways and now the fan works at all speeds. Hopefully it lasts a good while and isn't some crappy knockoff, which now a days is very common.

⟐ Edited by author May 31, 2023 at 18:28 MST

The make is Lucci air On the back of the remote is the number FCCID CHQ 70307

⟐ Answered January 08, 2026 at 17:07 MST

I know just enough about electrical to ask questions before it gets dangerous, so sorry for any incorrect terminology…

The markings on the old capacitor say 350v and 4uf. I know the replacement can be higher than 350v if needed, but should be exactly 4uf.

The problem I’m running into is that the old one has 3 wires (1 red, 2 white), and all of the 3-wire capacitors I’ve found so far have 3 different colored wires with 2 different uf values.

I’m assuming the red wire is the input or hot wire and the 2 white wires are the output and share the same 4uf rating. If so, can I just get a 2-wire 350v 4uf capacitor and connect the single output wire to both of the fan’s white connections? If not, is there somewhere you recommend for finding a 3-wire 350v 4uf capacitor?

⟐ Answered May 27, 2025 at 23:51 MST

⟐ Answered August 12, 2025 at 8:33 MST

https://shopee.com.my/Kipas-Capacitor-OR...

Here's the PCB of my fan:

https://i.imgur.com/VOA3cWQ.jpg

As you can see some of the caps provided by the seller has similar voltage but different uF and vice versa. Should I keep looking for capacitors with the exact rating or is it okay to have some slight difference in rating?

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⟐ Commented July 15, 2024 at 13:43 MST

450V.AC 50/60Hz, 1.25 + 1 + 1.5uF +/- 5%

What should I do ?

On the capacitor the following is also printed "CBB6-1" as well as "EN60252"

Here is a photo shot of the capacitor :

It has 5 leads ==>

⟐ Commented May 22, 2024 at 8:46 MST

⟐ Answer edited November 26, 2024 at 1:47 MST

⟐ Answer accepted July 25, 2024 at 14:51 MST

@dadibrokeit the old one is gone but l have the number it had,is Cbb61. And E21 58 93 the new one has CBB61 and gray 6uf 250vac gray 5uf 250vac at the top4.5 Red down Brown and down again purple and at the bottom 70'C. 50/60Hz. The color I have in my lite box are. Black. Blue. Yellow. Yellow. White. Gray. Can you help me. Thank you.

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⟐ Answer edited April 18, 2024 at 16:13 MST

I cleaned the blades and made sure that they are fastened properly.

When I observed the fan, I noticed that it’s due ring / bracket that holds the blades and spins is touching the non moving base that houses the light fixture.

How can I fix this?

It’s a Hunter fan with 5 blades. Something that looks like this https://www.hunterfan.com/products/ceili...

Don’t know the exact model because it came with the house we’re living in

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