Broken fan motor diagnosis for repair

Just a quick video on fan repairs, the fan blades move freely but the motor is not functioning. These videos are intended as entertainment only. If you're a DIY-er always after any repair to a electrical device have it looked at by an electrician or a repair person. You can order these thermal fuses on ebay and other online sites, Cheap. Thanks for Watching and check out my main channel @kurtscottage Take Care

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[nyan]

Ah, so that's what happened to my old fan. My local electricians are sly and told me that he can't fix it in order to try to get me to sell the motor to him with lowballed price, which i did since i had no electrician knowledge.
At least now I can troubleshoot my fans before scrapping it, thanks! The knowledge is much appreciated!

[subtletruth]

You were right YouTube fan man. My problem was the common issue where lubrication was needed because the motor wasn't turning at all but now it's working better than ever! Thank you very much for this video & info!

Honestly saved me some money for such a simple fix.

[playfullysound]

Taught me how to really assess whether a fan is repairable and how to prevent it. It had the data I required. Very good information.

[KefkeWren]

Thanks for this. Had a fan go out just recently, that I'd considered repairing myself if I could. Watching this allowed me to determine that there was a problem with exactly the piece you showed. I almost considered doing exactly what you mentioned people doing, but realized for myself before you even said it the fire risk - especially high for me considering that I used my fan fairly heavily. You saved me time, energy, and possibly my life.

[teacfan]

In 2003, I bought a cheap white plastic Chinese box fan, 10 inch size. A short time later, it was having a difficult time spinning up and the spin down time was too quick. The motor was simple enough. Even though it said "sealed bearings no lubrication needed", this type of motor has this symptom. So I took it all apart and lubricated the bearing areas and it has worked far better than it ever has. For a plastic bladed fan, the spin down is really impressive. Most people would have chucked the fan in about a year but if I can make something last longer and not feed the company money who makes these fans, the more the better. Fourteen years and it still runs fine.

[emmaquiz]

Ready to throw my Honeywell fan away but after watching your video I gave it another try. I fixed the fan by bypassing the thermal fuse like you suggested in this video and it fixed it. Saved me 50 bucks. Thanks

[jw]

A blown thermal fuse was exactly what was wrong with the fan I was working on. I’m glad I found this video because I never would have figured it out (I never knew such a component existed or that fans have them). Thanks!

[halfanhour]

I just fixed my fan thanks to this video. I figured there was a thermal fuse somewhere just didn't know where it was hiding.

[kamilkowalski]

Great video! I have a tower fan that my girlfriend cannot sleep without, and I keep needing to repair it/oil it. I did not know about the thermal protector until I watched your video. This will help me narrow down what is actually going on the next time I troubleshoot and repair the fan. Thank you!

[theimaginator]

The unfortunate thing is that people have the attitude of "Why fix it when a new one is so cheap?". I have never bought a new fan in my life. I have fans that date back to 1919, and every single one of them is in perfect working order, because I do regular maintenance. Clean the fan, blow out the motor, and oil the bearings. It takes minutes to do, and costs literally pennies. 

[nicctone]

This completely isolated my problem. I "fixed" the fan and it got it working but scrapped it anyway. It was a good learning experience. Thank you.

[walterheiland]

Thanks to this video I can fix my fan. Just the tiny fuse was inside the coils and was very hard to reach. But I did it and now it works. Thank you very much. God bless you!

[TheCrystalGlow]

I did a repair on my cheapo bionaire tower fan. I did short the resistors and just leave it and we don’t use the fan without supervision. I think the fuse blew because it was not properly lubricated and caused the motor to over amp and fail. I don’t really care if it catches fire because it was free and I have it where it won’t cause issues if it does :)

[splitfancycake]

wow, your voice is very unique, like, in a good way. its not flat and boring like other tutorials and i love it.

[synthnseq]

Liked, commented and subscribed - this vid is still doing the business eight years later! Very useful and quick fix, thanks.

[harvanderveen]

And you Sir, deserve my greatest thanks! We have a very nice copper-colored metal fan ('retro style'), and I just couldn't figure out what was wrong. Turned out that the thermal protector switch blew up. Fixed now, thanks to your step-by-step checking guide!!

[clintoniob]

Well done. Great explanation for people who are not familiar with these thermal fuses.

[jeromesarmientomd]

Thank you for the tip- mine needed WD40 for the rear bearing which I did not lubricate prior to watching this- Thank you very much. I save a ton of money

[sbawskiboy]

Thank God for YouTube Thanks especialy electricretrotech Guy for making this video. Thermal protector was my fans’ problem

[ursinegrubby]

Un, yeah I've just done this. Beautiful white fan stamped 5.2023 somebody has discarded. The failure of the thermo chip made it garbage. Such a criminal waste. It does work, just waiting for a new chip. Well done. Thank you.
Follow up: Chip soldered in, works fine. You vid saved it from the junk pile, again well done.