Love the initial sound effects....; )...I have the exact same fan, same problem. I will follow your wisdom and embrace the fan anew. Thanks for the detailed video.
I love fans, and I enjoyed watching this video. My sister just told me just yesterday that her send this exact same one stopped working so I’m gonna be going to get her fan to disassemble it and check it out and hopefully it will be that thermal fuse will be the issue.
That you so much for the informative video! Awesome and very thorough job and in real time. I have to service my Wind Machine as it stopped working, so the tear-down/reassemble shown in the video is SO helpful. As was the fuse replacement. I am suspecting it is my fan motor fuse as well. I would remind viewers that the cord also has a hidden non-serviceable fuse molded in the blue plug. Really really really VERY POOR design on Lasko's part! Most fans with a plug fuse make the fuse serviceable That fuse can blow and the fan will stop working. So before you assume it is the fan motor fuse, check for continuity between each plug blade and the switch end of the respective wire. Also, a bad capacitor (the square black thing attached to the motor) will cause the motor not to function. I have one question for the technician. It seems that the rotor was not rotating freely until the bearings were lubricated. The same thing happened to my fan. I found it not rotating and the rotor was hard to turn. I suspect this caused the motor to overheat and the thermal fuse to blow. Is this what happened to your fan? Another design flaw is the lack of any way to lube the rear bearings without total disassembly. A warning was the the fan seemed not to blow as hard as usual. SO if your wind machine seems to slow down, do not neglect it! It could cause motor failure.
Had 2 wind machines that windings overheated and failed In last 4 years.This last one I pulled apart motor and found scorched winding around where thermal fuse was and ty-wraps were so deteriorated , they just fell off. There is a reason the thermal fuses open up ( > 115 c) . The windings overheating is not right. I have exact replacement fuse but would never run this fan unattended.
Does the thermal fuse disable the fan completely? Mine seems to get hot and then reduces the speed and will stay at that speed regardless of the switch setting. Seems like a straight forward fix
About the speed stays at that speed , maybe the cause is the capasitor... you need to check capasitor first & replace it if necessary... The blown thermal fuse will disable the fan completely (disconnect the electricity to the motor) ...the function of thermal fuse is to protect the motor... before the motor get burn because of too hot, the fuse-filament get burn first, so that the motor is still ok... then you just need to replace the fuse...the cause of hot motor also need to be fixed.. you may need to lubricate the motor with oil.
Okay, so when i took apart my fan, the ball thing that goes around the shaft ended up getting jammed so i pulled it out, do you know how to get it back in the little bracket its supposed to be in?
Did you mean the ball bearing? You should not have pulled it out...just put lubricant oil on it... Unfortunately, I have never tried to pull the ball bearing out nor to get it back in...
No....if the current thermal fuse is still good.. you do not need to replace with a new one... to test if your current thermal fuse is still good or not...try to bypass the current thermal fuse... to make it easy, test the capacitor first before testing the fuse....
Hi, do you have a linediagram for the motor wiring? ( thin wires going to the coils) I was disassembling it to clean the dirt, but unfortunately the wires got loose. I would appreciate it.
you see my hands in between the blade and the motor at timecode: 3:36 to pull out the blade. If you cannot do by hands, probably it is too tight; you may need a screwdriver instead to pull the blade out.... this is just a possibility...I cannot help further because I did it by hands only to pull out the blade...
check the time code 7:54 ... the black insulation that I pulled then you see 2 wires connected .... that was the insulation I used that originally from the fan itself.
Thermal fuse or not this fan is no longer safe to operate. The overheating condition in the motor blew the fuse did you investigate the overheat condition and remedy that first
It is a classic issue. If you often use a fan for long (several years). The bearings of motor becoming dry, the motor becoming very hot, and the thermal fuse blown out. Therefore, you need to do a maintenance by droppping oil on the bearings several times a year.. Before the fuse blown out or already replace with a new thermal fuse, you still need to do a maintenance by dropping oil on the bearings. Your fan will keep good for long if you do a maintenance....
1st.. checking the power cord, the wiring, & the switch ... 2nd.. checking the capasitor & other component outside of the motor. 3rd (last) checking the fuse & other components inside the motor is the last attempt...
Love the initial sound effects....; )...I have the exact same fan, same problem. I will follow your wisdom and embrace the fan anew. Thanks for the detailed video.
I love fans, and I enjoyed watching this video. My sister just told me just yesterday that her send this exact same one stopped working so I’m gonna be going to get her fan to disassemble it and check it out and hopefully it will be that thermal fuse will be the issue.
That you so much for the informative video!
Awesome and very thorough job and in real time.
I have to service my Wind Machine as it stopped working, so the tear-down/reassemble shown in the video is SO helpful. As was the fuse replacement. I am suspecting it is my fan motor fuse as well.
I would remind viewers that the cord also has a hidden non-serviceable fuse molded in the blue plug. Really really really VERY POOR design on Lasko's part! Most fans with a plug fuse make the fuse serviceable That fuse can blow and the fan will stop working. So before you assume it is the fan motor fuse, check for continuity between each plug blade and the switch end of the respective wire. Also, a bad capacitor (the square black thing attached to the motor) will cause the motor not to function.
I have one question for the technician. It seems that the rotor was not rotating freely until the bearings were lubricated. The same thing happened to my fan. I found it not rotating and the rotor was hard to turn. I suspect this caused the motor to overheat and the thermal fuse to blow. Is this what happened to your fan?
Another design flaw is the lack of any way to lube the rear bearings without total disassembly. A warning was the the fan seemed not to blow as hard as usual. SO if your wind machine seems to slow down, do not neglect it! It could cause motor failure.
Had 2 wind machines that windings overheated and failed In last 4 years.This last one I pulled apart motor and found scorched winding around where thermal fuse was and ty-wraps were so deteriorated , they just fell off. There is a reason the thermal fuses open up ( > 115 c) . The windings overheating is not right.
I have exact replacement fuse but would never run this fan unattended.
I wish Lasko upgrades their motors for their fans so they would last longer.
I have 2 lasko fan 1 going on 11 years I clean it regularly and 1 like this . I have to get the fuse.
Does anyone know where I can get the ON/OFF 3 speeds switch for mine ?? Same as this video, mine is LASKO WindMachine 20". Thanks !
Does the thermal fuse disable the fan completely? Mine seems to get hot and then reduces the speed and will stay at that speed regardless of the switch setting. Seems like a straight forward fix
About the speed stays at that speed , maybe the cause is the capasitor... you need to check capasitor first & replace it if necessary...
The blown thermal fuse will disable the fan completely (disconnect the electricity to the motor) ...the function of thermal fuse is to protect the motor... before the motor get burn because of too hot, the fuse-filament get burn first, so that the motor is still ok... then you just need to replace the fuse...the cause of hot motor also need to be fixed.. you may need to lubricate the motor with oil.
Praise Jesus, thanks for this video
Okay, so when i took apart my fan, the ball thing that goes around the shaft ended up getting jammed so i pulled it out, do you know how to get it back in the little bracket its supposed to be in?
Did you mean the ball bearing? You should not have pulled it out...just put lubricant oil on it...
Unfortunately, I have never tried to pull the ball bearing out nor to get it back in...
So if the fan display no current then a new thermal fuse must be replaced to restart the fan remarkable 😢
No....if the current thermal fuse is still good.. you do not need to replace with a new one... to test if your current thermal fuse is still good or not...try to bypass the current thermal fuse... to make it easy, test the capacitor first before testing the fuse....
Hi, do you have a linediagram for the motor wiring? ( thin wires going to the coils) I was disassembling it to clean the dirt, but unfortunately the wires got loose. I would appreciate it.
unfortunately i don't have it.. you may find it on other channels..
@@edwardhp-channel Thanks for your response. I'll check other channels.
Got it all apart very easily.. accept can't get the blade off?? To get to the balloon string that has been pulled in?? Help please
you see my hands in between the blade and the motor at timecode: 3:36 to pull out the blade.
If you cannot do by hands, probably it is too tight; you may need a screwdriver instead to pull the blade out....
this is just a possibility...I cannot help further because I did it by hands only to pull out the blade...
When you bypassed without thermal fuse what did you use for insulation
check the time code 7:54 ... the black insulation that I pulled then you see 2 wires connected .... that was the insulation I used that originally from the fan itself.
Im going to bypass to test out hope it works
@@josett7759 you can use electrical tape for insulation... see the description.. I added info...
@@edwardhp-channel I'm going to bypass no fuse to check marking megaohmns in resistor
@@edwardhp-channel i got ol in thermal fuse
Where do get those fuses?
@@johnrinehart1096 the link for the fuse already provided on the description....
Link to where to buy the fuse>?
check on the description, I already provided the link to buy at Amazon...
Thermal fuse or not this fan is no longer safe to operate. The overheating condition in the motor blew the fuse did you investigate the overheat condition and remedy that first
It is a classic issue. If you often use a fan for long (several years). The bearings of motor becoming dry, the motor becoming very hot, and the thermal fuse blown out. Therefore, you need to do a maintenance by droppping oil on the bearings several times a year.. Before the fuse blown out or already replace with a new thermal fuse, you still need to do a maintenance by dropping oil on the bearings. Your fan will keep good for long if you do a maintenance....
My fan just like this one control switch stop working
My blade will not go back on I’ve jumped on the thing put wd40 in the middle done absolutely everything I can think of and it just won’t go on
1st.. checking the power cord, the wiring, & the switch ...
2nd.. checking the capasitor & other component outside of the motor.
3rd (last) checking the fuse & other components inside the motor is the last attempt...
I want to bypassed but scared cause I know basic,101 electricity I need to insulated was thinking of putting black tape
if you bypass the fuse and still not working... it can also caused by the malfunction capasitor... this is just another posibility...
Bypassing is just connecting two wires and not using fuse
@@josett7759 correct
@@edwardhp-channel it still didn't work did find some wire that were burned
Thermal fuse happens when it overheated
correct... classic problem when the fan motor is overheated and need lubrication...