with the triangular screw dont undo it with a screwdriver. just hit a few times with a hammer till the plastic gives way either on the cover or gearbox. two taps is usually enough. I also pull the plastic hiding the screw out with sidecutters after cutting cord. the fans with aluminium gearvox i use sidecutters to cut off the plastic on the swing arm. the screws on the aluminium gearboxes never want to come out so i sell the motor with gearbox. i sell the whole motor as transformers and motors. not worth mucking around with the fine windings especially if theres a chance it will be ally. I let the scrap yard sweat the small stuff
Whenever I watch a street scraping video from Australia I always wonder what's the deal with so many fans being thrown in the garbage. I thought it was impossible for them all to stop working. I thought they were cheap, so people would rather throw them away and buy a new one next year than have them sit in their house for a year.
Most of them get scrapped because the base gets bent and they now longer stand up properly or the switched fail or the blades get damaged. If they survive the summer then they are a pain to store for the rest of the year and it’s usually easier to just buy a new one. I have a few in my shed and once you change the blades over to aluminium they work great to keep the mossies away.
with the triangular screw dont undo it with a screwdriver. just hit a few times with a hammer till the plastic gives way either on the cover or gearbox. two taps is usually enough. I also pull the plastic hiding the screw out with sidecutters after cutting cord. the fans with aluminium gearvox i use sidecutters to cut off the plastic on the swing arm. the screws on the aluminium gearboxes never want to come out so i sell the motor with gearbox.
i sell the whole motor as transformers and motors. not worth mucking around with the fine windings especially if theres a chance it will be ally. I let the scrap yard sweat the small stuff
Whenever I watch a street scraping video from Australia I always wonder what's the deal with so many fans being thrown in the garbage. I thought it was impossible for them all to stop working. I thought they were cheap, so people would rather throw them away and buy a new one next year than have them sit in their house for a year.
Most of them get scrapped because the base gets bent and they now longer stand up properly or the switched fail or the blades get damaged. If they survive the summer then they are a pain to store for the rest of the year and it’s usually easier to just buy a new one. I have a few in my shed and once you change the blades over to aluminium they work great to keep the mossies away.
most of the fan motors ive come across had copper windings