Easy Cleaning of Lasko Pivoting Utility Fan
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- Easy Cleaning of Lasko U15610M Pivoting Utility Fan
Tools:
Philips screwdriver
Blade screwdriver (for the little tab)
10mm socket, extension & ratchet
Hose with hot water
Clean dry fabric / rags
Engine or multipurpose Oil
Lots of patience
From the bottom of my heart thank you so much I’ve been fighting myself not to just hit the entire thing with a hose.
Thank you for appreciating it.
That's a good one, man. I smiled imagining the poor fan. Thanks and good luck!
Did the hose thing 5yrs straight on a Lasko labeled version of the Air King 9960. That thing was a beast. Would love to use hose on my U15617, but I doubt it would survive. Performs almost as well as my old 9960, but its build quality isn't even close.
😂😂😂 IVE BEEN KICKING BOTH MINE FOR A FEW WEEKS! I came here because I’ve had it with these fans
I use this fan for my bedroom. It was making such an awful sound I couldn’t sleep so I found your video at 3 am and cleaned the beast out, thank you!!
Wow that was an early cleaning. I am happy my tutorial was useful for you.
I so appreciate you taking the time to show all the details I couldn't even find the screws to get it apart before. A very helpful video thank you very much
Thank you my friend.
Thank you, at first I thought there was no way I could to this but you really broke it down well. Thanks again.
Thank you for your nice comment.
Thank you for this walk through. Had mine for three years and didn't realize how dirty it was. This helped a lot.
Thanks a lot for your comment. So glad this video was useful for you.
My Lasko is a Mod. 4900 and it is yellow and black with a chrome handle, but it is the same fan. My motor is entirely closed. This is a great fan. I saw an all-black one at Samsclub, but felt like thin plastic. Thanks for the video, I had been putting off cleaning it for a long time.
I've seen your model, in a garage sale. I am glad this tutorial was helpful to you.
This was SUPER HELPFUL!!!!! Easy to follow & super accurate directions - THANK YOU SO. ERY MUCH!!!!!!!!
Thank you for your nice comment. Is fuel for me. Thanks
My fan is very clean now, Thank you!!
Glad it was helpful. Thank you brother
I need you to clean mine!
Now that was an extreme cleaning. This was very helpful in the disassembly. I have to change the motor in mine.
Hahah I was thinking the same, this was very extreme, BUT awesome it was broken down to the end like this. I’ll probably stop after I get to that socket part, but if I need to replace the motor, I’ll know how!
I had used your video as a guide to clean a different model lasko fan before. Now I have this same model and your video helped again. Thank you for taking your time to teach us how to do it ourselves.
So happy for your feedback, that you found these useful. Thanks, man.
I have this exact fan and used your instructions to take apart, clean and put back together.
Here is my problem/issue....
Once I put the fan back together everything was working fine. However, something is not right, I have done something incorrectly.
Once I turn on the fan the turbine (while spinning) now makes a sound as if something could be loose and I can not figure it out.
I wondered if you could help me with figuring out what is causing the sound as though something were loose.
@@lindasheffield5437 Sorry to hear that. Did you screw the Axis Nut back properly? Not so hard, but only that it is firmly tightened.
Or else, does your fan gives you the impression of just having 1 speed despite moving it from 1 to 3?
Thank you Brother. All clean now. Hope your finger feels better. :)
At your service, brother. I am fine now, thanks.
Thank you so much!! Exactly what I needed to clean all of my lasko fans.
At your service friend. Thank you!
Very thorough and helpful video!
I appreciate your feedback very much!!! Thanks.
great video. exactly what i was looking for!
Thank you for appreciating my tutorial.
I watched this 2yrs ago great information, I have owned 6 of these fans and am very happy with there output of air but seriously Lasco should mark them easier to clean .
I am happy you find this tutorial useful my friend.
But yeah, turbines are always a difficult task to disassemble & clean, regardless of where they are at (ductless AC, vertical fan, floor utility fan,etc)
...and they COULD, if they wanted to!
Thank you.. perfect guide video.. the steps were exact for my fan for easy disassembly and assembly. Now my fan is as good as new.
So glad to hear your fan became again as good as new using my tutorial. Thank you!
Ok just like the Stanley. I have 3 stanleys I use for work and bought this one not knowing how much better it is. You have to clean them or it will suck and not blow! Thanks man!
Thanks to you for using this tutorial. I appreciate your feedback.
Thanks for the instructions. Don't know how dirty it is till you take it apart.
Thank you for using my video. Yes, and this kind of fan is a little tricky to clean
Estaba intentando limpiar los ventiladores que usamos en el trabajo y este video hizo la diferencia. Gracias. Saludos ✋
Gracias por apreciarlo, amigo.
Thank You for the instruction video of cleaning the pivoting fan 😎
On the contrary, thank you four watching.
I like your fig tree! Used to have big ones in Louisiana. Thank you!
Thank you for your comment. I really like grass, trees, etc. I am sure your garden was beautiful. Thank you.
Very helpful and easy to follow, thanks
Thank you for your feedback. Have a nice day.
Felicidades Spartan, tu trabajo es excelente, porque tu método es fácil de aprender y cuidas la seguridad.
Thank you for the help. Hope your finger gets better.
Thank you very much, sir.
HEY AJ THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP! I WAS WRECKING MY BRAIN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO RELEASE THE MOTOR HOUSING! @3:03 PRESTO BANGO WORKED LIKE A CHARM! WITHOUT THAT CLARITY IT NEVER COMES OFF OR YOU BREAK IT OUT OF FRUSTRATION! OH AND MINE WAS THE LESKO U5701 MODEL A LITTLE MORE INVOLVED TO DISASSEMBLE BUT BASICALLY THE SAME SET UP EXCEPY FOR A FEW SPECIALTY SECURITY SCREWS ON SOME OF THE FITTINGS.....WHAT A PAIN!!!!
No problem. I am glad it helped a little with your model. Good luck brother
I own two Lasko U15720 model fans, with several security screws. Makes one wonder if they did this to prevent the average person from being able to open it up in order to clean the internal components of their fans--these fans don't cool as well when the blower wheel is covered with dust and gunk--perhaps so owners are forced to buy a new one. Earlier this week someone gave me another one of these fans because it has a broken blower wheel. Thanks to this video, I now know how to fix it and will soon have three of these fans to cool off my home.
amigo la tuerca para quitar la turbina de que lado afloja como giran las manecillas del reloj o como una cuerda normal es que ahí no se nota cuando le das con el dado te saludo y muy buen video
@@mariobautista8492 Creo recordar que counterclockwise, contra las manecillas del reloj. Sujetala con una mano y usa la ratchet con la otra. Gracias
Thank you for the video, you made it much easier by showing us the way!
Much appreciated, have a nice weekend.
Thank you, man. I appreciate your comment , and so happy it was a useful guide for you.
This is the third time I've used your videos thank you so much!
So glad to hear it, Paul. Thanks for using my tutorials.
@spartan.HOCOPOG_0011 You're very welcome! My age makes me memorize good videos to use. Other than that I have to find new ones that aren't that good! Have a great evening!
Thank you for all you do for us to help solve this problem this video was so clear to understand. Loved your music! God Bless you and family !
Thank you for your feedback. I appreciate it so much. God bless you, too.
Life saver 5/2023 keep up the good work so us not so bright people don’t break something ❤️❤️
Thank you very much, man. I am sure you will get this clean up done perfectly.
I was thinking the same. I noticed today it wasn’t blowing as hard as I remember and was hoping I’d get a very clear tutorial on how to clean the inside. This was perfect.
"we" people...
Thank you so much for the video that worked perfectly!
On the contrary. Thank you for using & appreciating my tutorial
Thank you. This tutorial was both clear and helpful.
Thanks for showing me how. You made it easy too. Thank you again.
Thank you my friend for appreciating the tutorial.
Thanks for the video. Been trying to pick wads of lint and cat hair out of mine through the grill with chopsticks! Your method will work out MUCH better!
Also, I noticed the fig tree in your yard, does it have many figs?
Thank you for your positive feedback. I am glad it helped you. The tree is still very young and hasn't given any figs yet...You noticed! Thank you...good luck cleaning the fan.
hahah I’m having to do the same with my cat’s hair too 😅
Thank u for sharing. I always brought a new one every time they ran a little slow and got dusty. The company should have given out a manual for cleaning purposes.
I am glad it was helpful. Thank you
Worked like a charm. Thank you good sir.
I am really glad it worked out fine for you , thanks for commenting!
Thank you! Great step by step. Super helpful!
I am glad you found my video useful. Thanks
thank you so much your tutorial was so helpful!!!
Thank you for the video, helped me out a ton 🤙
Thank you brother!! Great music as well!!
I appreciate your comment brother. Thanks
This is a beautiful intro 😂
Thanks for this, you made my day!
Thank you. I appreciate you liked the tutorial
@@spartan.HOCOPOG_0011 was just about to clean same fan, and thought I was crazy to search for help. Your video could not be better! Very very thankful!
Hope you have recovered from your hurt finger by now! :) cheers.
@@miguelzip I am really glad you found my video, and thank you my friend, I have recovered. Good luck.
Excellent video and very helpful
Thank you for your nice comment. It means a lot.
Thanks for the video, it was quite helpful.
Thank you for using my tutorial and your feedback.
Thank you!!
No problem, friend.
Great video and very well done!
Thank you very much, Sir.
Thank you so much for this!
THANK YOU
You are welcome.
MUCHAS GRACIAS POR EL TUTORIAL, ME HACIA FALTA. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
De nada. Gracias a ti por utilizarlo.
You are legendary
Thanks man. I appreciate it
can i wash it even tho i can’t take out the middle cause rn i pulled down everything and i don’t got that type of screwed to take down the middle
You gotta get the tool, my friend. If you wash it like it is, water will get into speed control and mess up the fan. Good luck.
Do not spray water or any kind of liquid anywhere near that motor or let water even come in contact with it or u will fry it! That's a nice little blower wheel I'm thinking about getting one of these.
Correct. Any kind of Air is good near the motor (even if it is a mattress pump, like in my case), whereas water never is.
Since purchasing it, th-cam.com/users/postUgkxQuBMI30VhO6fDed6NOsYftsoNa8x0UZ5 this fan is a trustworthy companion during the hot nights in Texas for me. The sleep mode is really quiet and gives you smooth wind to cool down. At full speed the fan is quite noisy but also very strong.Only weird thing is that if there is a draught from another fan, the sleep mode would speed up occasionally (getting a bit louder, probably to level 2 out of 4). This never happened so far when I used only this fan though.
Can you please tell me how to reinstall the capacitor
I am sorry, If I can, I avoid disassembling complex parts of the fan and I recommend that as well to every DIY's, since usually when you pull the lid, those parts & the wires come out unintentionally. I can't help you with that brother. Sorry.
@@spartan.HOCOPOG_0011 thx I was just hoping you could take a picture of yours or if you had a diagram but thanks what happened was I let my brother borrow it and capacitor went out and now its not working I think he wired it wrong if you have any ideas please let me know thanks and nice job on your blower
@@robg259 The capacitor has 2 wires...maybe you can find the terminals to which they must connect. On the other hand, it happened to me, that I disconnected the speed control in the Xblower some months ago, and I helped a follower saying this; You should see a small black square (speed control on the inside). Standing in front of it you should plug them as follows: BOTTOM RIGHT: Pink wire, BOTTOM LEFT: Blue wire, TOP RIGHT: Brown wire, TOP LEFT: Black wire
How long did that take you to clean ?
About 1.5 hours
So does this actually help with a a rattle sound that im hearing in mine? I have 4 VERY hairy dogs and never have cleaned the fan out in 3 years lol. So I'm just now hoping this is just a "dirty" issue so I will hopefully soon find out in the next week or so.
Hello friend. It might be hair in the shaft or hair in the intake grid. If it is hair preventing the shaft from spinning, the next sign is that the bearings will screech and some months later the motor will burn and die. Please Do clean it...
The screws I have to remove are not Phillips screws…. Idk what they are an how to remove them?!
Maybe it is a different model with Torx screws. Just a matter of buying a Torx Screwdriver Kit in any home depot or similar, my friend
Always trust a Hispanish dude with only one usable hand. You know he's working hard!
Racist...
I took mine apart to clean it and now it only blows on high speed no low
This can be 2 things;
1) most likely you put the turbine backwards
2) least likely; you accidentally damaged speed control with humidity, a bump, etc or if you dissasembled it, which I recommended not to.
Does the motor require a lube job?
5:11 Yeah my friend. A little machine oil to the shaft.
when I try to remove the turbine, the socket just spins and spins and never unscrews, any ideas?
Hello friend. Grab the black plastic turbine with one hand (i would recommend you to wear a thick glove - turbine has sharp edges) and with your other hand spin the ratchet. Thanks
Any idea how to get the plastic faceplate off the black version with the speed control switch and power plugs on the side? I found some extra screws and removed them but there's something hidden from view stopping me from removing the side panel and I can't find any videos that show this model.
Maybe some spinning. You know, like putting your hand on a DJ table to either side. Thanks for watching. Careful when removing speed control....cables are really easy tu unplug unintentionally.
@@spartan.HOCOPOG_0011 I don't understand, but I did eventually get it open and find that the turbine housing was cracked straight across the entire surface, however I also figured out that, if you tighten everything up extremely, extremely tight, including all chassis screws, the housing does not appear to be further compromised by stress loading and does not critically fail or appear likely to do so, given the overall strength of the housing unit as a whole. I'll update later if it fails. Right now it is running like new.
I cant remove the 10mm but holding the plastic fan on it just spins w the motor shaft
As in the video, firmly grab the fan against a surface, blocking the movement of the turbine, or even turning it a little, in a spin contrary to the one of the nut. This should do it. If not, apply a little clean car engine oil.
I fucking hate cleaning this goddamn thing and I watched your video to find an easier way, same method as mine 😂
I have basically the same fan but my high speed went out! Speeds 1 and 2 both still work and was wondering if it is a cheap fix or should I get a new one , I am not afraid to tear it down and will get back together correctly but wondering if it is A fuse link bad switch or faulty motor?
Hello. Please try to put out your turbine, spin it 180° and put it back again in place.
This is a very common problem when we put our turbine on the wrong side / direction.
Thank you.
@@spartan.HOCOPOG_0011 I bought the fan 3
Years ago and has worked fine since and just quit fast speed, has not been taken apart as of yet to swap turbine 180
@@garyhockensmith2471 Sorry to hear that. Usually they dont lose 1 speed like that. Sounds to me like a wire disconnected from a little junction box it has next to the turbine, on the opposite side from where you start dissasembling the fan.
I want to replace the speed selector with a ZOOZ Z-WAVE PLUS S2 MULTIRELAY ZEN16 WITH 3 DRY CONTACT RELAYS. Any suggestions as to how to get to and remove the switch. That way I can remotely control it with voice via Hubitat and Google Assistant or Alexa.
You seem to be the guy who is most able to do this experiment and let us know. Just always remember to do what I do before taking off complex gizmos, take an HD picture of it before, to remember...in case it doesn't work
So, would you recommend this model? I've had various different Lasko utility fans over the years, and what I've noticed is that most of them are designed to be impossible to adequately disassemble. I've only had one that you could completely take apart and clean, and I can't find that model anywhere these days. That's what drew me to your video, that you had one that was able to be taken apart for a good cleaning. They get so gunked up with pet hair and dust after continued use that I consider it a "must have" feature to be able to take them apart for cleaning. But how's the noise level? Is it good and powerful without being too noisy?
Hello my friend, this utilities fan are kind of noisy. The little red one, the x-blower, that I clean in my other video, has less power and does a little less noise. However, I would stick to the black/gray fan 'cus of its power, performance and better dust protection in the speed control & brain of the fan. But it's up to you. Good luck buddy.
@@spartan.HOCOPOG_0011 Thanks!
I can't take the heat and have tried many kinds of fans. This is by FAR the best. Yes, a little noisy but you can't argue with the power, plus it has two outlets in it! This is the only fan I'll ever buy again
What do you use as a blower?
You can use the inverse function of any ridgid vaccum cleaner (blower) or even the pump of a mattress will give you acceptable cleaning, if you happen to have one .
I hope your finger feels better!
Thank you
❤️
The turbine feels stuck after removing the nut with pliers.
No lube!?!
You need almost a degree in mechanics to do all this 😭
😊 Not really my friend. I get it is challenging , yeah, but take your time , don't rush, separate screws properly, etc. Good luck
Just looking at this I decided it would be easier to go buy a new one. This is a task for young people
Just use an air Compressor.
Go ahead, buddy. 👍
NMN.
wtf..he has a 10 mm.. ?
Wish I could have watched twice in case I missed something but as it was, could only make it 3 min. That camera movement was head-killing. Great info though.
Obama care at it's finest
Really didn’t need the stupid music
There is a button called "Mute" . Press it, my friend.
@@spartan.HOCOPOG_0011 🤣🤣
10mm?never heard of those they usually aren't in my new socket sets. 🤣🤣