Maxair fan demise?
We have a maxair fan up over the bed. Recently it stopped working while turned on. I turned it off and removed the fuse. It was hot enough to burn my fingers. I took down the screen and tried to sp...
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MainerBob wrote:
Thanks to all who chimed in. It is, in fact, a Fantastic Vent. I talked to them a few minutes ago and while they said they couldn't tell me to put the aluminum foil in, they could give me the part number for the fuseholder. I proceeded to put a tiny ball of foil in the cap to make the fuse i little bit "longer" and it works fine. I will order a new fuseholder and replace it.
The reason I asked if you had the Fantastic instead of a Maxxair. Fantastic Fans use a metal pin switch on TOP only access by removing the Maxxair cover and opening the vent lid. You will see a short wire from the motor to that metal pin switch. That Pin switch supplies the GROUND to the fan Motor. Using a 7/16 wrench to tighten that pin switch about 3/4 turn and that will stop a loose intermittant ground that will cause your problem. The fuse holder WILL get hot and by pushing on the fuse holder you slightly flex the plastic vent housing causing that fan to run for a little while. Doug
