Messed up my Fantastic fan....
I'm a dork. I took it apart from above for the first time to clean it. I'd watched a video on how to do it over a year ago and thought I remembered. I ended up opening up the motor, and there is no...
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By "the wire" I take it you mean a bare braided segment, connecting the Carbon part of the Brush back to contacts in the Motor itself?
The correct end to make contact with the commutator segments in the armature (rotating part of the motor) should be worn concave by now. In other words they've worn to the radius of the part they contact.
There should be a Coil Spring behind each Brush. I suppose it could be a Leaf or some other convolution but there must be a Spring pushing the Brush into contact at the Armature. So Spring First. Then the non-worn end of the Brush. With the Braided Wire free to move in that Slot. If you're having trouble assembling, you can loop Thread through the Braid and use the Thread to keep the Spring compressed so the Brush will clear the Armature.
I have NOT taken a FF motor apart. This thread has actually discouraged me from doing it unless there's a clear problem. What I'm saying here is based on taking motors apart from Vacuum Cleaners, Power Windows, Power Door Locks, RV and Marine Water Pumps, etc. etc. The FF might look different. BUT the Brushes have to be against those Copper Segments with Spring Pressure and the Wire (Braid) free to let the Brushes stay tight to the Copper.
The correct end to make contact with the commutator segments in the armature (rotating part of the motor) should be worn concave by now. In other words they've worn to the radius of the part they contact.
There should be a Coil Spring behind each Brush. I suppose it could be a Leaf or some other convolution but there must be a Spring pushing the Brush into contact at the Armature. So Spring First. Then the non-worn end of the Brush. With the Braided Wire free to move in that Slot. If you're having trouble assembling, you can loop Thread through the Braid and use the Thread to keep the Spring compressed so the Brush will clear the Armature.
I have NOT taken a FF motor apart. This thread has actually discouraged me from doing it unless there's a clear problem. What I'm saying here is based on taking motors apart from Vacuum Cleaners, Power Windows, Power Door Locks, RV and Marine Water Pumps, etc. etc. The FF might look different. BUT the Brushes have to be against those Copper Segments with Spring Pressure and the Wire (Braid) free to let the Brushes stay tight to the Copper.
