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...
Forum Discussion
Rvpapa wrote:
It is actually a thermal fuse. I think it was added to shut off fan in case of fire. The earlier ones (my first is from 1993) did not have one. The second one used to have one but actually a real hot sunny day was enough to open it. At the time called Fantastic and the person I spoke to had no idea what it was. Joined the two leads with a butt connecter and worked fine ever since. And yes the first one is still working after 20 years full time. They really are FANTASTIC.
Art.
Oh, wow, great! I have exactly one left after placing the others in both fans so I could remove them for a thorough cleaning.
Thanks so much, All for the input! I will update after I've reconnected and reversed the brushes.
And yes, mine is 13 years old and well, until I messed it up -- was still kicking.
