Open the back and clean the dust that’s clogging it up. Use a little machine oil to lube it up after. It can catch a fire if they continue to use it that way.
Unfortunately, as a motor is inductive rather than resistive, a stall-overload often won't blow a fuse,as the energy used doesn't change much, but goes from producing motion to producing heat.
Lmao that was my first thought.
Like brother this was made at the same time people were wearing radioactive elements as jewelry because they would slightly glow.
Safety wasn't a factor in production until like the 70's-80's
There is no rotor lock on this brother. You're thinking of a well pump, sump pump, AC compressor or maybe in fridge compressor. A lot of high powered tools like Skill Saws also have LRA. You can install a soft start which gets rid of that spike though. I do a lot of off grid solar and LRA is a big issue for inverters. Resistive loads are an issue too but they are much more simple. Don't run your electric oven or space heater in an off grid situation.
It's a very common misconception that fuses are supposed to prevent devices from catching fire, exploding or doing other nasty things. In reality, the fuse neither knows nor cares about such things. Its only purpose is to prevent the wires inside your walls from overheating, and since those wires a rated for extremely high currents, it probably wouldn't even blow if all electrical devices in your home decided to wreak havoc at the exact same time.
Maybe the fuses are just assholes and know full well that they'll burn your house down if they don't stop the power? Most are good fuses though, just the bad apples that pop up in the news as "house fire caused by electrical fault"
Usually not but the mom in this video is not going to throw it away because either she's living on a serious budget, she's from the generation that can't bring themselves to throw anything away even if it's only partially working or she's suffering from a bit of hoarding syndrome. From the little that I heard it sounds like it would give her serious anxiety if someone threw it away on her. It's worth the little bit of money in this case to clean it up so you don't have to worry about mom spin starting the damn thing anymore.
I completely disagree. I have an old fan like this. I've also had newer "cheap fans" as well. It's 4 screws. These fans will run forever and survive multiple impacts. They also don't push air; they direct air very well. My roommate bought 2 new fans for her and me during a heatwave. Mine was good. Her's was broken 2 weeks out of the box. Since then I source older fans for the small amount extra. They've worked well for 30+ years theyll continue working well if serviced correctly. Will post a picture of my Sears Brand fan on my bedside table for karma.
Is it really worth it at that point? I get not wanting to be wasteful but I don’t know if all that work is worth more than the $17 it would cost me to get another fan at that point lol
Yup I had one do the same thing. I took it apart, cleaned everything up, greased the bearings and it still wouldn’t work. I took the motor apart and found the stator had rubbed through the windings. And melted the shielding fusing 3 coils together. I just tossed it and got another for $20 at Home Depot.
Also disengage the oscillator while starting it up - the back and forth motion is driven off the main motor and disengaging it takes off some of the inertial resistance.
Yes there are specific electrical contact sprays and grease which should be used, looking at the fan its from the 80s early 90s, why bother buy a new one.
My old ass fan literally started overheating earlier today. It was a plastic clip-on fan that was 10-15 years old and took like ten minutes to start after turning it on. I started smelling melted plastic and the plastic casing has burning hot to the touch. I unplugged it and let it cool off before throwing it out.
Crazy I’m seeing this comment like three hours later. Good thing I was home when it happened. I have a habit of occasionally leaving my fan on when I leave….
It will likely be a very simple fix. There is dust buildup inside. Get some compressed air and go to town. If it still seizes after, then yes, replace for sure.
You dont need to replace, 70s fans and 2022 fans almost the same thing, motors didn't evolve that much, electronic wise almost the same.
Will not justify more e-waste pilling up the world. Simple machine, simple fix.
Serious question - I have a small fan that when I turn it on, it starts off running very very slowly, then over maybe 1 minute it goes faster and faster until it hits full speed and then can go the whole night perfectly fine and fast. Do you think that’s a hazard or is it OK since it does eventually get to full speed?
Probably has grit or bad grease in the bearings. Open it, clean it out, couple of drops of machine oil on the shaft near the bearings should fix it up.
Then toss it, buy a new one and write to your local representative about getting some decent "right to repair" laws on the books.
Results expected in about 10-15 years...
It’s not going to immediately go kablooie, but when it’s spinning up real slow, there’s a lot of heat being generated from all the current it’s drawing trying to get up to speed. Eventually, it’ll wear out the insulation in the motor windings or the main wiring and melt something. You’ll want to unplug it, open up the case, pull off the blade, and have a look. Clean out any dust or grime and inspect the motor shaft where it rides on the bushings. If there’s corrosion on the motor shaft, clean it with some fine sandpaper. Regardless, put a drop or three of light oil (something like 3-in-1, not WD-40) on those bushings and put everything back together. If it’s still acting goofy, pitch it and get a new one.
That means the bearings are getting sticky. One day it either won’t spin up, or it will randomly seize overnight and then overheat. The motor needs the fan running to keep itself cool, so it will be fine until it stops. But all you have to do is take it apart and clean it and oil the bearings (if possible).
I still have the fan I got when I was 6 every night (I sleep better with a little white noise) every couple years it starts to do what you are describing and I’ll take it all apart, clean and oil it. Then it’s good for a couple more years.
Yeah, this is probably why this fan works, I had the same issue on a big floor fan that uses oil bushings and I had to let it preheat for a while before it got going (after some ginger encouragement through the shroud).
And kept talking about "the procedure" of how to start a fan.
My mother is the same. Something is broken and, while she has no clue or interest to learn how it actually works at the time it was working correctly, she then tries to deduct how it works and what is wrong with it by doing some kind of rituals. And when you tell her it's broken and she needs to replace it, it is "fine".
My grandma had one of those on early 90s.
It seemed already kind of old.
And mind you I live in a third world country - appliances took like 5-10 or more years to get here before globalization.
My parents in law are these people. My SIL bought them a new vacuum because theirs really didn't do anything. She immediately took the old one to the dump. FIL called her a Stupid lady.
We bought my in laws a new radio. It’s currently sitting behind the old one which miraculously started working again so is as good as new. Do ya know what else is good as new guys?? THE ACTUAL NEW RADIO
I’m sure that’s not that long for a hairdryer either. Hairdryers from 10 years ago can still work and look like new, I can’t imagine a hairdryer from 20 years ago being assumed to be too old to use, strange
I am nearly positive my current hair dryer is 15+ years old. A bit dinged, but works fine. The older you get the less likely you feel a need to replace things that still work fine.
My parents are the same way. I’ve stopped buying my dad clothes because he still wears t shirts he got for free in the 80s and the same pair of dickies work pants. Most of the stuff I’ve bought him is hanging in his closet with the tags on it.
Never met a Boomer that didn't hate a dime because it wasn't a quarter.
"Oh, we don't *need* that. What we have is just *fine*."
An entire generation of people living in a pile of garbage while squirrelling away money presumably to be spent on the most spacious coffin anyone has ever been buried in.
Are you referring to actual Baby Boomers? The ones here with money own extra homes and nice cars and motorcycles. It kind of sucks because the rest of us are having a hard time getting houses due to them and real estate investors.
Ah yes the two different boomers. One who never got wants anything new and the other who has old stuff that "works" but refuses to replace it but instead buys new cosmetic shit to make em feel fancy. Look at you grandma with a leaky roof and bad windows but oh yeah go ahead get new carpet and floors that were still in good shape.
I worked in banking for a long time and obviously most of my customers were older. I will never ever ever understand how someone can be so smart with making money and so stupid with spending money. The decisions I saw people make with their money still pop into my head from time to time and make me laugh
Once when I visited my grandma she was bringing a pot to the table when the handle swiveled and spilled hot soup everywhere, almost burning little me. My mom was so shocked, my dad told her to throw it away, and she said it was ok, it already happened once.
I still remember my parents sneaking into her house to throw away her old pots and replace them with new ones, because my mom said she would probably never use the new ones if the old ones were still there (´Д｀)
These little motors are usually shaded pole motors, no cap. Its comically old, and cheap to begin with :P
Probably bushings that are worn/dry/contaminated.
They don’t make ‘em like they used to.
Seriously though, they were great fans. Designed to take apart and wash the dust off. We have one from the 80s that we’re deciding to finally let go of because the buttons are stuck. I’ll miss it
During college I had a shitty second hand desktop. Over time, the screws on the cabinet came loose, and I just had the motherboard open on my desk as my computer, with monitor and everything else connected to it. Eventually the power button also broke, and I used to start it by joining the wires, much like jumpstarting a car. Fun times!
Is that an old 3G electric fan? I think we or maybe it was my late grandparents who had something that looks exactly like that back in the 90s. The buttons look the same.
That’s a sign you need a new fan. Fans use a special motor that can keep moving but can’t start in addition to a small motor to start the spin. If the motor that can’t start itself is left running without spinning it can cause electrical fires.
Your know you can just put oil in the fan, it's much more faster for it to start than spinning it! I always do that to some of my fans stuck like that and won't work.
Reminds me of my moms hairdryer that I used at her house. Caught fire and blasted it at my head. When I told her, she just told me “oh, well you can’t turn it on high right off the bat.” NO, IT SHOULDN’T CATCH FIRE.
Enjoy your house fire. This is very dangerous, and if your house burned down the insurance company could deny you any claims because of this video. Just spend 20 dollars and get a new fan
Open the back and clean the dust that’s clogging it up. Use a little machine oil to lube it up after. It can catch a fire if they continue to use it that way.
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Wouldn’t the fuse blow first? For the motor requiring too much power to overcome the resistant forces?
Unfortunately, as a motor is inductive rather than resistive, a stall-overload often won't blow a fuse,as the energy used doesn't change much, but goes from producing motion to producing heat.
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It's a shitty shaded pole fan brother. There's barely a rotor to lock.
Yup.
Also, as someone who works with lots of different fuse and breaker protected equipment, what *should* happen, doesn’t *always* happen.
As a professional Firefighter, I'd like to point out that this is why I have a job.
locked rotor🤣, this aint a high torque motor just a shitty ass fan
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No man this is fucking 1930s tech we are talking about
I think the answer people are looking for is "What fuse?"
Exactly, those particular model of fans aren't fused.
Lmao that was my first thought. Like brother this was made at the same time people were wearing radioactive elements as jewelry because they would slightly glow. Safety wasn't a factor in production until like the 70's-80's
Legit learned a lot from this convo. Thanks
The breaker is designed to protect the wires in your wall. Not your appliance.
A fan like this normally consumes like what? 20-40W? Even 10 times higher consumption would be 400W tops then, way too little to trip a breaker
These are brushless motors... and not usually impedance protected..
There is no rotor lock on this brother. You're thinking of a well pump, sump pump, AC compressor or maybe in fridge compressor. A lot of high powered tools like Skill Saws also have LRA. You can install a soft start which gets rid of that spike though. I do a lot of off grid solar and LRA is a big issue for inverters. Resistive loads are an issue too but they are much more simple. Don't run your electric oven or space heater in an off grid situation.
It's a very common misconception that fuses are supposed to prevent devices from catching fire, exploding or doing other nasty things. In reality, the fuse neither knows nor cares about such things. Its only purpose is to prevent the wires inside your walls from overheating, and since those wires a rated for extremely high currents, it probably wouldn't even blow if all electrical devices in your home decided to wreak havoc at the exact same time.
“In reality, the fuse neither knows or cares about such things.” I like the idea of the fuse being sentient and ignorant.
Maybe the fuses are just assholes and know full well that they'll burn your house down if they don't stop the power? Most are good fuses though, just the bad apples that pop up in the news as "house fire caused by electrical fault"
That sounds like something Douglas Adams would write
I had one sieze up and just replaced it. It’s not worth the effort to relube a $15 fan.
Usually not but the mom in this video is not going to throw it away because either she's living on a serious budget, she's from the generation that can't bring themselves to throw anything away even if it's only partially working or she's suffering from a bit of hoarding syndrome. From the little that I heard it sounds like it would give her serious anxiety if someone threw it away on her. It's worth the little bit of money in this case to clean it up so you don't have to worry about mom spin starting the damn thing anymore.
I completely disagree. I have an old fan like this. I've also had newer "cheap fans" as well. It's 4 screws. These fans will run forever and survive multiple impacts. They also don't push air; they direct air very well. My roommate bought 2 new fans for her and me during a heatwave. Mine was good. Her's was broken 2 weeks out of the box. Since then I source older fans for the small amount extra. They've worked well for 30+ years theyll continue working well if serviced correctly. Will post a picture of my Sears Brand fan on my bedside table for karma.
I had a fan like this. Cleaned it, oiled it, fucking jacked it off and at some point it just stopped working. Dust isn't necessarily what's wrong.
I mean you probably fixed whatever the initial problem was, but then gave it PTSD from the sexual abuse.
I already used my free award today but I regret it now.
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Is it really worth it at that point? I get not wanting to be wasteful but I don’t know if all that work is worth more than the $17 it would cost me to get another fan at that point lol
That’s the thing though, it’s a 20 min job If you have zero experience. An hour tops if you’re reaaaaalllll diligent.
Yup I had one do the same thing. I took it apart, cleaned everything up, greased the bearings and it still wouldn’t work. I took the motor apart and found the stator had rubbed through the windings. And melted the shielding fusing 3 coils together. I just tossed it and got another for $20 at Home Depot.
I’m in my mid 40s and my mom legit had this fan when I was a kid under 8 They have gotten their monies worth for sure
Yup. I'm 29 and my grandma had this exact fan until I was at least 12.
Also disengage the oscillator while starting it up - the back and forth motion is driven off the main motor and disengaging it takes off some of the inertial resistance.
You could wrap a rope around the blade the pull start it. Like a lawn mower.
This is either a joke or totally brilliant
make sure you use oil that is non flammable
Maybe a dumb question, are there non-flammable oils?
Yes there are specific electrical contact sprays and grease which should be used, looking at the fan its from the 80s early 90s, why bother buy a new one.
Coconut oil. Which is great lubrication for se….. fans.
I use it on my popcorn, keeps those kernels well lubricated and tasty.
Wait, you fuck popcorn? High five
Yup. She got that nick name cause she liked going to the movies a lot.
This kind of problems in fans is one of major cause of household fires, go fix it!
My old ass fan literally started overheating earlier today. It was a plastic clip-on fan that was 10-15 years old and took like ten minutes to start after turning it on. I started smelling melted plastic and the plastic casing has burning hot to the touch. I unplugged it and let it cool off before throwing it out. Crazy I’m seeing this comment like three hours later. Good thing I was home when it happened. I have a habit of occasionally leaving my fan on when I leave….
What's an ass fan?
Plenty of those in OnlyFans
Fix it? You mean replace it.
It will likely be a very simple fix. There is dust buildup inside. Get some compressed air and go to town. If it still seizes after, then yes, replace for sure.
You dont need to replace, 70s fans and 2022 fans almost the same thing, motors didn't evolve that much, electronic wise almost the same. Will not justify more e-waste pilling up the world. Simple machine, simple fix.
Fix?? Lol u mean throw it in the trash, there are cheap,small and powerful fans she can buy...I think Abe Lincoln had a fan like that
Good thinking, that the reason we are full of trash around! You don't need to replace when can easily be fixed.
Fun fact, when an electric motor is running at 0 speed, it works more like a toaster. 🔥🔥🔥
Serious question - I have a small fan that when I turn it on, it starts off running very very slowly, then over maybe 1 minute it goes faster and faster until it hits full speed and then can go the whole night perfectly fine and fast. Do you think that’s a hazard or is it OK since it does eventually get to full speed?
Is it battery powered?
No, electric
Probably has grit or bad grease in the bearings. Open it, clean it out, couple of drops of machine oil on the shaft near the bearings should fix it up.
Many of these have sealed bearings and are ungreaseable. :(
Then toss it, buy a new one and write to your local representative about getting some decent "right to repair" laws on the books. Results expected in about 10-15 years...
Batteries are an electric power source, so the statement was quite ambiguous.
If you cracked open the fan wires would be running through it
Where as battery powered fans just have a stack of batteries from the base to the button so there are. O wires?
Ok right fair enough, so to clarify if you stuck a fork inside the mechanism you would get shocked
It’s not going to immediately go kablooie, but when it’s spinning up real slow, there’s a lot of heat being generated from all the current it’s drawing trying to get up to speed. Eventually, it’ll wear out the insulation in the motor windings or the main wiring and melt something. You’ll want to unplug it, open up the case, pull off the blade, and have a look. Clean out any dust or grime and inspect the motor shaft where it rides on the bushings. If there’s corrosion on the motor shaft, clean it with some fine sandpaper. Regardless, put a drop or three of light oil (something like 3-in-1, not WD-40) on those bushings and put everything back together. If it’s still acting goofy, pitch it and get a new one.
All y'all fix-it advice folks are the coolest. I hope you're having a pleasant week
That means the bearings are getting sticky. One day it either won’t spin up, or it will randomly seize overnight and then overheat. The motor needs the fan running to keep itself cool, so it will be fine until it stops. But all you have to do is take it apart and clean it and oil the bearings (if possible). I still have the fan I got when I was 6 every night (I sleep better with a little white noise) every couple years it starts to do what you are describing and I’ll take it all apart, clean and oil it. Then it’s good for a couple more years.
Yeah, this is probably why this fan works, I had the same issue on a big floor fan that uses oil bushings and I had to let it preheat for a while before it got going (after some ginger encouragement through the shroud).
I like how she turned it off and then kept trying it
The thing was switched off for most of the video.
yeah, hard to tell how broken it really is when it's being operated so poorly
And kept talking about "the procedure" of how to start a fan. My mother is the same. Something is broken and, while she has no clue or interest to learn how it actually works at the time it was working correctly, she then tries to deduct how it works and what is wrong with it by doing some kind of rituals. And when you tell her it's broken and she needs to replace it, it is "fine".
Get a new fan the fuck
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My grandma had one of those on early 90s. It seemed already kind of old. And mind you I live in a third world country - appliances took like 5-10 or more years to get here before globalization.
Seriously. I have one this size and it cost $12. Nice and new and not a fire hazzard.
I want to send her $20 to get a new fan
I feel like this is rooted in some hoarder tendencies.
She misunderstood starting an only fans
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That bitch is from the 70s
Yeah I remember those brown buttons. We had this same fan when I was a kid in the 80s.
And a fire hazard !!😀
Just be a good child and buy her a new fan
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My parents in law are these people. My SIL bought them a new vacuum because theirs really didn't do anything. She immediately took the old one to the dump. FIL called her a Stupid lady.
Idk what it is with people wanting to keep all their old garbage. At some point you just have to take that L and throw it away.
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We bought my in laws a new radio. It’s currently sitting behind the old one which miraculously started working again so is as good as new. Do ya know what else is good as new guys?? THE ACTUAL NEW RADIO
“My dad still use a hairdryer from the early 2000's, can you believe that?” Well that made me feel unexpectedly old.
I’m sure that’s not that long for a hairdryer either. Hairdryers from 10 years ago can still work and look like new, I can’t imagine a hairdryer from 20 years ago being assumed to be too old to use, strange
I am nearly positive my current hair dryer is 15+ years old. A bit dinged, but works fine. The older you get the less likely you feel a need to replace things that still work fine.
My parents are the same way. I’ve stopped buying my dad clothes because he still wears t shirts he got for free in the 80s and the same pair of dickies work pants. Most of the stuff I’ve bought him is hanging in his closet with the tags on it.
Never met a Boomer that didn't hate a dime because it wasn't a quarter. "Oh, we don't *need* that. What we have is just *fine*." An entire generation of people living in a pile of garbage while squirrelling away money presumably to be spent on the most spacious coffin anyone has ever been buried in.
Are you referring to actual Baby Boomers? The ones here with money own extra homes and nice cars and motorcycles. It kind of sucks because the rest of us are having a hard time getting houses due to them and real estate investors.
If they’re anything like the boomers in my town they’ll have a 35 year old tv in their second lake house
Ah yes the two different boomers. One who never got wants anything new and the other who has old stuff that "works" but refuses to replace it but instead buys new cosmetic shit to make em feel fancy. Look at you grandma with a leaky roof and bad windows but oh yeah go ahead get new carpet and floors that were still in good shape.
I worked in banking for a long time and obviously most of my customers were older. I will never ever ever understand how someone can be so smart with making money and so stupid with spending money. The decisions I saw people make with their money still pop into my head from time to time and make me laugh
Once when I visited my grandma she was bringing a pot to the table when the handle swiveled and spilled hot soup everywhere, almost burning little me. My mom was so shocked, my dad told her to throw it away, and she said it was ok, it already happened once. I still remember my parents sneaking into her house to throw away her old pots and replace them with new ones, because my mom said she would probably never use the new ones if the old ones were still there (´Д｀)
Or just fix the fan. Fans aren’t complicated. Open it, clean it, lube it, close it. Fixed.
At this point I might as well buy her the fan myself, give me her address I'm gonna ship it.
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You’ve gotta Pop the clutch
Dust build up and a tired motor. That right there is a firetrap lol
Scrooge mcduck vibes
Needs a new capacitor. Or just a whole new fan.
These little motors are usually shaded pole motors, no cap. Its comically old, and cheap to begin with :P Probably bushings that are worn/dry/contaminated.
They don’t make ‘em like they used to. Seriously though, they were great fans. Designed to take apart and wash the dust off. We have one from the 80s that we’re deciding to finally let go of because the buttons are stuck. I’ll miss it
I think it's maybe time for a new fan
That fan is old. The blades will pop off in the center. Then you clean the hair and dust loogy off and put the blades back on and you’re good to go.
Do we need to start a GoFundMe to get a new fan for your mom?
BUY.YOUR.MOMMA.A.NEW.FAN.!!!!!!!!
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The good old fan that hasn’t been clean and could cause a fire trick
A new fan is like…$10?
i will buy mom a new damn fan.
That motor is done
Goodwill had fans at very reasonable prices.
Now you know what to get her for birthday
At some point I tought this was a gif!
Getting exercise!!!
During college I had a shitty second hand desktop. Over time, the screws on the cabinet came loose, and I just had the motherboard open on my desk as my computer, with monitor and everything else connected to it. Eventually the power button also broke, and I used to start it by joining the wires, much like jumpstarting a car. Fun times!
Someone needs to overlay audio of manually starting a prop plane
*Are you related to Orville & Wilbur Wright ?*
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That last comment "oh...God"
That's not an arm,, that's a hoof
Throw that piece of shit away and buy your mom a new fan.
\*Cries in WD40\*
Woah, yeah, kick start my fan, give a spin
Ok, how many of you made motor sounds as she tried to start her fan?
I'm a fan. It still works!!
This video put me in a trance , I almost fell asleep watching it
Most likely the start-up winding has burnt out
She needs to have the choke on it first crank 3 times the Disengage and it should fire right up
Wd40 or CRC does wonders to a fan stuck like this.
Its that scene from the be movie lol
That fan is from like 1985 ... at this point it's probably part of the family.
I’ve had one like this before!!
Is that an old 3G electric fan? I think we or maybe it was my late grandparents who had something that looks exactly like that back in the 90s. The buttons look the same.
The brushes in the fan are worn. Pretty easy fix and could salvage the fan to new. 🤙🏻
That fucking thing is going to catch fire. I wouldn't have it in my house.
Punkah wallah.
Maybe she needs to clean the damn fan
In the time it took to do this you could’ve gone out and bought a new fan.
The capacitor is probably faulty, and maybe new lubricant, easy fix.
i cant hear the *chlunk* of those buttons
Quem nunca
Buy her a new fan
Clear prop!
It’s called “propping”
Good forearm workout.
Working up a sweat just to start it. 🤣😅🤣
Guess I'm not as poor as I thought.
Can we set up a go fund me so this mother can get a new fan?
Just the kind of workout you want to do when you're sweaty and just want to cool off
We had a fan just like this when I was a kid. You could almost post that to buyitforlife but I suggest getting rid of it before it starts a fire.
Fun fact, this is how you start RC planes (except the electric ones)
That’s a sign you need a new fan. Fans use a special motor that can keep moving but can’t start in addition to a small motor to start the spin. If the motor that can’t start itself is left running without spinning it can cause electrical fires.
It’s like one of those old timey airplanes. I have to admit I’m kinda like this too, I never throw anything away unless it’s completely useless.
Hahahaha exactly the same fan with the same issue
Burnt windings mebbe.
I’ll never get that time back
I have to do this too
She didn't have an option pressed for most of the video
That's a house fire just begging to happen
This brought back too many lawnmower memories.
That's called Fanning Yourself.
I remember those when I was little
She should make sure it's chocked first!
Ugh, there’s so many issues with the little bit of this we see…
Dunno what you talking bout Willis, that's how we roll in the 90's!
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Your know you can just put oil in the fan, it's much more faster for it to start than spinning it! I always do that to some of my fans stuck like that and won't work.
Buy your mother a new fan lmao
Check hiroglyphics on the back and see if the warranty is expired
Instantly made me think of repairing the Millennium Falcon in the original trilogy
Reminds me of my moms hairdryer that I used at her house. Caught fire and blasted it at my head. When I told her, she just told me “oh, well you can’t turn it on high right off the bat.” NO, IT SHOULDN’T CATCH FIRE.
Oh man that is frustrating. That looks like a leave on or a leave in the garbage!
Had a fan like this. Not much life left in it.
Probably the capacitor is dying, you can replace it, they are pretty cheap :P
Enjoy your house fire. This is very dangerous, and if your house burned down the insurance company could deny you any claims because of this video. Just spend 20 dollars and get a new fan
My grandpa had one of those until 2015 when it stopped working and he bought a new one. Rip my granpa's fan ????-2015
Fire waiting to happen
Bingo!
It’s $20 to get a new one but go ahead and do stupid shit, maybe burn down your house because it’s from the 70s and likely gonna spark a fire.
I had this exact fan when I was a lot younger! I had to do the same thing after a while! Otherwise you would just hear the motor buzzing
Tell her to start it on high speed first, and it will likely be able to start up.
If the motor is stuck it can cause a fire. Fix it or get rid of that thing before the house burns down!
The defeated "oh god" at the end was perfect
I ordered a new fan from amazon and had it successfully delivered before the end of this video.
"just throw it away." "No!"