james.d Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 I smelt burning from my fan and found the capacitor melted. I changed the capacitor but the fan still won't work. (Not even a very slow spin) Is it just to be thrown away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 There will be a thermal fuse hiding in the winding wiring. The fuses can be found on Lazada, the steady hand and eyesight required to replace them cannot. However I bet you have a local Fix-It Man who can, for a fraction of the cost of a new fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.d Posted March 31, 2021 Author Share Posted March 31, 2021 1 minute ago, Crossy said: There will be a thermal fuse hiding in the winding wiring. The fuses can be found on Lazada, the steady hand and eyesight required to replace them cannot. However I bet you have a local Fix-It Man who can, for a fraction of the cost of a new fan. Cheers Crossy, I'm blind as a bat and not steady any longer. So I'll take it to a fix it man. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 1 hour ago, james.d said: Cheers Crossy, I'm blind as a bat and not steady any longer. So I'll take it to a fix it man. Thank you. Tell me about it. It was only when I was replacing a SOT-8 package (they are not really that small) and couldn't see the ruddy thing that I realised just how bad my sight was getting, deaf as a post too ???? This is a SOT or SOIC 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveAustin Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Nice to repair stuff, but would just get a new fan, 'top of the range' mind. Current one might have a dodgy bearing causing cap to struggle, but, more to the point, less hassle and time wasted ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimewoodworker Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 On 3/31/2021 at 4:54 PM, Crossy said: Tell me about it. It was only when I was replacing a SOT-8 package (they are not really that small) and couldn't see the ruddy thing that I realised just how bad my sight was getting, I can see that by today’s standards it is almost a giant. I’ve been watching STS Telecom and he is doing really small work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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