My desk fan packed it in yesterday -- a basic two-speed fan bought from Dunelm some years ago, so it doesn't owe me anything, but it was an odd failure.
It just stopped. In absolute silence. No noise, smoke or smell that
might be expected if the motor had burnt out; didn't blow the 3A fuse
in the plug, or trip the circuit breaker.
I thought maybe there might be an overheating cut-out of some sort, but
if there is, it must be buried in the interior and not meant to be
reached by a consumer.
Not worth fixing, and I'm happy to buy a replacement, but doesn't it
seem slightly odd that such a simple piece of kit would fail, out of
the blue, in absolute silence?
My desk fan packed it in yesterday -- a basic two-speed fan bought from Dunelm some years ago, so it doesn't owe me anything, but it was an odd failure.
It just stopped. In absolute silence. No noise, smoke or smell that
might be expected if the motor had burnt out; didn't blow the 3A fuse
in the plug, or trip the circuit breaker.
I thought maybe there might be an overheating cut-out of some sort, but
if there is, it must be buried in the interior and not meant to be
reached by a consumer.
Not worth fixing, and I'm happy to buy a replacement, but doesn't it
seem slightly odd that such a simple piece of kit would fail, out of
the blue, in absolute silence?
On 21/06/2025 10:21, HVS wrote:
My desk fan packed it in yesterday -- a basic two-speed fan bought from
Dunelm some years ago, so it doesn't owe me anything, but it was an odd
failure.
It just stopped. In absolute silence. No noise, smoke or smell that
might be expected if the motor had burnt out; didn't blow the 3A fuse
in the plug, or trip the circuit breaker.
I thought maybe there might be an overheating cut-out of some sort, but
if there is, it must be buried in the interior and not meant to be
reached by a consumer.
Not worth fixing, and I'm happy to buy a replacement, but doesn't it
seem slightly odd that such a simple piece of kit would fail, out of
the blue, in absolute silence?
There has to be an overheat thermal fuse in the mortor winding for the situation of a kid pushing a pencil into the blades or whatever.
Combined with the room temperature was probably the hottest this year
and ordinary heat from the motor windings combined with a tired old
thermal fuse, was the final straw
I had the same experience yesterday.
Mine was a 16-inch floor standing fan which I've owned for about 5
years. This is it: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Klarstein/dp/B07CGS14NV
I left it running in the spare room and much to my surprise, when I
checked it was no longer working. The various LEDs still light up in
response to the remote control but the blades don't turn.
I suppose the motor burnt out but, like you, I am surprised as it
wasn't used for more than about 500 hours in its entire life
(equivalent to 20 full days).
My desk fan packed it in yesterday -- a basic two-speed fan bought from Dunelm some years ago, so it doesn't owe me anything, but it was an odd failure.
It just stopped. In absolute silence. No noise, smoke or smell that
might be expected if the motor had burnt out; didn't blow the 3A fuse
in the plug, or trip the circuit breaker.
I thought maybe there might be an overheating cut-out of some sort, but
if there is, it must be buried in the interior and not meant to be
reached by a consumer.
Not worth fixing, and I'm happy to buy a replacement, but doesn't it
seem slightly odd that such a simple piece of kit would fail, out of
the blue, in absolute silence?
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