Thanks for the video. When I did a search I was shocked to actually find one with the exact fan and issue. Thanks. And man, you and I are from the same mold, it was like watching me do it. Fantastic, informative and freaking hillarious.
My fan did this last night. I will probably just go buy one though. Just want to tell ya you have a fantastic voice! Like a commentator for a football game lol. Love your video. I am just going to save myself some frustration . Two things I hate working on electrical and plumbing!!!!
Your "sniffer" is called a Tic Tracer in the trade and still comes up in searches. But at some point when they became more common they started calling them non-contact voltage detectors. Electricians still call them Tic Tracers though. Great video btw, I'm about to tear one down. It powers on but doesn't run. It didn't even hum like it's trying to run. Never had an issue with it, but I'm in Louisiana and it's summer time and a friend's AC went out so I loaned it to them, and wouldn't you know it, it died. It has been running 3 days straight before it died in a high humidity 90+ degree room, so I'm guessing the thermo fuse went. They offered to buy a new one but I wanted to try and fix it first. If I remember right, it was about $80.
*Love the size and it fits perfectly in a corner but **Fastly.Cool** the whole room. Really like how you can auto adjust how long you want the fan to be on. It is quite but highly effective.*
Thanks for your video. A friend asked me to fix a similar Lasco unit but I used a more standard thermal fuse-a little larger than the failed unit. That was the problem and is so common in bathroom heaters as well but they easier to repair. I'm still worried about the AC isolation as I was not so careful about reassembly. I hope hot melt glue is >115°C.
Since purchasing it, ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxQuBMI30VhO6fDed6NOsYftsoNa8x0UZ5 this fan is a trustworthy companion during the hot nights in Texas for me. The sleep mode is really quiet and gives you smooth wind to cool down. At full speed the fan is quite noisy but also very strong.Only weird thing is that if there is a draught from another fan, the sleep mode would speed up occasionally (getting a bit louder, probably to level 2 out of 4). This never happened so far when I used only this fan though.
Normally thermal fuses come with small crimps for leads to wire connection, instead of soldering them. Not such a big issue on a fan that might see an over heated motor winding and blow. But the higher temp thermal fuses also fail in kitchen appliances like deep fryers that can reach temperature high enough to melt solder joints, not only the to heat and blow the fuse by soldering to wires. As to tie wrapping thermal fuse back on touching motor winding usually can use same insulator cover over thermal fuse. No need to buy heat shrink or other insulator as fuse cover.
I had... HAD the same fan, the model S18605 and I was oiling it to refresh it. Didn't unplug it and hit the power button wile the motor was apart and fried the windings. I miss my Lasko. By the by the best option for oiling is sewing machine oil as it is the correct viscosity lubricating oil. WD-40 will work but the sewing machine oil last 30-50 times longer.
my last lasko remote was weird so i got a new one i used fused plug on old fan, to my recalled for sweep movement fires i disabled that function. when motor is not lubed it gets hot binds. pulls more amps//watts then unit can handle pop fuse blows. before burning home down..
Good instructions and your personality is funny and entertaining. My lasko has only a three speed manual switch. No humming from motor, shaft spins freely., will not start with a manual spin. Have power coming to cord where it reaches motor. Question: Could my fan have a thermal fuse inside the motor housing? Any guidance appreciated. Thank you..
Yes, it probably does because of UL rules, These thermal fuses are used in hair dryers, bathroom heaters and many small AC motors. You can buy an assortment of temperatures through AliExpress.
@@thehobe2111 Thank you for your reply. I took it apart and could not find a fuse.I assume the fuse would be outside the motor housing in one of the wires? Was no loss becuse it was a trash find, but want the knowledge for the next one I find. I enjoy repairing trash finds. All the best to you.
wd40 is not a lubricant whatever.. non detergent oil only.. do it right.. newer fans have a fused plug. the packing needs replacing and lubed, the shaft needs to be polished 3k 4k 3m polish paper. to fix over heating and possible fire..
Hi. Do you know how to change the power cord on a old lasko 12 in ocillating fan??? My dog ate the cord. I have a replacement plug. My nephew has a soldier kit. We don't know how to tell which is the ground wire. Maybe you could video chat him and walk him through it. Thank you.
The Lakewood or Galaxy fans from the 70s or 80s would last 20 times longer than the new ones. I have used a 48 year old Kmart Box fan with a thermostat and its running like day one without issues compared to today's modern world junk. The older, the better.
Is it possible to bypass a Lasko tower blower fan with a 4 position rotary switch? This fan I have runs for about an hour then dies. You have to unplug it for about an hour to get it to run again but again dies after an hour. My idea is remove all that motherboard bs and just run it on the switch. I don't care for the timer nor oscillating crap. I just want it to run. Is it possible?
If only I had one of those sniffer things. I hate the new electronic fans with all their bs bits. I bought an electronic fan thinking it'd outlast all the cheapo fans. Nope. I'm suspecting the thermal fuse too but havent found it yet. Edit: I laughed with you when you said to just go buy a new fan and then I held my breath as you plugged it in to test. Thank goodness it works! Subbed!
The fuse should have copper at both ends. Solder one of the copper wires to one of the hots and the other copper to the other hot. Make sure to use high temp wire shield and keep the fuse cool while soldering 🍻🍻🍻
@@116falconer the hot wire is not a a copper wire, it's silver all the wire for the speeds are silver to I don't have a solder iron so I twist the one end of the terminal to the hot wire and I put a copper wire on the other end to go to the capacitor and I twist the copper from the coil on it
Ricardo o Torres ... Some of them have the "The Blue Plug" technology which has a fuse in the plug on the power cord. It is probably blue, but can also be black or white. It will say a patent number on the end of the plug but nothing else. It is not serviceable if it blows.
Nice video but I’m lazy and it looks like it’s time to get a new one not worth the trouble my lasco died too and don’t think I’m gonna look for parts But I’m not buying a lasco again
Next time you need a thermal fuse, Digikey sells them for around a buck. Although, to be honest, on my own stuff, I just bypass the damned things, as I check the bearings before lighting up any fans and oil them as necessary.
@@peter-pg5yc OK, so magical phallus made things work by Harry Potter waving his magical dick about and everything worked out well. Sorry, that doesn't work well and honestly, no one can get me drunk enough to think that - ever. Real failures, yeah. Happens far too often for comfort. But, magical lights, need one say more? Or, oh, a spark of lightning?
@@peter-pg5yc the occasionally United States doesn't use fused plugs. Only civilized nations, such as one that introduced civilization to blood pudding does that. Got a fan now that I need to replace the thermal fuse in, then lubricate. Neighbor tossed it out, for a lack of better off hour activities, I'll fix it. Another hobby, fixing vacuum cleaners, again a fairly mechanical hobby. but it keeps me off the streets at night. Or something. As for homes burning down, that's what lithium ion batteries are for. Those damned things go up like thermite.
WTF! I'm supposed to do what you're doing? My fan motor is in pieces all over the floor. Are you serious? I am going to box everything up and send it to you and you are going put humpty dumpty back together again. Shrink tubes, soldering irons, thermol fuses, pvc caps. I came here cause I thought you had a quick fix to get my fan going, not how to work on a jet plane electrical system which this might as well be. This video is for guys like you that can fix anything and love tinkering in the garage. If you come up with a quick jerry rig let me know.
I skipped ahead to the middle and saw it's not a simple fix. Thank you!
There is no way I could do this but I watched the whole video and subscribed just because you sir are a joy to watch😂 thanks 🙏
Thanks for the video. When I did a search I was shocked to actually find one with the exact fan and issue. Thanks. And man, you and I are from the same mold, it was like watching me do it. Fantastic, informative and freaking hillarious.
My fan did this last night. I will probably just go buy one though. Just want to tell ya you have a fantastic voice! Like a commentator for a football game lol. Love your video. I am just going to save myself some frustration . Two things I hate working on electrical and plumbing!!!!
Your "sniffer" is called a Tic Tracer in the trade and still comes up in searches. But at some point when they became more common they started calling them non-contact voltage detectors. Electricians still call them Tic Tracers though. Great video btw, I'm about to tear one down. It powers on but doesn't run. It didn't even hum like it's trying to run. Never had an issue with it, but I'm in Louisiana and it's summer time and a friend's AC went out so I loaned it to them, and wouldn't you know it, it died. It has been running 3 days straight before it died in a high humidity 90+ degree room, so I'm guessing the thermo fuse went. They offered to buy a new one but I wanted to try and fix it first. If I remember right, it was about $80.
*Love the size and it fits perfectly in a corner but **Fastly.Cool** the whole room. Really like how you can auto adjust how long you want the fan to be on. It is quite but highly effective.*
Thanks for your video. A friend asked me to fix a similar Lasco unit but I used a more standard thermal fuse-a little larger than the failed unit. That was the problem and is so common in bathroom heaters as well but they easier to repair. I'm still worried about the AC isolation as I was not so careful about reassembly. I hope hot melt glue is >115°C.
same with rice cookers but i used crimp connectors so not to over heat thermal. like original. thermal is so no home fires..
Since purchasing it, ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxQuBMI30VhO6fDed6NOsYftsoNa8x0UZ5 this fan is a trustworthy companion during the hot nights in Texas for me. The sleep mode is really quiet and gives you smooth wind to cool down. At full speed the fan is quite noisy but also very strong.Only weird thing is that if there is a draught from another fan, the sleep mode would speed up occasionally (getting a bit louder, probably to level 2 out of 4). This never happened so far when I used only this fan though.
Normally thermal fuses come with small crimps for leads to wire connection, instead of soldering them. Not such a big issue on a fan that might see an over heated motor winding and blow. But the higher temp thermal fuses also fail in kitchen appliances like deep fryers that can reach temperature high enough to melt solder joints, not only the to heat and blow the fuse by soldering to wires.
As to tie wrapping thermal fuse back on touching motor winding usually can use same insulator cover over thermal fuse. No need to buy heat shrink or other insulator as fuse cover.
Great tutorial, my fan is having the same issue. @116falconer do you have a link to the replacement fuse you ordered?
I personally own 3 vintage fans,I had new fans,I hate new fans now,vintage fans is way better in every way and it would out last myself as well
I had... HAD the same fan, the model S18605 and I was oiling it to refresh it. Didn't unplug it and hit the power button wile the motor was apart and fried the windings. I miss my Lasko. By the by the best option for oiling is sewing machine oil as it is the correct viscosity lubricating oil. WD-40 will work but the sewing machine oil last 30-50 times longer.
I would not use WD-40 in any fan whatsoever, since that would screw up the motor.
I broke the swivel on my lasko fan Do you have any advice on how to fix that.
my last lasko remote was weird so i got a new one i used fused plug on old fan, to my recalled for sweep movement fires i disabled that function. when motor is not lubed it gets hot binds. pulls more amps//watts then unit can handle pop fuse blows. before burning home down..
Good instructions and your personality is funny and entertaining. My lasko has only a three speed manual switch. No humming from motor, shaft spins freely., will not start with a manual spin. Have power coming to cord where it reaches motor.
Question: Could my fan have a thermal fuse inside the motor housing? Any guidance appreciated. Thank you..
Yes, it probably does because of UL rules, These thermal fuses are used in hair dryers, bathroom heaters and many small AC motors. You can buy an assortment of temperatures through AliExpress.
@@thehobe2111 Thank you for your reply. I took it apart and could not find a fuse.I assume the fuse would be outside the motor housing in one of the wires? Was no loss becuse it was a trash find, but want the knowledge for the next one I find. I enjoy repairing trash finds. All the best to you.
wd40 is not a lubricant whatever.. non detergent oil only.. do it right.. newer fans have a fused plug. the packing needs replacing and lubed, the shaft needs to be polished 3k 4k 3m polish paper. to fix over heating and possible fire..
Hi. Do you know how to change the power cord on a old lasko 12 in ocillating fan??? My dog ate the cord. I have a replacement plug. My nephew has a soldier kit. We don't know how to tell which is the ground wire. Maybe you could video chat him and walk him through it. Thank you.
These lasko fans arent the same as in the early 2000s. I noticed the brand on the motors back then was "Glory" now its another manufacturer
That is so true
Lasko used to be made by Sanyo in the 70/80s
It was sagita from 2016-2021, but now its cophaco as of now.
The Lakewood or Galaxy fans from the 70s or 80s would last 20 times longer than the new ones. I have used a 48 year old Kmart Box fan with a thermostat and its running like day one without issues compared to today's modern world junk. The older, the better.
the only lasko i got is a 97 98 3723 or 3733
that vintage fan behind this runs better and has more air flow
Is it possible to bypass a Lasko tower blower fan with a 4 position rotary switch? This fan I have runs for about an hour then dies. You have to unplug it for about an hour to get it to run again but again dies after an hour. My idea is remove all that motherboard bs and just run it on the switch. I don't care for the timer nor oscillating crap. I just want it to run. Is it possible?
If only I had one of those sniffer things. I hate the new electronic fans with all their bs bits. I bought an electronic fan thinking it'd outlast all the cheapo fans. Nope. I'm suspecting the thermal fuse too but havent found it yet. Edit: I laughed with you when you said to just go buy a new fan and then I held my breath as you plugged it in to test. Thank goodness it works! Subbed!
they now have thermal plugs fused..one hit wounders.. fused plugs not easy but ebay has. fuse blew fan is not safe. fix it right
Hey which side does the copper wire goes on the terminal fuse?
The fuse should have copper at both ends. Solder one of the copper wires to one of the hots and the other copper to the other hot. Make sure to use high temp wire shield and keep the fuse cool while soldering 🍻🍻🍻
@@116falconer the hot wire is not a a copper wire, it's silver all the wire for the speeds are silver to I don't have a solder iron so I twist the one end of the terminal to the hot wire and I put a copper wire on the other end to go to the capacitor and I twist the copper from the coil on it
Just fixed my fan.. thanks😅
Hello great video I have this problem bot for me the lights won't turn on so I know its not the fan motor has to do with the board I guess any tips
It’s either the fuse on the control board or your cord is bad between the control board and plug. 👍👍 Do you have a multimeter?
Ricardo o Torres ... Some of them have the "The Blue Plug" technology which has a fuse in the plug on the power cord. It is probably blue, but can also be black or white. It will say a patent number on the end of the plug but nothing else. It is not serviceable if it blows.
@@116falconer 19:26 Did you mean when the bearings seize up, it blows the thermal fuse, and in some cases, the capacitor can get weak?
@@116falconer Your dog is so cute. What's his name?
Nice video but I’m lazy and it looks like it’s time to get a new one not worth the trouble my lasco died too and don’t think I’m gonna look for parts But I’m not buying a lasco again
Well all my teeth were pulled watching this but at least I'll be cool
Do you have a link to where you got the fuse
AliExpress online
Next time you need a thermal fuse, Digikey sells them for around a buck.
Although, to be honest, on my own stuff, I just bypass the damned things, as I check the bearings before lighting up any fans and oil them as necessary.
fused plugs and thermal are so home doesnt burn down silly.. read about it and fan recalls
@@peter-pg5yc OK, so magical phallus made things work by Harry Potter waving his magical dick about and everything worked out well.
Sorry, that doesn't work well and honestly, no one can get me drunk enough to think that - ever.
Real failures, yeah.
Happens far too often for comfort.
But, magical lights, need one say more?
Or, oh, a spark of lightning?
@@peter-pg5yc the occasionally United States doesn't use fused plugs. Only civilized nations, such as one that introduced civilization to blood pudding does that.
Got a fan now that I need to replace the thermal fuse in, then lubricate. Neighbor tossed it out, for a lack of better off hour activities, I'll fix it. Another hobby, fixing vacuum cleaners, again a fairly mechanical hobby. but it keeps me off the streets at night.
Or something.
As for homes burning down, that's what lithium ion batteries are for. Those damned things go up like thermite.
@26:34 .... That Fing thing indeed my friend.
Awesome video
Don't buy a thermal fuse just bypass it and oil both bushings. That is it.
Would that cause a fire hazard? From overheating? IDK 🤷♂️
Hey my fan spinning backwards what you think I did wrong
Sounds like you have the hot on the ground and the ground on the hot. DC motors will run backwards if you have the wires switched 👍👍🍻🍻🍻
@@116falconer just blow the dam thing
Sounds like the stator was installed backwards.
My fan started giving the same problem yesterday..Now I need to fix it..
run
I have a lasko fan and it run bad so my dad fixed it and it is good and powerful
Good lasko fan your dad fixed it nice
Susan your fan works good ok
Omg appreciate the video but i can't keep track of all the tangents..lol
Never use WD40.... use instead can oil
same model here. but it doesnt light up.
Thanks, save my day Dad!!!
can u fix my fan
42:13 lmao
Just tell me how to fix it without all the side commentary.😵💫
NO!🍻🍻🍻🍻
Grill
How did u know it was bad
I traced the current 👍👍
Bruh
😵💫 no
WTF! I'm supposed to do what you're doing? My fan motor is in pieces all over the floor. Are you serious? I am going to box everything up and send it to you and you are going put humpty dumpty back together again. Shrink tubes, soldering irons, thermol fuses, pvc caps. I came here cause I thought you had a quick fix to get my fan going, not how to work on a jet plane electrical system which this might as well be. This video is for guys like you that can fix anything and love tinkering in the garage. If you come up with a quick jerry rig let me know.
But why do you bite your nails if you touch a lot of those rusty tools 🧐
Consuming a little rust is not bad for your health but boring your nails is a bad habit and can lead to infection.
*biting