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Vornado 660: Fan turns on but blades won’t spin

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 18:01:56 -0700

My Vornado fan turns on but the blades won’t spin unless I spray lubricant on the shaft underneath the blades. I’ve had to do this once a week for a few months now but recently I’m having to do this every other day now. It’s an expensive fan and I’m a novice at electrical repairs, is this something that I can fix with a part replacement and simple troubleshooting or is my fan completely done functioning?

Insignia NS-F12R6-SS: The fan is not running

Mon, 16 Sep 2024 00:35:43 -0700

My fan all wire is not jointet

Vornado Zippi Fan: My zippi fan fell off my desk, and no longer works.

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 06:54:36 -0700

My Zippi fan fell off my desk, and now no longer works. I’m not the handiest person, but I’d love to fix it instead of buying a new one. Any thoughts?

⟐ Commented August 04, 2024 at 6:54 MST

Vornado Zippi Fan: My fan makes a weird noice

Wed, 31 Jul 2024 15:11:48 -0700

My fan makes a weird rapid ticking noice when I turn it on, I think the front part is to loosely attached, any idea how I can fix this?

⟐ Commented July 31, 2024 at 15:11 MST

Honeywell Turbo Force Air Circulator Fan: How to open my fan?

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 03:38:11 -0700

my fan fell down and stop spinning, how do i open it?

⟐ Answered July 30, 2024 at 3:38 MST

Listed Electric Fan E144918: Doesn't work on lower grades

Sat, 13 Jul 2024 12:13:10 -0700

Why it works on high grades but when i put it in lower grades it stop workin???

⟐ Answer edited July 13, 2024 at 12:13 MST

Delonghi Desk Fan VLT 1000: Fan not rotating without help

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 12:49:39 -0700

Blades of my desk fan are not rotating when it is switched on

⟐ Answered July 12, 2024 at 12:49 MST

Desk Fan: Portable fan not working!

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 12:44:01 -0700

after a cleaning, my two portable fans stoped working! I'v already fixed one but need help fixing the other!

⟐ Edited by author July 12, 2024 at 12:44 MST

Delonghi Desk Fan VLT 1000: المروحه صوتها عالي وهى شغاله

Sat, 29 Jun 2024 11:45:12 -0700

المروحه صوتها عالي وهى شغاله

Delonghi Desk Fan VLT 1000: Need help wiring capacitor in 2-speed pedestal fan

Fri, 28 Jun 2024 23:06:12 -0700

This is not a desk fan - but no other suitable choices available. I purchased an old pedestal fan that was missing a speed control switch. This must be a 2-speed fan as there are only 4 wires from motor (white, red, yellow and blue). I know that Red is hot, white is common, blue is low and yellow is high. I found a 2-speed pull switch and have 2-wire capacitor. I have the wires and switch connections sorted our - but am unsure where to connect the 2 capacitor wires. I can get the 2 speeds to work - but don't think I've found the right combo for capacitor.

Q: Capacitor; is it 1 wire to hot (white) and 1 to high speed (yellow)?

⟐ Answered June 28, 2024 at 23:06 MST

Delonghi Desk Fan VLT 1000: My fan stop spinning

Thu, 13 Jun 2024 12:50:26 -0700

my fan stop spinning

⟐ Answered June 13, 2024 at 12:50 MST

Delonghi Desk Fan VLT 1000: Fan speed slow initially

Sat, 01 Jun 2024 10:01:03 -0700

I have a tower fan which initially runs on low speed and after 20-30 min the speed becomes normal. What could be the reason and how to fix the issue?

⟐ Answered June 01, 2024 at 10:01 MST

Delonghi Desk Fan VLT 1000: Fan is not rotating with help also

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 07:35:48 -0700

My fan is not rotating when I on only humming sound came when I help to rotate fan it stuck but when fan is off and I rotate it rotate freely

⟐ Answer accepted April 17, 2024 at 7:35 MST

Delonghi Desk Fan VLT 1000: and the controller is missing

Sat, 13 Apr 2024 10:15:50 -0700

Two speed controler wire are there and the controller is missing

⟐ Edited April 13, 2024 at 10:15 MST

Vornado Zippi Fan: My Zippi fan starts out quiet and then develops steady hum

Sat, 02 Mar 2024 10:40:14 -0700

My usually quiet Zippi fan has developed an annoying hum that starts about five minutes of operation.

How can I eliminate this hum?

Holmes Blizzard Fan: Where can I buy a replacement 5 amp fuse

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 06:48:04 -0700

looking to buy a new 5 amp fuse for a blizzard fan from walmart

⟐ Commented November 15, 2023 at 6:48 MST

Listed Electric Fan E144918: Fan is not working

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 09:03:18 -0700

Power supply is being provided but it is not working

Delonghi Desk Fan VLT 1000: Electric wire burn want to replace with new wire.

Sat, 12 Aug 2023 14:36:00 -0700

Want to replace new wire so help me with main neutral and earth connection

⟐ Answered August 12, 2023 at 14:36 MST

Vornado 660: How to clean accumulated dirt from the blades and interior

Fri, 07 Jul 2023 11:12:09 -0700

I need to figure out how to remove the front grill so I can clean accumulated pet hair/dust off blades and interior. It's so gross I will have to replace if I can't figure out how to clean Thanks!

⟐ Answered July 07, 2023 at 11:12 MST

Holmes Blizzard Fan: Fan is working slow

Thu, 04 May 2023 19:26:47 -0700

My fan is spinning slow how to fix it