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Holmes tower fan: Is there a way to fix/change the oscillating base?

Wed, 02 May 2018 13:02:55 -0700

My daughter leaned over and broke the base so now it does not stand upright, the fan is still working fine, just cannot stand-up or oscillate. I am fine if it is just able to stand upright steadily. any suggestions?

Holmes tower fan: Tower fan: Everything works, except the blades...

Fri, 04 Oct 2019 04:39:54 -0700

edit: I’m in the process of testing the capacitor on the circuit. See the full story in comments below if you’re interested lol.

Also, the “burn marks” on the circuit, in the pictures I linked, aren’t burn marks - merely bad quality pictures.

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Hi, I’m new here and also new to repairing stuff.

I’ve tore my fan apart, but I don’t really know how to diagnosis the problem. Visually I can’t see anything that seems wrong..

The buttons all work, the lights lit up when I press them, it still beeps annoyingly loud and the base still turns (from left to right to left..).

But the motor that’s supposed to make the blades spin looks dead. I detached the tower blades from it and the shaft just doesn’t move when I turn on the fan…

Except I’m thinking: it can’t be dead, it’s just copper wires and a metallic piece in the middle. So current just doesn’t reach the motor I guess? But what can cause this?

What can I do to pinpoint the issue and/or repair it?

Thanks in advance! :)

Edit: Picture of an odd soldering

⟐ Answer accepted October 04, 2019 at 4:39 MST

Holmes tower fan: Why does the fan randomly rev up then slows again?

Sun, 23 Jul 2023 11:40:25 -0700

My fan works great but lately it has begun to randomly rev to highest speed for a few seconds then return to the set speed. What's up?

Holmes tower fan: How to put this back together again?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 08:43:38 -0700

I bought this at a rummage sale for $8 and I was trying to take the front part off to clean it out and the base fell out. What happened was all of these parts fell out and I have tried to put it together several times. Can someone walk me through and show me how to put this together again or this is food for the trash can? It came with no instruction manual and I looked up the manual on the internet and it shows me nothing on how to put this back together again. It’s a Holmes Oscillating Tower Fan 32 Inch with Remote Control, HT38R-U. I have included pictures. Thank you.

⟐ Answered April 26, 2021 at 8:43 MST

Holmes tower fan: My fan keeps on making squeaking noises and only blows out dust.

Thu, 15 Nov 2018 06:53:11 -0700

My fan got knocked on its side and blew a bunch of dust out while still on and now it only blows dust and doesnt blow clean cool air. How do I fix it?!

⟐ Answer accepted November 15, 2018 at 6:53 MST

Holmes tower fan: Room coolng tower Fan stopped working

Mon, 06 Aug 2018 19:55:44 -0700

Fan worked fine last year. Just tried it this year and it shows no sign of operation. Changed fuse and have stripped down fan but every part seems to be a sealed unit.

Any ideas?

⟐ Commented August 06, 2018 at 19:55 MST

Holmes tower fan: Why is my fan clicking noise

Sun, 25 Mar 2018 12:15:47 -0700

After my fan runs a while it started to make a clicking noise. It sound like it coming from the motor.

Anyone know a fix for this issue or where I can get a replacement motor?

⟐ Answered March 25, 2018 at 12:15 MST

Holmes tower fan: Why is my fan squeaking when it rotates/ struggles to rotate.

Sat, 26 Aug 2017 11:55:51 -0700

When I have my fan on the first setting it has a problem when it rotates to the right it squeaks and it kind of wobbles when it rotates. How do I fix this?????

⟐ Answered August 26, 2017 at 11:55 MST