Smoking Fasco World's Fair Ceiling Fan

[Adam D.]

Here it is installed and the flywheel replaced..

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Smoking?

[Andrew G.]

Run it without the motor housing so you can better see where the smoke is originating from.

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all the dust in it burning since motor gets that hot(?)

[Adam D.]

I over soaked the motor with oil.. After running it on high for a while, it threw oil all over.. Some of it is on the circuitry of the variable speed system.. After running it on low for a while, heat sink/transistor heats up and starts burning the oil.. The smoke doesn't have much of a smell to it, other than an oily smeel.. It doesn't have that nasty odor of burning circuitry..

I suppose tomorrow I'll open it up and clean it seeing how there is even parts of the old flywheel inside it..

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That's a lot of smoke for hot oil . . .

[vanhalen5150]

The resistors get really freaking hot on all Fascos. Varilow is slower even on the highest setting because there is a resistor in there with a lower value than medium on a charleston. It gets REALLY hot and if a lot of oil got on it, it would get hot enough to smoke it. I say keep running it, I wouldn't even bother taking it apart.

[Adam D.]

I opened it up and cleaned it out real good.. It's a SOB to remove bottom grill and side.. The metal flywheel cover has to be removed and switch housing with mostly everything unhooked.. There was long enough wire going to the variable speed control to where I didn't have to unsolder the terminals, and was enough room to work with.. There was oil splattered everywhere and small pieces of rubber from the old flywheel.. One of the terminals to the smaller resistor's rubber sleeve is cracked in disintegrated, which may be burning and smoking along with oil and flywheel debris.. What ever the case was, it's not anymore seeing how it's all cleaned up.. I thought I would take a few photos of the Vari-Low system.. It doesn't use a PC board like Casablanca's Slumber Quiet system, and uses two big ceramic resistors.. I see why these hold up so well..

[Deleted]

I always remove the top housing and sideband, and leave the bottom attached. Much easier.

[fan1968]

Well how can I put this.. Looks a little discombobulated.