On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 20:47:26 GMT, "William Wixon"
wrote:

"James R. Freeman" wrote in message
...
I think Your jumper should be from black to gray from the looks of it. The
device that failed was prob. a thermal fuse.
Jim


Hey Jim, Thanks! :-)
i was so anxious to get this thing FINALLY fixed i absentmindedly
desoldered the jumper from the white and put it to grey and when i put it
back together i got NOTHING. i was like "DANG!" but opened it back up and
realized what i'd done, changed it black to grey, put it back together and
it seems to be running fine now. weee!!! i'm sure i'll be thanking you big
time this coming summer. thing is, now "1" is the fastest speed (thought
"3" was supposed to be fastest). it's running the right direction and it
seems it's also running at full speed. i took a picture (with streamer on
fan) to show you(ze). i was afraid someone was going to say "you just took
a picture when it was windy" so i stuck a pitchfork in the frozen ground
behind it w/ a streamer to show it wasn't windy. :-)
you said the device i removed was probably a thremal fuse, so, i'm assuming
it would be best to not run it unattended now (which i don't do anyhow).

thanks again Jim, you really made my day. practically-brand-new fan rescued
from untimely demise.

http://www.frontiernet.net/~wwixon/fanmotor1.jpg

b.w.
Your problem now is that when your motor fills up with lint and starts
to overheat, there is no thermal cutout to turn it off before it gets
to the point where it starts smouldering and blowing glowing particles
along with a forced draft all over your girlfriends bikini or your
slumbering body.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada