On Jun 23, 10:04*pm, "Steve Sousa" wrote:

I live in a 230V area but need to use a 120V fan to repair an amplifier.
I can only get 230V fan motors here, so i was wondering if i can simply
remove turns from a 230v shaded pole motor to make it into a 120v one?

Rewinding the mains-powered parts of a fan is a bad idea.
Better ideas: get a 120V fan motor, find an alternate power
source (there's a DC supply somewhere in the amplifier,
can it drive a DC fan?), use a small boost transformer or
autotransformer.

Quickest solution might be to use a 'standard' computer-parts
fan (takes DC power) with a 230VAC wallwart power brick.