From: legg@nospam.magma.ca   
      
   On Sat, 21 Jun 2025 17:02:48 -0400, Bill Abers    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 6/21/25 4:21 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> On 2025-06-21 21:58, Bill Abers wrote:   
   >>> So my refrigerator evaporator fan has become too weak to turn.  Well,   
   >>> it turns, but very slowly maybe 1 RPM when the normal speed is 3000 or   
   >>> so. I have a new one on the way but, before my food spoils, is there   
   >>> any way to perhaps resurrect this existing fan, just to keep it going   
   >>> for 2-3 days until the new one arrives?  I wiggled it once or twice   
   >>> which initiated full speed, but it didn't last.  I also tried lightly   
   >>> oiling it but no difference.  Thanks in advance.   
   >>   
   >> You did not say if it turns smoothly when you move it with your finger.   
   >>   
   >> (I do not know what is a weak fan, though)   
   >>   
   >   
   >Sorry, yes it does turn easily with finger.   
      
   Check for winding continuity. If open cct, you'll need to replace a   
   thermal fuse located near the end of the winding, under unsulation.   
      
   RL   
      
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