oscilating fan

[joko]

i have a large tower style one of these, but sometimes the fan bit doesnt spin...it makes a noise like its trying to, and is turning very slowly and i shake it a bit and eventually its just starts working...it works best on the fastest setting too

it doesnt oscilate at all, but im not too bothered about that, but obviously i dont want to have to spend 5 mins faffing about with it to make it work...

can anybody tell me what i can do about it, if anything? is this a known problem? could something be blocking it ( i turned it upside down and it started immediately, but stopped when i righted it again)

any ideas...theres not really any where i could take it to be fixed round here, and i thinks its probably something simple as it does work

thanks

[moonraker558]

Buy a new one they are not that expensive

[redman41]

Unplug from mains and check all the wiring by accessing inside Fan. Sounds to me like loose or bad connections somewhere which could be dangerous....

[beso]

Fans are usually shaded pole induction motors. Not starting is typically a sign of imminent catastrophic failure. Not worth even trying to fix it.