Thanks for the video, it helped me a lot. For those having problems with the metal grille, I laid the fan across my lap to use the weight of the fan to pin the metal on one side of the fan, aligned the tabs on the lower side and seated it. The weight of the fan kept pressure on the metal grille on the lower side to keep it in place. I put the screw in on that side to pin it, then was able to work on the other side without the first side coming out of the slots. Once the second side was aligned, which took some time and patience to get right, I put the screw in on the second edge to pin that side, then the remaining 3 middle screws. The whole job took about an hour including the cleaning. I spent about 10 minutes getting the metal grille back into the slots, that is definitely the hard part of this project. Thanks again, and I hope my description of reinstalling the metal grate helps someone.

Thanks .. I will never buy a tower fan again

@originalsaplings

10 ай бұрын

Seriously. Why did I do this to myself!? 😭

Terrrific explanation , step by step video of disassembling & carefully & methodically preparing these fans for cleaning . Then this gentleman gives clear instructions in reverse to reassemble it, once it is clean . He is a very good communicator , very peaceful , and easy to follow along . A tremendous instructional & simple help for everyone . It helped me lots . Thanks for the great job . Brian Luco

Thank you, this was helpful. I had a noisy one and after I took out everything I realized the cause of the bearing on top of the blades. Some cleaning with WD40 and applying grease solved the problem. Put everything back and realized forgot to put the 2 vertical side plastics. Too lazy to redo it, left it just like that. LOL.. nice and quiet fan is all I care. :)

All was good untill the metal casing .. after hours Im on my way to Costco. What a nightmare .

Yes, the dreaded shroud replacement! Notice how he skipped over how difficult it was to replace the shroud. One scene shows him placing the shroud around the unit, then there is a cut to a scene where he's easily sliding the shroud on!

@AnitaZander-pq2ej

2 ай бұрын

Uh huh 😮😂

Thank you soooo much for your clear and detailed and well recorded instructions.

Thank you for the wonderful presentation. You are a wonderful instructor. God bless you Sir. However, I will never buy another tower fan like this. Can you imagine what senior citizens face when they buy such a unit that cannot be cleaned in a normal manner - other than opening up the entire unit?

THANK you soooo much for this amazing and detailed video.. i couldn't have done this without your video.

🛠🔩🪛 Big thanks for this video. The metal shroud was a pain😡, got a little out of alignment at the bottom...Excellent reverse order! 🙏🏾👍🏾

Thank you! I fix my Holmes tower fan with your very great explanation on this video! Blessings 👍💯

It’s a nightmare but my God is it satisfying to get clean air again 😩😮‍💨

If your fan isn't turning very fast (or at all) after you clean it, you probably need to lubricate the motor. I use an extremely light oil (machine oil?) to lube the shaft of the fan where it goes into the motor. That's right below the screw that holds the fan shaft to the motor, seen at 5:28 in the video. Wipe it before and after applying the oil so you don't have an oily mess. There may be a better lubricant to use but I haven't found one yet. If your fan spins freely and still struggles to start, you could have a bad capacitor. The capacitor is a little black box with writing on it and a screw pinning it. You can see the capacitor at 12:33, to the right of the colored wires (not the bigger box above). You'll need some electrical knowledge to replace this cap, I don't recall how many ohms the one in this model uses and I'm not willing to spend the time to tear the fan apart again to look. :) The capacitor is basically a battery that provides more power to the motor when you start it, to overcome friction on startup. You could also use a stick or screwdriver to push the fan blades to help the motor start, this could indicate a bad capacitor or a need for lubrication. I have not yet drilled an oiling hole into this fan, but I've drilled holes into the plastic housing of all my other fans so I can lube them without removing covers. I spend a couple hours every spring cleaning and lubricating my fans rather than replacing them, keeping them out of landfills and my money in my wallet.

@Any1CanDoIt-pv8yf

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your feedback and excellent detailed explanation. You are right, any oil like "WD40" can be used right above the motor on the fan shaft. This fan is 10 Years old after cleaning it will be working as new. I will be posting another video for changing the capacitor. Slow fan speed is one of the reason!

@hitman82gaming

Жыл бұрын

​@@Any1CanDoIt-pv8yf I've tried WD40 before, it doesn't lubricate for very long. It's great for cleaning but it evaporates quickly. I've tried white grease spray, graphite spray, 3-in-1 silicon spray and others but sewing machine oil has given me the best results. I'm subscribing to your channel and looking forward to your capacitor video, thanks again!

@1925sk

Ай бұрын

Caps available on eBay for about $4.00. Not an easy location like the video fan. Mine had to disassemble the whole nine yards to get access.

@devincurrie4145

Ай бұрын

I like the idea of drilling holes into the plastic housing so can oil the shaft/motor easily if the panel is hard to take off. I'm kind of thinking about looking for a separate product that is solely responsible for oscillating so can put anything on top and it'll oscillate anything including the non-oscillating fans.

Thank you! You saved me about $60 for a new one. Also, you may want to clean and apply some lubricant to the motor if it's kinda dry and dull of grime.

Great video easy to follow. Also had trouble le with shroud. Two people then one in place I taped it. All good then. I used a silicone spray to lubricate the motor shaft as it wasn't starting. All good now

Well done instructional video. Great detail, videography and explanation. My fan is still a little wobbly, but I believe this is nature of the design. Thank-you for sharing your knowledge on this nicely made fan.

clear and detailed instructions. you are an excellent guide/teacher.

Thank you! Very helpful, couldn’t have done it without you

👍🏻 Well done - Thank You 🙏 for the informative video - will be cleaning mine now

Fantastic video. Thank you. Fan grill is a bish but putting it on the stand and having someone hold the fan fin cylinder helps.

It is impossible to put back the metal casing. Can you show a detailed video of how you did it

Thank you!! Your video is truly helpful.

Great video!! Thank you so much.

You explained it well bro 👏 thank you

This is an excellent video and I found it MOST helpful….EXCEPT for replacing the back metal screen. I’m guessing you struggled with it also. It is by far the hardest thing about this project

excellnt

Thanks for this.

Phew that's a lot of pieces to disassemble/re-assemble just to clean all of the dust inside. I have similar one from Costco however the oscillating motion isn't working properly as when it's going into one direction, it's moving at incremental steps rather than smooth motion however when going the opposite direction, it is moving smoothly again. I suspect that there's something wrong with the gear or something got misaligned/loosen. Where is the part responsible for oscillating? I'm guessing that it's in the motor itself as seen at bottom left at 7:06? Can the motor by disassemble or is it riveted together and designed in a way not to be disassembled?

thanks , great video

@Any1CanDoIt-pv8yf

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

Great video except when you talk about putting on the grey cover you say just to slide from top and skip when you are doing it. Regardless if it takes long just speed up you doing it. It's not lining up for me 😢

Thank you sir!

What is the piece called that holds the spinning pin in place you didn’t explain what it’s called I just picked up a fan and that part it broken I want to replace it

THATS ALOT OF SCREWS FOR A SMALL UNIT, IT NEEDS TO BE SIMPLIFIED SINCE IT’S NOT A ROCKET ENGINE.

I have this exact model. I clean it today with a small brush in every gap of the fan. urgh!

I think I’ll just keep my house clean so the fan doesn’t catch all that lint.

@semplew

23 күн бұрын

No worries. Dust is in the air.

@dannidenn247

12 күн бұрын

Just remember to clean the air before it goes in your house 😂

Went super easy to disassemble and clean but stuck on replacing the metal casing for 3 days now. Just impossible to reinstall. Grooves, first what do you mean by "grooves". Please help. Plus the lighting on your video doesn't' hit the said grooves so no way to see what you man. Lastly, could it be two hands cannot hold and press the metal sheet at the same time. Have you had some help to do it. On your video, you show "after" the metal grille is in place. So please give me a hint how to do it. I'm about to give up...

@Any1CanDoIt-pv8yf

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the feedback, the only difficult task is to put the back of the metal part, you need to hold onto the fan front and try to put the metal hinges in the spaces on the side both at the same time then slide it down. Hope this helps.

@BharatVar

10 ай бұрын

@@Any1CanDoIt-pv8yf Metal casing is impossible. I could not do it. Is there anyway you can help.?

@geoffn9736

10 ай бұрын

I agree. The metal casing is not "sliding" back in. Very frustrating!!!

@febs9467

10 ай бұрын

The metal casing is impossible to put back on. Can you show in detail how you did it.

@racineurr.8924

10 ай бұрын

@@geoffn9736 I gave up. I did the best I could and taped the metal grille on the body. The most important is that parts are cleaned and like new, the motor and the shaft are oiled and the fan runs as new. It was assembled by robots or final assembly made by 2 or 3 workers. One can't duplicate that. This tower was not made to be dissassembled and cleaned. It's like an iPhone...

If you follow the instructions, DO NOT REMOVE THE METAL GRILL, IT WILL NOT GO BACK ON. Just follow the other steps, clean as best as you can and put it all back together.

@AnitaZander-pq2ej

2 ай бұрын

He should announce that at the beginning of the video. Otherwise, excellent walk thru

@1925sk

Ай бұрын

Bingo!

No worth the bother. Way too many screws.

@racineurr.8924

Жыл бұрын

Hi. The screws are OK with me, I have the patience for them. But this metal sheet just can't be replaced. It can be disassembled but not reassembled manually. A robot did it first. Sliding small pieces of metal in the grooves but there's no way this can be achieved with your two hands and even not an extra pair of hands cause it asks to hold the grille at the same time you squeeze it and lower it. After three days, I came to conclusion: putting back one side of the grille is possible and work out something with the other side be it tape it, glue it or screw it. This Seville fan is too engineered and way overbuilt for its purpose. I suspect it's a way of making it unrepairable and unserviceable. After it's reassembled, I'll never buy a Seville fan again and surely not disassemble one again.

@Any1CanDoIt-pv8yf

Жыл бұрын

On each step, you can pause the video to help resolve the confusion about the screws.

@racineurr.8924

Жыл бұрын

@@Any1CanDoIt-pv8yf Hello and thanks for your answer. I did just that: pausing the video. But onmy fan, there was trulu no way to reinstall the metal grille. I had to strip it from two small hooks whch had to slide in the grove. Maybe my fan had a problem yours didn't have. Now it's OK though. It works perfetly. As new. I will try myself a this when I get my hands on another used and dirty Seville fan. Your video helped me a lot anyway. Thanks for eveything.