Recent content by nuname60

Randy the first fan turned easily and no binding was noticed. Operation was normal and the extreme heat was not noticed until I tried to change the direction of the fan by turning the housing. Wow. Both fans assembled and non assembled got just as hot. There is no airflow through the motor as...

Wasn't aware of that. My concern was it possibly causing a fire if left unattended. What causes such intense heat after even a short 20 minutes? The fan pperates just fine but its way past warm to the touch like most electric motors. Its like the exhaust manifold on my truck after a run to the...

The assembed fan also go hot and the motor itself got hot enough to melt the Styrofoam it was packed in. I would say that is abnormally hot. It wasn't smoking by it wasn't far from it. The motor does not appear to have an internal fan to draw air in and the from is sealed anyway air cannot pass...

I recently purchased a Central Equipment shop fan at Harbor Freight and after an hour the motor housing was hot enough to burn your hand if you touched it. Thinking that possibly it had a bad winding or something of that nature and being concerned that it was a fire hazard I returned to the...