What's the most durable electric fan?/Electric Fans Talk

**Mask Rider Blac** · March 27th, 2022 07:47 AM

Originally Posted by bloowolf

A frustration of mine are the quality of affordable electric fans (bintilador) in the market. I’m talking about the affordable ones like Dowell or Camel. I have no issues with the body. It’s the motor that gives up after approximately 1 year of use. Same thing with industrial fans being sold. They are not made the way they’re used to.

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Same experience with Camel e-fan. We HAD four stand fans bought 3 plus 1 free. Lahat sira na. Amoy sunog ang motor at hindi na umiikot. Kaya balik Asahi kami.

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**oj88** · March 27th, 2022 09:57 AM

If you've lived long enough and remembered the electric fans of the 70's and 80's, they also suffered from sleeve bearing lock-ups if you don't maintain them. I remember dad used to dismantle the fans every so often or it either gets noisy or starts to smell burnt.

In fact, that's likely what prompted 3D to come out with their "never-oil" ad campaigns in the 80's, to highlight their motor's reliability.

My memory of electric fans then is that they were more "sirain" compared to modern ones. Rusty fan guards, finicky oscillation mechanism, etc. Most of these issues are practically non-existent now.

**papi smith** · March 27th, 2022 10:15 AM

I never liked the look of this fan's base until we won 1 in a raffle, surprisingly it's weight was super light and the wind was strong. I am definitely buying this type if I want to buy another one, it's so easy to move.

**dr. d** · March 27th, 2022 10:19 AM

Originally Posted by oj88

If you've lived long enough and remembered the electric fans of the 70's and 80's, they also suffered from sleeve bearing lock-ups if you don't maintain them. I remember dad used to dismantle the fans every so often or it either gets noisy or starts to smell burnt.

when our fans back then got stuck up, i tried to re-lubricate them using singer sewing machine oil. but the fix turned out to be only temporary.
for a longer fix, i brought them to this fix-it shop near the house. the guy would replace the bushings.

our kdk fans are now stuck up. these are the older models with 1/2 speed setting. "we want a breeze and not a pang-guryon wind." alas, wala nang gumagawa nang ganito ngayon.
but the guy had since moved...
highs.

**Deestone** · March 27th, 2022 10:24 AM

Originally Posted by n_spinner06

+1 we bought ours 2003-04. 2 units. 1 died last year. Bearing problem probably. I replaced the capacitor on the other one last month and it is still running fine.

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Yes the usual culprit is the capacitor and bushings those plastic ones I need to have it replaced but for steel blade haven't replace it yet.... still working fine.

**oj88** · March 27th, 2022 10:27 AM

Originally Posted by dr. d

when our fans back then got stuck up, i tried to re-lubricate them using singer sewing machine oil. but the fix turned out to be only temporary.
for a longer fix, i brought them to this fix-it shop near the house. the guy would replace the bushings.

our kdk fans are now stuck up. these are the older models with 1/2 speed setting. "we want a breeze and not a pang-guryon wind." alas, wala nang gumagawa nang ganito ngayon.
but the guy had since moved...
highs.

Singer oil... I still use it today to lube practically any machine in the shop, including fragile stuff like PC fans.

Dad use Singer oil too and yes, sleeve bearings weren't as good back then.

Our KDK box fans from the 90's would've been still alive if they weren't banged-up so bad with people tripping over them and falling down. I think most of our old fans died that way and not because the motor quit.

**dr. d** · March 27th, 2022 10:34 AM

the ancestral home still has an ancient 60s westinghouse all-metal table fan, with rotary switch. it still works.
no one wants to claim it out of the house, at baka raw multuhin.
heh heh.

**n_spinner06** · March 27th, 2022 03:01 PM

Originally Posted by dr. d

when our fans back then got stuck up, i tried to re-lubricate them using singer sewing machine oil. but the fix turned out to be only temporary.
for a longer fix, i brought them to this fix-it shop near the house. the guy would replace the bushings.

our kdk fans are now stuck up. these are the older models with 1/2 speed setting. "we want a breeze and not a pang-guryon wind." alas, wala nang gumagawa nang ganito ngayon.
but the guy had since moved...
highs.

The singer oil is too thin doc. I use excess engine oil i have lying around. Lasts a whole lot longer. 2 drops sa harap at likod. Works wonders.

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