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Title: What's this part?
Post by: geek1 on December 31, 2008, 05:18:36 PM

I took apart an old fan and found a round thing with a shaft coming out of both ends, yet I couldn't turn the shaft when I tried. Can someone please tell me what htis is? ??? ??? ??? ???

Title: Re: What's this part?
Post by: roboboy12 on December 31, 2008, 05:46:47 PM

possibly a rusted motor?

Title: Re: What's this part?
Post by: geek1 on December 31, 2008, 06:19:58 PM

The reason I couldn't figure it out is that there are no terminals or leads of any sort anywhere on it.

Title: Re: What's this part?
Post by: roboboy12 on December 31, 2008, 06:21:29 PM

dont know ??? ??? ??? ??? :)

Title: Re: What's this part?
Post by: geek1 on December 31, 2008, 06:24:05 PM

I just looked at the fan again and noticed that this was in some sort of housing wired to the switch and power supply. Im going to see if I can take apart the housing a bit more and figure it out from there.

Title: Re: What's this part?
Post by: jamort on December 31, 2008, 06:39:36 PM

is there any type f coil wire around it if so its a motor

Title: Re: What's this part?
Post by: geek1 on December 31, 2008, 10:47:12 PM

Yes, I took apart the housing and found a coil of very thin wire connected to some sort of IC.

Title: Re: What's this part?
Post by: jamort on January 01, 2009, 12:23:38 AM

yeah then more than likely its a motor

Title: Re: What's this part?
Post by: ed1380 on January 01, 2009, 05:18:51 AM

like computer fan? those are brushless motors

Title: Re: What's this part?
Post by: geek1 on January 01, 2009, 07:56:34 AM

No, it was just a little desktop fan.

Title: Re: What's this part?
Post by: HDL_CinC_Dragon on January 01, 2009, 01:22:05 PM

Dont suppose you could post a picture of what youre talking about?

Title: Re: What's this part?
Post by: geek1 on January 01, 2009, 01:31:16 PM

No, sorry, It's in too much disarray ;)