Hi all, they say things come in 3's its the turn of my air cleaner which lost some magic smoke. I noticed a burning smell and noticed wisps coming from my air cleaner. I thought it was toast so took it down to investigate and maybe get a new fan. I tested it on the bench and the motor ran but it struggled to get going and went a bit backwords before going the right direction. I found a manual online with a blown up parts diagram. I was thinking capacitor? I bet these air cleaners are obsolete now, but have sent Clarke an email anyway.
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Clarke air cleaner smoking
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Quite likely to be a capacitor. Fan motors are of the permanent split phase type which rely on continuous connection of one winding via a capacitor. Depending on where the smoke came from, the run winding could have damaged insulation. Of course if it came from the capacitor - obvious split and or staining, then changing it could be a full solution. Keep it under observation for a while.
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Thanks Bob. Another symptom that happened prior to the smoke loss was that the fan spontaneously came on by itself. It was plugged in but I had not switched it on. When I tried to switch it off with the remote it would not work. Neither would any of the speed settings or timer.
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I've no idea about the controllers in these things.
I presume you have disconnected all that and just applied power to the motor and it did not run, or was it when you did this that the smoke escaped?
The controller is probably toast and in any case almost impossible to repair without circuit diagrams and electronic knowledge.
If you can get the fan working, just fit a manual switch and chuck the rest.
Bob
I presume you have disconnected all that and just applied power to the motor and it did not run, or was it when you did this that the smoke escaped?
The controller is probably toast and in any case almost impossible to repair without circuit diagrams and electronic knowledge.
If you can get the fan working, just fit a manual switch and chuck the rest.
Bob
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I have a home made air cleaner and use a remote socket to control it.