Panasonic Desk Fan, Magic Stop, Oscillating, Translucent Blades, Rare, Vintage on eBay $280 OBO

[John McComas]

As Cunningham calls them: "A RARE BIRD"  They don't show up very often.  I had one.  Mine worked great until a capacitor exploded in the base, (and I mean EXPLODED)

I replaced the capacitor, but never got it to stop as fast as originally.  Thought someone might be interested...  Not mine. 

eBay item number:

275484565273

[Bejon A. Boranian]

4 hours ago, John McComas said:

As Cunningham calls them: "A RARE BIRD"  They don't show up very often.  I had one.  Mine worked great until a capacitor exploded in the base, (and I mean EXPLODED)

I replaced the capacitor, but never got it to stop as fast as originally.  Thought someone might be interested...  Not mine. 

eBay item number:

275484565273

...Hmm, 

..A very interesting fan,

do these types of fans have any known design/mechanical flaws?

An EXPLODING component of any kind is kinda concerning... 😓

I have a "Stop fan" buried somewhere in my storage closet,

When you touch the cage,

the fan would abruptly cease spinning, even at high speed.

It would make a sort of "clunk" sound upon stopping.

Then I would hear a "click" sound and it would turn itself back on.

Mine looks sanyo-like though...

[Jim Kovar]

On 10/3/2022 at 8:30 AM, John McComas said:

...never got it to stop as fast as originally.

Maybe you just lost your
   magic touch, John.  

Edited October 5, 2022 by Jim Kovar

[Jim Kovar]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/275484565273

[Jim Kovar]

DC injection braking?  

[John McComas]

18 hours ago, Jim Kovar said:

DC injection braking?  

Yep!  I tried a low internal resistance cap, amongst others, but I think some other component/s was damaged and limited the amount of DC switched into the stator. 

Without a schematic, I lost interest and sold it.  It really exploded and blew parts and pieces all over and smoked like a tire fire!🥵

[Paul Carmody]

Man I sure want one of those exploding fans that abruptly stop for no reason to run in my bedroom.😬

Edited October 9, 2022 by Paul Carmody

[Arjun Saini]

21 hours ago, Paul Carmody said:

Man I sure want one of those exploding fans that abruptly stop for no reason to run in my bedroom.😬

Happens to the best of us, I ran a Westinghouse on my bed and BOOM