Bionaire Recent Questions, Troubleshooting Help & Support

I'm not an expert, but I have two of these units that are working fine.

The on/off switch (the top switch) has a light in it that illuminates when the heater is on and heating. If this light comes on and there is no heat, then the element is probably burned out.

The heater has a safety switch that prevents the unit from working if it is not upright. If the heater was stored for any length of time on its side, the safety switch might have stuck in the off position. Unplug the heater and with the heater upright, try shaking it or slapping it firmly with your hand to se if this fixes the problem.

If none of this works, then as sunmasc says, the thermostat is bad.

Throw it away. I have come to conclude that Bionaire is a junk brand that does not service their products. I have a bionaire model BCM646 humidifier purchased at COSCO and the water tank broke.
NO! I did not drop it, it just sat in the corner. I have not even used all the factory filters that came with it.
Who would have thought a made in China product (for American idiots) would break and not have replacement parts?
Such a shock considering their fine reputation.

It started working again on its own. Not much of a solution!

I think some water must have got into the electronics and then once it dried, the humidifier started to work again.

Christiaan

Try Bionaire Canada https://www.bionairecanada.com/en_CA/filters/humidifier-filters-and-wicks/ Seems to be short stocked https://www.google.com/search?q=Bionaire+Humidifier+mod+BT199%2C+DMC22 .

Take it apart and swap the fans over. If the none working fan still doesn't work, you need a new fan motor. If the none working fan does work, you have a wiring issue. https://www.google.com/search?q=Bionair+Dual+Fan ..

where did you get the Bionaire that would be place to start finding parts needed

Bionaire is really a lousy brand. The tank is easily broken, and they don't sell replacement parts ANYWHERE! So, you have to buy a new machine. Will never buy this brand again.

It is here

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Try contacting Bionaire to inquire.

Request the manual from Bionaire.

Look up this fan on amazon.com. In the comments/reviews a gentleman posted instructions for fixing the thermostat (it involves opening up the fan and repositioning the thermostat wire).

There is a major problem with the fan's electronic board. There is most likely a shorted capacitor, or some sort of fried transistor somewhere. depending on your electronics know how, try troubleshooting the circuit starting with it's power supply/input. but depending on the price of the fan, and the amount of aggrivation, I would just get a new one. Remember, most of the newer appliances today are ment to only last a few years, then die. I don't care what it is. all the companies want to do is make them as cheaply as possible, so they can sell more of them, and make more money. so don't be surprised if you can't fix it. some things are just not fixable.

The capacitor winding in the motor presets rotation direction. Without the capacitor, the motor will not know which direction to rotate. With a bad capacitor,or with no capacitor connected to a capacitor motor, turning the motor shaft by hand will cause the motor to rotate at operating speed in the direction manualy spun, so, the motor can rotate either way once started by hand. This proves a bad capacitor. If the motor just sits dead while energyzed, then the motor is open electricaly, usualy a thermofuse embeded into a winding goes out.

Repair or replace!

Bionaire website shown below did not list that model, but you may be able to contact them for assistance. https://www.bionaire.com/service-and-support/product-support/instruction-manuals/instruction-manuals.html

I do have the same problem. I wonder if there is any type of maintenance this unit is supposed to be having.

I agree with Tom, no parts seem to be available.

The contact ULR for Bionaire is:

https://www.bionaire.com/customerservicecontact?cid=contactus