I have a Hunter Carefree Humidifier Plus. When I turn the switch on, the motor buzzes but the fan blade will not turn. I have already tried taking the fan cover off and trying to get the blade to turn by manually starting it, but this is not working. Any suggestions?
We were having the same problem. Here is how I fixed it but its hard to explain...
I took the main white part off and laid it side ways on a table looking inside there is a tube that goes from the top towards the main fan then connects to a plastic part that is shaped like a "p" In the middle part of the "p" you an see I tiny little gear. I manually turned the gear with a paper clip a few times and it worked. I had no idea what I was doing but I was determined!!!
Thank you!! This helped me from buying a replacement (at least for this season!!)
Thank you so much! You are a genius! There was a lot of mineral build up in with the gear. When I turned the gear with a paper clip, it loosened the deposits and the gear was set free!
I haven't used my humidifier for the past two years. Dug it out of the basement and it wouldn't work. I was going to purchase a new one but - everything is out of stock. So glad I found this - it worked! Such an easy fix. Hopefully, it gets me through the winter. Thank you so much!
I brought this model out for its third winter. I cleaned it as usual, plugged it in and nothing. I could hear that juice was making contact but the fan wasn't working. I thought it was ready for the curb until I read your easy fix. I rotated that stiff gear for a few minutes and plugged it in. To my amazement it came right on. Thanks for sharing. I would have never thought to look there.
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I've gone through 3 of these with the same problem. Seems like a design issue. If within a year of purchase, contact hunter and they will send you a new one and only ask you to send them the cord and label off your old one. Expect the replacement to last about a year depending on how hard your water is.
I have the same unit and after disassembly it appears that the impeller that pumps the water up to the filter has frozen due to deposits. Soaked the impeller but that did not help. Appearantly you can't buy a replacement pump. and that appears to be planned obsolence to help the bottom line at our cost
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