Our fan's blade will barely turn. Can it be fixed?

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No that isn't normal. The condenser fan cools the compressor and also cools the liquid refrigerant which has just been heated during its compression from gas to liquid.

Did it come with a Start Capacitor? Call the engineer back to diagnose and fix.

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Hello Brad, I would charge the battery and tighten the fan belt.

yes if you can barely touch blade and it stops the fan motor is bad. While replacing conderser fan motor be sure to clean dust from condenser coil.Then as regular maintiance clean coils twice per year.

Hello.

I have a Holmes pedestal fan that does this every few years. I have had this fan for about 10 years.

Unplug the fan and remove the fan blade guard. The fan blade should spin easily when you tap the edge of the fan blades with your finger. If the blade barely moves and abruptly stops, the bearings are dirty and need to be cleaned and oiled with 10W non-detergent motor oil. A quick-fix is a tiny bit of WD-40 where the motor shaft (the rod that the fan blade is mounted on) meets the bearing (the part of the motor that the shaft spins on). To properly fix this, you must oil both the front and back motor bearings which requires removal of the motor housing.

If the fan blade spins easily and you are certain that the fan is getting power (try a different outlet) the motor may be bad. Likewise, if the fan blade will not move at all. I do not know if Holmes sells motors for these fans. Here is their online support website:

www.holmesproducts.com/Support.aspx

Good luck from Detroit, MI.

P.S.: Never turn a motor-operated appliance on for more than a second if you know it's not working. That will cook the motor windings.

sounds as if the fan motor is getting hot and going off on internal overload (safety). - which causes the compressor to heat up and also go off.
When this happens the usual 'fix' is to replace the motor although you can try replacing the capacitor.
Since you only see one (capacitor) it's possible it's a 'dual capacitor' which means it's the serving the compressor AND the fan motor.
I would replace the fan motor.
Note: I've seen 'shorted' fan motors before - where the blade just barely turns and you would not want to touch the blade because it will give you an electrical shock.
I would be very careful touching the blade of that motor with the power on.-

your fan motor brushes have worn down to the degree that they need to be nudged to work. you could replace the motor brushes or just consider the trash can.........up to you.

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is the motor getting hot? try lubricating the main bearings.sounds like dry bearings .farr64

Sometimes the fan blade can get pushed back on the shaft. If that is the case, all you need to do is pull it back. If there is a lot of ice build-up on the back wall of the freezer, most likely it is the fan blade, or motor.

Unplug your unit and check the fan blade by manually rotating it with your finger, check if the blade is not touching the fan blade frame. Check if the screws are not loose, align the fan blade and re tight the fan blade screws.