How to make a Lasko box fan circulate more air part 1 of 2.

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  • Опубликовано: 1 янв 2025

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  • @lilcoody1
    @lilcoody1 2 года назад +7

    *Works amazingly **Fastly.Cool** . I love all the features and the double expansion. For once a fan is almost as tall as my window. Updated but not overly fancy.*

  • @TheOfficialSoulfire
    @TheOfficialSoulfire 5 лет назад +8

    I tell you what people are such a-holes and it's no wonder our world is so screwed up and no one can be themselves anymore, good job dude. It don't matter how you did it or how long this video is or whatever other negative things people have to say you did an awesome job thank you very much

  • @Xer0Tr0n
    @Xer0Tr0n 8 лет назад +4

    This guy breathes and speaks like the Heath Ledger Joker when he came on TV threatening to kill ppl until Batman came forward.

  • @triton115
    @triton115  9 лет назад +10

    A note to those who are talking about the pitch of the blades; if you make the pitch too steep (as in more than 15-20 degrees), then yes it can overload the motor and maybe shorten the life of the stator windings. For best performance, I recommend keeping the pitch change to around 8 degrees or so.

  • @WeavingWonders
    @WeavingWonders 9 лет назад +4

    Urban engineering at its finest! U go boy!!!

  • @vicktory4712
    @vicktory4712 10 лет назад +46

    what am i doing with my life??

  • @usnva5638
    @usnva5638 9 лет назад +7

    The size and pitch of the blades were determined by the inexpensive engineering design of the motor. You have now created a fan which will push a higher volume of air, but at the cost of increasing your current input [due to an increased mechanical load] and shortening the life of your stator windings.
    For the money Lasko fans are in the range of Fair to Good quality. If you want to increase the RPM's [and longevity] a bit removing both grid covers would do the trick, as these also serve as a mechanical resistance on the motor.
    NOTE AND DISCLAIMER: People could get injured if they come into contact with the unshielded blades, especially on the intake side.
    On hot, humid days circulating air is only one-third the battle. If it's too hot and too humid, all your fan will be doing is blowing hot, humid air around. To get more relief you would also need to cool the air [or remove the heat which is different from cooling] and lower the moisture level. Since removing moisture is the most difficult process, your easier, less expensive options are to circulate and add cooling effect. This creates a tolerable environment within any enclosed space up to approximately 200 sq ft.
    ruclips.net/video/3V93Gh3Q2Ro/видео.html

  • @earthygreen
    @earthygreen 10 лет назад +11

    Look, if you're going to bend the fan blades to curve them more, you're going to stress the motor more and it will burn out sooner. This is from someone who lives in a family where we use box fans, desk fans, windtunnel fans, etc. year in and year out. We buy new ones every year.
    I have successfully repaired the fan that is sitting next to me by oiling the motor and cleaning out parts that were terribly dirty. But melting the blades, imho, isn't going to do anything but make your blades look burned and burnout your fan's motor sooner.

    • @TebTengri
      @TebTengri 7 лет назад

      I agree you might make the fan burn out sooner. You state you buy new fans every year anyway. So if you're gonna get a new one as long as it doesn't burn out in a year you're cool

    • @michaelw7540
      @michaelw7540 6 лет назад +4

      I beg the differ. It all depends on the Make and Model which means knowing what to look for. I'm not sure about Lasko today but years ago they were top of the line company for fans. I have two very old Lasko fans with original untouched motors that will have you holding onto your hat, literally. All I did was changed the blades to a much lighter and flexible material which is a carbon fiber and nylon mix with the pitch of 45 degrees closest to the motor and 14 degrees at the tip. Nearly 20 years after adding custom built blades and still blows like a porn star in debt.

    • @hempwick8203
      @hempwick8203 3 года назад +2

      I wonder if it was just the capacitor that burned out? I have a hard time believing motors die, I'm pretty sure it's the fixable issues, not burn out. Even a major short, fire damage, or water spill can be fixed in many cases.... right?

  • @jamesschappert9919
    @jamesschappert9919 11 лет назад +16

    No evidence shown that the air flow actually increased after all that though.

    • @Hey-fd1wu
      @Hey-fd1wu 10 лет назад

      which is why your suppose to do it yourself to your owe box fan duhh. pay attention.

    • @aabp2317
      @aabp2317 3 года назад +4

      If you increase the pitch of the blades, the resistance increases slowing down the blades' RPM. You pump more air per turn but have less turns of the blade per minute.

    • @ministryofwrongthink6962
      @ministryofwrongthink6962 3 года назад

      @@aabp2317 what will that automatically mean it’s not worth it? I mean, if it actually puts out more air than before I don’t care how fast it spins

  • @AandAEquipmentService1276
    @AandAEquipmentService1276 4 года назад +1

    Great Video man I loved it

  • @TH3C001
    @TH3C001 7 лет назад +2

    Uploaded in 2012, filmed in 2002, with a camera made in 1992... This vid looks so ancient.

  • @willyD200
    @willyD200 11 лет назад +10

    Much safer using a heat gun , you'll have better control over the amount and direction of heat with the gun.

    • @brasspick
      @brasspick 4 года назад

      You can start a BBQ fire with a heat gun also, it is time consuming, but if you run out of fluid and don't want to go all the way to town, it works well enough.

    • @mycoolvids
      @mycoolvids Год назад

      I was thinking bee's. Just train the bees to attack the fan blades as if they were giant hornets.

  • @zlee415
    @zlee415 6 лет назад +1

    This is golden, i need to meme dubstep this thing up

  • @zultone2
    @zultone2 11 лет назад +2

    Have you measured the air speed, wattage, and motor temperature before and after? Curious of an increased load on the blades would cause a decrease in electrical efficiency and increase of heat.

  • @MisterMitchMM
    @MisterMitchMM 10 лет назад +11

    Washer, dryer, water heater, range, and a chest freezer all in the same below grade basement. I think this guy has had too much carbon monoxide to the brain.

  • @rongarza9488
    @rongarza9488 8 лет назад +1

    "Gearing" down the speed looks very possible by using 2 pulleys. This would require mounting the smaller pulley on the motor at a lower (preferred) or higher (possible but this would make the fan even more top-heavy) place on the stanchions . A shaft for the fan blades would need a couple of (skate?) bearings, and the larger pulley. With this setup, no moving parts would be accessible from the outside.

  • @amberlynn6914
    @amberlynn6914 12 лет назад +3

    Kids,Don't try this at home. severe burning risk. LOL

  • @LottieSue
    @LottieSue 11 лет назад +1

    Can you show how to remove and replace a blade? Also, I have chemical sensitives so melting or warming plastic with fire is problematic. Would submerging each blade in boiling water be hot enough to make the plastic more pliable? How about instead of blowing to cool it off it's submerged in ice water while be held in place?

    • @georgegeorge-bu9pb
      @georgegeorge-bu9pb 6 лет назад

      LindieLee don't listen to this guy for multiple reasons

  • @santiagotapia2568
    @santiagotapia2568 4 года назад +1

    I have a lasko box fan too

  • @sadmillennialbaby93
    @sadmillennialbaby93 5 лет назад

    how do you take the fan off

  • @rongarza9488
    @rongarza9488 8 лет назад +6

    1) Taking the front grill off DOES lessen the vibrations; thereafter taking the back grill off helps a bit more. Either is extremely dangerous though. 2) Balancing the blade is total nonsense. 3) Messing with the motor and/or switch is not the answer. 4) Nobody -- nobody -- even hinted at a planetary (or other) gear to slow the blades down (and increase torque). I'm very disappointed, very disappointed. After all your mother and I sacrificed for you. tsk, tsk.

  • @jayfink5140
    @jayfink5140 6 лет назад +1

    I guess 83k people were hot as Hell huh😂😂😂

  • @triton115
    @triton115  11 лет назад

    What makes you think that?

  • @llib90630
    @llib90630 11 лет назад +4

    when you say lasko it sounds like a curse word

  • @JuanGonzalez-nv5lg
    @JuanGonzalez-nv5lg 10 лет назад

    Having audio problems?

  • @ringbolt9
    @ringbolt9 11 лет назад

    great vid

  • @robbyv.526
    @robbyv.526 5 лет назад

    Ohhhhh ..... Oh sh!t oh my goodness I had to stop reading the comments ..... BwahHAhahhaA. I HAVEN'T LAUGHED THIS HARD IN YEARS. Tears ... Crack Me Up omg there is some comic gold taking place in this strange LiL alley way of the YouToob verse. Damn ... my cheeks and ribs hurt I don't know why but I got started and there was no stopping me ..hahahah. not even done with the comments I stopped at ' There is something really strange about you .... other than that carry on.' HAHAHH hahahahaAhahAhahah
    you guys are great. This is freakin awesome. Thanks everybody ohhhh shit I really have cracked up like that in at least 5 years. Maybe 15 ha. HAHA. HOHAH. BaaWAhAhahWahaWhahaahhah 😄😁😂🤣

  • @sethhorst6158
    @sethhorst6158 5 лет назад

    Did that blade came off your lasko that immediately got seized up after probably 20 seconds of running?

  • @Underpantsniper
    @Underpantsniper 10 лет назад +5

    Hey kids!!! Use a heat gun and not a gas stove!!!

    • @MeepChangeling
      @MeepChangeling 5 лет назад

      Hey adults! Not everyone owns a heatgun nor can they afford one!

    • @pikapool1089
      @pikapool1089 4 года назад

      @@MeepChangeling you can get one for super cheap lol

  • @anklebar1
    @anklebar1 9 лет назад +9

    Its called editing dude!

  • @davidcampuzano6821
    @davidcampuzano6821 5 лет назад

    3:08 that shadow next to the pot on the stove clearly resembles a face!!

  • @jetengine7
    @jetengine7 10 лет назад +2

    I doubt that this would increase airflow because increasing the blade pitch makes the fan blades require more torque to spin, which the motor probably cannot provide. So it will run at a slower speed than before, resulting in the same amount of airflow as before. The only real solution is getting a more powerful motor. No way around it. It's simple physics.

  • @alwayssomething4546
    @alwayssomething4546 4 года назад +1

    The fan is now unbalanced and will burnout motor.... duh

  • @ldlink3935
    @ldlink3935 6 лет назад +1

    Should I even try and find "part 2" ???? Who is with me?

    • @robbyv.526
      @robbyv.526 5 лет назад

      Absooo. FREAKING LUtelyyyyy I am not missing none of that sh!t. This comment section and the video that inspired it just made me literally crack up harder than I have in years .... I couldn't stop I had to put it away for a bit 🤣 .... so good! Ohh. Sh!t. Haahahahabwhahahhh. Ohh. There is NO way I am missing any of that bud, say when :)

  • @marytaylorart
    @marytaylorart 8 лет назад

    Thinking a hair dryer or heat gun would be safer than open flame. Also agree that a better bet buy a better fan.

  • @debbieg7158
    @debbieg7158 10 лет назад +3

    This modern junk is not worth the time messing with. These fans are built to throw away every year so the company can keep making cheaper quality products every year and charge you more for shit! Look for an old metal fan. Like everything else made in the past, it was better. You may pay more but they are fun to re-paint and refurbish. also they will last. Quality over profit does not exist anymore. I have several old fans, some from the 1940's i still use every summer as if they were new.

    • @triton115
      @triton115  10 лет назад +2

      Luckily, another thing you can do is head to your local Menards store and buy one of those X-Treme Garage industrial fans. The 5-blade pivoting models are much more strongly built than a Lasko Cyclone fan and are almost as powerful as an Emerson 73668 oscilating fan.

    • @ToyotaCelicaDude1
      @ToyotaCelicaDude1 10 лет назад

      My lasko and galaxy box fans have sat in our windows for years. They've been through the elements and baked in the heat. But they are still going strong after 8 years. What's your point?

    • @triton115
      @triton115  10 лет назад +2

      ToyotaCelicaDude1 Laskos of today are not made to circulate the air like vintage fans were, and they are not made to last. I assume your Lasko and Galaxy are from the 1980s or early1990s, is that right? Because even fans of that era are better than ones from the 2000s/2010s.

  • @charlessanders1342
    @charlessanders1342 7 лет назад +1

    tried that with my fan didn't make no difference.

  • @macinfloydvolk
    @macinfloydvolk 10 лет назад +1

    Wow , just wow... Lol

  • @TheChiyna
    @TheChiyna 10 лет назад +2

    Are you alright? I mean who does that? Spend a little more money and just get a better fan.

  • @aabp2317
    @aabp2317 6 лет назад +1

    But doing what he sugests would most likely void the warranty!

    • @theswanster1
      @theswanster1 3 года назад +1

      Who tf cares about a warranty on a box fan

  • @southwindstorm4470
    @southwindstorm4470 5 лет назад +1

    Dull, boring, no editing and just plain dangerous. Increasing the pitch on the blades puts more stress on the motor which can overheat and, worse case, cause a fire.
    Increasing the blade pitch also increases the noise level.
    The reason such fans are made with shallow angles on the blades is to help keep noise down. It is also the reason the blades are tapered at the ends.
    I understand that the author was probably trying to do a service but unfortunately you are far better off buying a heavier duty fan.
    A better and safer way to increase total airflow is to put the fan in an open ended box with about 6-8 inch clearance around it and extending a foot or so in front of the fan. Look up "venturi effect" to learn more.

  • @spblackey
    @spblackey 11 лет назад +1

    And noise. And vibration. And shorter lifespan.

  • @MrBentley35
    @MrBentley35 7 лет назад +1

    is this an audition for a comedy show?

  • @TTigerLilyx
    @TTigerLilyx 10 лет назад +1

    Seriously, all 5 blades with no other explanation or commentary?This was good info, but about ten minutes too long. And those melted edges will be dust/hair magnets.

    • @totaldla
      @totaldla 10 лет назад

      connah47 I'd say about 30 seconds max.

  • @ccish8098
    @ccish8098 7 лет назад +2

    Left ear so lonely,

  • @tbamagic
    @tbamagic 10 лет назад +10

    how amazingly lame. Not only is pitch imprecise, but the motor will now be overloaded and will burn out. He's got the right idea...but fails on the collateral details.

  • @HVACENGINEER94
    @HVACENGINEER94 10 лет назад +2

    That Is Ridiculous!! So Now You Have To Strap The Box Fan Down Because You Threw Off The Entire Balance, Not To Mention The Fan, When New, Is Noisy Enough. Now You'll Have To Yell To Have A Conversation. Another Thing, Unrelated, You Need To Adjust The Air Shutter On Your Top Burner. Yeah... That's Why The Bottom Of Your pots Are Black With Carbon. Hmmmm...Come To Think Of It, Don't Touch Your stove.. If You're Willing to Melt Cheap Fan Blades You'll Probably Blow yourself up Adjusting A Venturi & Orifice.

    • @HVACENGINEER94
      @HVACENGINEER94 10 лет назад

      It was to get you ATTENTION You Inbreed MORON!!

    • @cattenit2797
      @cattenit2797 9 лет назад

      Lusty Wench "your and inbred" i can't... i just can't

    • @HVACENGINEER94
      @HVACENGINEER94 9 лет назад

      YOU'RE You certainly can't spell that's for sure.

    • @rayhouston7649
      @rayhouston7649 9 лет назад +2

      HVACENGINEER Moran Dumb-ass, he was correcting you when you said, "you attention" AND "you inbreed". You should have said, "your attention" and "you inbred".

  • @jacobchittom7564
    @jacobchittom7564 7 лет назад

    where does this dude live, a basement dungeon? i feel bad for saying that...

  • @shabaaazz
    @shabaaazz 6 лет назад

    Is no one else concerned that he's using a gas stove next to a water heater....

  • @triton115
    @triton115  12 лет назад

    Sorry. I am not Brian Hale, and neither do I know anyone named Brian Hale. I have also in fact never been to Chattanooga State University before.

  • @vKarl71
    @vKarl71 10 лет назад

    It would be safer to heat the fan over boiling water...

  • @samzam4287
    @samzam4287 7 лет назад

    there's something very strange about you..other then that keep it up..

  • @paulm283
    @paulm283 Год назад

    Why not buy a better fan?

  • @ga8065
    @ga8065 7 лет назад +2

    What a joke

  • @johnnyohness
    @johnnyohness 10 лет назад +1

    Why do you take so darn long to say something....God almighty. ZZZZZZZZZZ

  • @Splash111
    @Splash111 2 года назад

    Just buy a different fan. No engineering degree but you're going to "fix" what other real engineers have designed. Blade pitch affects the workload of the motor tremendously. Try doing that blade pitch thing to a prop plane propeller.to amplify your theorty....lol. catastrophic failure. The plane will crash. Your fan will overheat and be a fire hazard. Both can kill you.

  • @lomgshorts3
    @lomgshorts3 3 года назад

    You would think that this would be narrated so we would know why he did what he did, and WHY. TOTALLY USELESS use of bandwidth.

  • @jaceSHO
    @jaceSHO 10 лет назад

    and you still have all the hair on your arms ?

  • @sfjohn5
    @sfjohn5 10 лет назад

    plastic blades suck anyways need one with a meal blade O.O

  • @JD_Mortal
    @JD_Mortal 3 года назад

    They are also horribly imbalanced and to add insult to injury... they are made from brittle plastic. Removing the "support feet", which helped stop them from falling. (They know, and want them to fall and break. Because you will just buy a new one for $20, after it breaks.)
    The "twist" on the blade, like all blades, is to compensate for the outer edge moving a longer distance, in a rotation. To get "equal pressure" across the length of the blades, you need to flatten the blades as they move away from the center, where the blade is not moving as far/fast. Also, they drop the pitch of the curve, to make them "quiet" and "efficient".
    The more air-force you create, as resistance, the more power it sucks-up and the more noise it will make. If you twist the ends, without also twisting the centers, there will be a reverse "cone" shape of pressure. Less pressure in the center and more at the edges, which will add noise and create a pulsing "beam" effect. Since the air is now moving in a non-linear "wall of air", and more like a high-pressure "doughnut". (High pressure at the edges and low pressure in the center.)
    Honestly, it comes to function and desire. The fans should be built with an adjustable blade. But they would rather sell you three individual models...
    One with nearly flat blades, which is super quiet, super efficient (power-draining wise, but not power/air-flow wise)
    One with better air-flow, slightly more noisy and power-hungry, which tends to add more heat to the house, making the movement of air a "demand", since you are turning your house into a slow convection oven.
    One with high speed, high volume, high noise and also high heat, which drains tons of power and spits-out more heat than a small space heater in the process. Completely nullifying any apparent "cooling" you think it might offer.
    A fan only cools you if you are there, standing in front of it. They ALL heat-up a room. (By the motor heat and by blowing your body heat off of you, into the air.) That is why it is pointless, and stupid, to leave a fan running, if you are not there to feel the immediate "psychological", cooling effect. As proof, you can place a simple cheap computer fan in a sealed container, with a cheap "remote temperature probe". They sell them for measuring inside/outside temperatures, for like $20. Leave the fan off and record the temps... Now turn the fan on, and watch the temps. There is absolutely zero "cooling", and only 100% heat-increase, as the fan runs. If the probe could "sweat", you would see it start to get cool, then eventually heat-up again. You can simulate that by wrapping the sensor in paper-towel and adding a single drop of water to the paper-towel. It will cool down as the water evaporates, but then the water will stop evaporating as the air becomes hot and saturated in moisture and the heated air now blows on the, still wet, paper-towel, and begins to heat it up faster as the water absorbs the heat from the air.

    • @garrettmenteer2066
      @garrettmenteer2066 Год назад +1

      This is all correct but also reliant upon the assumption that in all cases of people using fans they seal themselves in an air tight super insulated box of sorts. By only explaining part of the physics it's giving a misleading impression. Also it's suggestive of the opposite of entropy... You could have been more helpful in simply saying remember to open a window. Because opening a window defeats your otherwise correct in a very narrow way

  • @chuckecheeseminnesota
    @chuckecheeseminnesota 3 года назад

    It didn't work for me IS CLICKBAIT

  • @user-ie7ze7td3b
    @user-ie7ze7td3b 3 года назад

    Dont try this this is very dangerous