I have a smaller box fan with a quot;stuckquot; motor. When the motor is off I can freely spin the blades but as soon as I power it up it becomes MUCH more difficult to turn, as if the motor started acting like a giant electromagnet.Any idea what is wrong?
From the define you gave feels like the priority is with capacitor, or fan motor, yet considering which you replace them the two... it ought to be a vulnerable relay, that carry for couple of minutes and turns 'off'. Or the hot capacitor isn't effective enougch.
it might have over heated and the wire's insulation in the motor could have melted away and caused current to flow where it should not.
Call a repair man, sounds like the motor is shot. Keep messing with it and you could burn your castle down.
