[Deadphishy]

my Tt smart fan II just broke a blade and i dunno why. maybe a powerconnector hit it. do you thnk Tt will replace it? anyone else have a fan just break. would supergluing the blade back on work?

[Big_Tex]

I dont think super glueing will work as it might make the fan out of balance just a thought i dont know for sure.

[ThePunkGeek]

u could always try

[Freeloader]

If you decide to glue it, I'd put a fan grille over it in case it were to come off again. You never know what it may damage. Also make sure it's not too out of balance, as it will damage your cpu.

[Tismedt]

Just a thought. There is a way to balance a ceiling fan. If you did a search for that you may be able to apply that your fan. But I would try the return to TT first

[Mizzery]

I broke one of the blades on one of my fans and superglue did hold it, but you have to get the angle of the blade just right or it will end up extending too far and rubbing the inside of the circle. Took a couple of tries, and I reinforced with a little more glue and small pieces of paper (great tensile strength, lightweight) and saved myself a few bucks.

[Mpegger]

Plastic melts. Use a small metal item (sewing pins and a pair of pliers come to mind) and heat it on the stove till it glows. Quickly applie it to the joint and melt (spread) the plastic together. When pin cools, repeat process till you feel you have it well bonded together. It'll be a much stronger bond then using a cynoacrylate(?) super glue and souldn't affect the balance much since you souldn't lose too much plastic to the pin.

And to balance the blades of a fan would be somewhat difficult, mainly because theres really no way to properly rig a balancer for it. However, theres one way I can think of that may work, but only if the fan has ball bearings and not those plastic slip rings.

You can remove the ball bearings and place them in something (what, I dunno ) so they would hold the fan horizontally (as if the fan was blowing in a left to right direction, not up and down). Make sure the blades spin freely and doesn't bind, which could happen if the ball bearings are offset or at an angle to each other. Now, just give the blades a good spin and wait till it stops on its own. With a chalk, crayon, or something else that is easily removeable, mark the lowest point. Spin the blade again and see if it stops at that point again. If it does, sand that point a little (not too much), clean off the mark, and go back to spinning and finding the lowest point.

If it on the 2nd spin it didn't stop at the same point, mark it that 2nd time. Heres where it will get tricky. If the marks are on adjacent blades, the heaviest point may be located in between the blades. You'll have to spin for a third time to check and see if it lands again at any of those 2 points or in between. If the 3rd spin stop in that area again, sand the 2 blades accordingly, ie, if it landed on one spot twice, sand that blade more then the other blade. If it landed inbetween the marks, sand both blades equally.

If on the 2nd spin it didn't stop anywhere close to the first time, you can either be happy with your work, or go for a 3rd spin just to be sure. Because of the low weight of the blades, and the friction from the bearings, you wont get accurate results from this, so use your own judgement. Like I said, if you melt the blade together, it souldn't affect the balance of the fan much, if at all.

[CHYLDE]

yep happend to me to a TT orb fan snapped off I used Krazy glue worked fine and dandy. As in many of lifes problems you will never know until you try.

[Deadphishy]

thats all good ideas but Tt said that they would replace it for free so i'm going that rout.
thanx all