Exhaust fan suddenly posessed by speed demons

This is a new one for me… today, out of the blue, while in between prints, the exhaust fan on one of our units suddenly started revving, up to what I have to assume is way beyond it’s intended top speed. We have external exhaust/filtration systems built in, so we have the fan toggled off… this is some sort of software/hardware glitch happening. Nothing I do will cause it to turn off, but it is randomly stopping itself for a few seconds here and there, before starting up again. I did a factory reset, and the fan stopped while I was going through the wifi setup process, but started up again as soon as everything was logged back in. The machine seems to function otherwise, but the fan is running at such a high speed that it’s vibrating the whole machine and it doesn’t seem like it would be a good idea to let it keep on running this way. Any ideas what we might be dealing with here?

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Wow that’s new to me. Let us know what you find out.

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I would disconnect the external fan if you have an inline fan. Remove the left side cover and pull the wire.

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I was able to remove the fan from a basic without removing the glass, but i removed the glass with the pro to take out the fan.

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