CHANCS Slow Speed Electric Motor TYC-50 110V 15-18RPM CW Micro Motor Turntable Gear for Electric FireplaceBox ffor Electric Fireplace

SHORT VERSION: I was pleasantly surprised to find this CHANCS motor available at a very reasonable price. It arrived next day and with the minor inconvenience of needing to splice on a couple of inches onto the wire leads, it's an identical part-swap, easy peasy. ALL THE BORING DETAILS: Our home has an electric fireplace that was here when we bought the house 6 months ago. I didnt think we would use it much but it works well as a room heater, allowing us to keep the main house thermostat on a more economical setting. Since the cold snap started here 2 months ago, we've been using it daily. Suddenly it started making a loud grinding noise. As I'm a well-experienced handy man, I thought the "squirrel cage" fan that blows the heated air into the room was starting to fail. Usually, it's not an actual part that wore out; The fan has bearings that chatter when the long life lubricant originally applied to them dries out. Taking the fan apart, cleaning it with an approved solvent, applying fresh lubricant restores the fan to like-new performance. When I put the fireplace back together & turned it on, I discovered that while the heater fan was much stronger at blowing hot air into the room, the loud grinding noise was still loud & clear. Turns out that the flame emulator uses what looks to be a rotisserie rod with half-inch mirrors that relect the light from a couple of chandelier bulbs as a small gear reduction motor rotates the mirrors at about 15RPM. The reflected light hits the back of the shadow box screen, giving the dynamic flame appearance when viewed from the front of the fireplace. I had made a "right church, wrong pew" mistake: The grinding noise was due to lubricant failure but not in the fan- the culprit was the mirror flame rod motor; Hardened grease caused the plastic gear array inside the motor to start snapping the teeth off which resulted in the grinding noise. ENDING REFRAIN: This CHANCS motor is the perfect fix option available at a very reasonable price. It's an identical part-swap, easy peasy.

Perfect for my used facebook marketplace special electric fireplace which had a Counter Clockwise motor which went bad and turned clockwise giving the illusion of flames returning to the log...pretty off putting! This fit perfectly, just cut the wires near the old motor and spliced them together...well just wirenuts and tape...should be good... and has been working great for last few weeks. well worth it for the Mancave/Pub to make it look cozy for the impending winter. Quiet operation too

Yay! I had an old "Amish Made" fireplace which decided to stop working after I paid to have it hung on my wall. Actually it was the "flames" that didn't work anymore. I looked it up on YouTube and someone repaired the flames using this motor to replace the one one. It's the motor to the rotary that makes a strip of aluminum pieces spin that the lights inside shine on. Something I did have trouble figuring out, the motor has 2 red wires coming out of it. The wires I was connecting it to, one was red and one was black. I attached the 2 red wires to both and it worked out fine! Like others have mentioned, sometimes this motor makes the rotary spin the opposite way, making the flames look like they ar coming up from the logs. Turn it off, then on and the rotary will spin in the correct way.

This electric motor effects rotary movement of an attached "axle" at a rate ("RPM") that is roughly within the range (20 - 24 RPM) of the one it replaced (which rotated at approx. 22 RPM). It is actuated via a pair of stranded wire that is suitable to conduct standard 110VAC house current (U.S.). I am using it in an "electric fireplace" unit, which combines the function of an electric space heater with a visually pleasing representation of "burning logs" in a firebox (all enclosed within a relatively attractive wood cabinet which simulates a "hearth"). The motor turns a horizontally-mounted axle, which might also be described as a "pivot", "rod" or "bar", (behind and below this box), which has reflective strips attached to it at such intervals so that the light reflected off of them (which is produced by two clear bulbs approx the size of C9 Christmas lights), projected thru a pre-cut screen also behind the box, gives the appearance (viewed from the front of the unit) of "flames" rising from the "logs". It performs quite well - even though this motor was not specifically manufactured for this application (I believe its original purpose is to replace similar motors used to rotate the turntables in certain models of microwave ovens). As such, it has a couple of minor drawbacks: 1) The old motor it replaced turned only in a clockwise direction (viewed from the pivot side of the motor), which uniformly produced rotation of the axle - and the strips attached to it - so that the light reflected thru the filtering screen produced the perception of the resulting "flame" pattern as being in an "upward" direction - which is what one would expect of flames from an actual log in a fireplace. In fact, the old motor was clearly labeled "CW". It proved, however, to be quite difficult to locate a "CW"-only motor in the Internet market, so I ended up settling for this one - which itself is clearly labeled (and advertised as such) "CW/CCW" - that is, alternately rotating in both the clockwise and counter-clockwise directions (ostensibly with each successive activation of the power switch). This is considered ideal for microwave turntable operation, but even so, it is not so much of a problem for the simulated fireplace. Even though the alternating actuation of "CW" and "CCW" directions is not uniform (i.e. successive power-on operations of the fireplace unit many times might produce either "CW" or "CCW" rotation), if it ever starts rotating "CCW", I just flip the "on-off" switch until the "CW" rotation is produced. This might take two or three cycles of the power switch, but it has not failed to eventually produce the desired results. It is of course purely psychological, but seeing the "flame" pattern moving in a "downward" direction just doesn't cut it for "ambiance" :-) . Also, 2) I was able to tell, thanks to the dimensions of the motor pivot illustrated in the advertised specs (thanks for that!), that the pivot would likely be a little too "thick" in its circumference to accommodate the wire spring which acts as the coupler to the axle. Indeed this proved to be the case, as the coupler's rigid wire coil was a little too narrow in diameter to slip around the motor pivot. I was able to adapt this by stretching the spring out a bit (with two hefty pairs of needle-nose pliers and not a little effort). This points to a lack of variety and diversity in available dimensions in the parts of these motors out on the market, and not to any defect in the product itself. Overall, I am very pleased with the performance of the product. I have run it quite a bit this winter and had no issues.

The motor took about 2 weeks to arrive but it was the best replacement motor for this Department 56 Ice skating Rink decoration. The original motor had a cracked internal nylon gear and this one had all the correct spec's. The shaft was a tad long so I used a fine hacksaw and filed the rough end smooth leaving just enough of the shaft flats to fit the rotating arm. The original 4mm screw fit fine. After carefully removing the two rivets holding the original motor, I used short #4 flat head screws with nuts to mount the new motor. Countersink the plastic holes a bit to be sure the close magnet clears the screw heads. The repair was bit fincky but satisfying to see the figures skate again. The motor makes a slight grindy noise but not a problem.

A great CCW (counter clockwise) rotation motor to replace noisy and occasional frozen motor. Used the opportunity to cut thin strips of rubber to use as a gasket between the motor mount, flame rod support bracket and fireplace chassis. Turned it on and no noise what so ever. Make sure you know whether to order one with the right directional rotation. CW, CCW or (CW-CCW no control on direction) You don't want your flames going from the top of the screen to the bottom.. As viewed from the front, my motor is on the right side, turning counter clockwise so the reflective foil, when illuminated, reflects the light bottom to top. so the flame appears to rise. You may want to disassemble your fireplace before ordering to understand more clearly and get the right one.. I've read if you get a cw-ccw and it's turning wrong, just turn off and back on to correct. Great product and price.

Perfect fit easy to install. My heater works great. Looks like better than New. I bought the faster motor upgrade.

This little motor worked great to repair the "flames" in my fake fireplace. Husband and I switched them out in just a matter of minutes. We cut the old motor off close to the motor and spliced the wires together. reinstalled the motor and it works! I now have my "flames" again. Now I don't have to buy a new one, and it keeps this big hunk out of the landfill.