Ahh, matt, the answer is simple.  Your fan needs a fan.

Chris Eddy
Pioneer Microsystems, Inc.

Matt Calder wrote:

>         Sorry for the off topic question, but it is truly only a sign of
> respect for the knowledge on this list, and also because it is 100+
> degrees and I am going bonkers.
>         I am in a small room with several heat spewing computers on a very
> warm Colorado summer day. The floor standing fan in the room with me keeps
> turning off every five minutes. Off-on-off-on, the temperature rises
> twenty degrees every time it goes off. This is not a thermostat-like
> feature on the fan, it is a recent development. Does anyone know what I
> can look at (I have my tools) to keep it going?
>
>         Matt
>
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