Just turned the rod around above the hot end fan and it stopped it dead put it back and it is running fine. I believe I have had this problem early on with the Delta Effector I had several prints ruined by the hot end fan stopping mid print. I think i just got lucky when i put it together last since it has been a long time back to my last filament feed failure. Thankfully that hot-end fan is pretty loud so i can hear if it quits. I t would be nice if Escher or who ever created the original part cooling design would create something using a 50mm blower instead of a fan. The blower is much more efficient and quieter at the required speeds. I have looked at it several times and it seems like either I lose a significant amount of print area or I need to design a very convoluted path to put the blower above the effector.
With my DELTA SMART EFFECTOR I just had the same thing getting a brand new 24v 40mm part cooling fan installed per the instructions with the fan mounting 3d parts as provided. Every time I got the fan within 5mm of the mounting position the fan quits. I swapped one rod end for end per Carsten and the issue went away. Tested fan off the printer with a 8mm strong magnet and I could stop the fan from 19mm away if I placed it in just the right location. The 2 wire fan I used in the past seemed immune it died I suspect from the magnetic field effect but don't know I tried it with a bench power supply and it was a done. I don't have any others to test right now. This is a 40mm 3 wire fan with only the power leads attached.
Thanks, Ron