If the oil dries up, the motor may still be using
electricity and getting hot. Even if the fan isn't blowing.
So, yes. It could possibly be both an electrical and safety
(fire) problem.

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"Frank" wrote in message
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Jud McCranie wrote:
We have two attic fans in the roof to take hot air out.
Last year one
of them quit working. Would it still using electricity?

Mine quit working. I unwired it and when I got a new roof
had the
roofer put in a passive vent.

Next door neighbors caught fire one night. He was fortunate
to have
another neighbor coming home late spot the flames and saving
the house
from burning down or worse.