Stormin Mormon wrote:
I've got a table top oscillating fan that's been in the
family for maybe twenty years. Used it yesterday to blow
dry a room that took a bit of rain. Ran a few hours and
warmed up, the fan stopped.

If it's the fan I think, my dad had oiled it several
times, and twice for me.

Has anyone tried cleaning the whole thing out with
oven cleaner, or non acid refrigeration coil cleaner,
and then let it totally dry and re-oil it? I suspect
the old oil and petroleum is finding its way to the
bearings, repeatedly.

Yes, I could buy another fan, but who has money these
days? Not me!


Aside from dissambly, I would use something like WD-40 (ha) first, then use
heavier oils. I reoil fans I use often, some which run for days. The thin
spirits in WD -40 ooze out with old gunk.

Greg