Follow-up on fan that needs oiling evey day I think you'll all enjoy
this.

Well, I took the advice to use liquid wrench to clean out the dried up
oil. I have several zoom spout oilers and one wasn't labeled, but it
didnt' smell like oil, so since all I had ever filled them with was
oil or liquid wrench, I used that.

But then I thought, I'll never get oil in now because the space is
filled with that other liquid.

So I just ran the fan that night and it worked fine, that night and
the next.

After two days it would barely turn -- if I pushed it with my finger,
it stopped immediately -- so I got REAL liquid wrench, not 15 years
old, and put some of that in the bearings. .

I sleep with my shoulder about 12 to 18" from the fan. At 3 in the
morning, I felt a warm spot on my shoulder blade. I turned around
quickly and the flames were about an inch high. I reached for the
electric switch but before I got to the switch, the flame went out.

I think the flame must have been 3 inches high to cause the warmth on
my shoulder.

Now the fan does nothing when I turn the switch on. I have three
choices what to do next., but they will go in my next post.

Now, you may all laugh at me.

Before you rewind the wire for the motor, please be sure your home and life
insurance is paid up. You can get a new fan from the department store
cheaper than buying wire and rewinding.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

"micky" wrote in message
...
Follow-up on fan that needs oiling evey day I think you'll all enjoy
this.

Well, I took the advice to use liquid wrench to clean out the dried up
oil. I have several zoom spout oilers and one wasn't labeled, but it
didnt' smell like oil, so since all I had ever filled them with was
oil or liquid wrench, I used that.

But then I thought, I'll never get oil in now because the space is
filled with that other liquid.

So I just ran the fan that night and it worked fine, that night and
the next.

After two days it would barely turn -- if I pushed it with my finger,
it stopped immediately -- so I got REAL liquid wrench, not 15 years
old, and put some of that in the bearings. .

I sleep with my shoulder about 12 to 18" from the fan. At 3 in the
morning, I felt a warm spot on my shoulder blade. I turned around
quickly and the flames were about an inch high. I reached for the
electric switch but before I got to the switch, the flame went out.

I think the flame must have been 3 inches high to cause the warmth on
my shoulder.

Now the fan does nothing when I turn the switch on. I have three
choices what to do next., but they will go in my next post.

Now, you may all laugh at me.

Stormin Mormon wrote:
Before you rewind the wire for the motor, please be sure your home and life
insurance is paid up. You can get a new fan from the department store
cheaper than buying wire and rewinding.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.

"micky" wrote in message
...
Follow-up on fan that needs oiling evey day I think you'll all enjoy
this.

Well, I took the advice to use liquid wrench to clean out the dried up
oil. I have several zoom spout oilers and one wasn't labeled, but it
didnt' smell like oil, so since all I had ever filled them with was
oil or liquid wrench, I used that.

But then I thought, I'll never get oil in now because the space is
filled with that other liquid.

So I just ran the fan that night and it worked fine, that night and
the next.

After two days it would barely turn -- if I pushed it with my finger,
it stopped immediately -- so I got REAL liquid wrench, not 15 years
old, and put some of that in the bearings. .

I sleep with my shoulder about 12 to 18" from the fan. At 3 in the
morning, I felt a warm spot on my shoulder blade. I turned around
quickly and the flames were about an inch high. I reached for the
electric switch but before I got to the switch, the flame went out.

I think the flame must have been 3 inches high to cause the warmth on
my shoulder.

Now the fan does nothing when I turn the switch on. I have three
choices what to do next., but they will go in my next post.

Now, you may all laugh at me.


Hi,
Make a fourth choice, chuck the whole thing and get a new replacement.
Contribute to prod the economy moving.

Wish I'd said that. Oh, wait! I did say that.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

"Tony Hwang" wrote in message
...


Stormin Mormon wrote:
Before you rewind the wire for the motor, please be sure your home and
life
insurance is paid up. You can get a new fan from the department store
cheaper than buying wire and rewinding.

Hi,
Make a fourth choice, chuck the whole thing and get a new replacement.
Contribute to prod the economy moving.

micky wrote in
:

Follow-up on fan that needs oiling evey day I think you'll all enjoy
this.

Well, I took the advice to use liquid wrench to clean out the dried up
oil. I have several zoom spout oilers and one wasn't labeled, but it
didnt' smell like oil, so since all I had ever filled them with was
oil or liquid wrench, I used that.

But then I thought, I'll never get oil in now because the space is
filled with that other liquid.

So I just ran the fan that night and it worked fine, that night and
the next.

After two days it would barely turn -- if I pushed it with my finger,
it stopped immediately -- so I got REAL liquid wrench, not 15 years
old, and put some of that in the bearings. .

I sleep with my shoulder about 12 to 18" from the fan. At 3 in the
morning, I felt a warm spot on my shoulder blade. I turned around
quickly and the flames were about an inch high. I reached for the
electric switch but before I got to the switch, the flame went out.

I think the flame must have been 3 inches high to cause the warmth on
my shoulder.

Now the fan does nothing when I turn the switch on. I have three
choices what to do next., but they will go in my next post.

Now, you may all laugh at me.


Oh go for it Micky. I bet you can get a few thousand more rpm's outta it
if you really try.

Mount box of sodium bicarbonate on top with duct tape. If fan goes into
thermal runaway again, box will burn, bicarb drops, fire goes out. Now
there's some smart "There, I fixed it!"

Happy to contribute,
Red (always thinkin') Green

Or one of these.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_ex...nguishing_ball

Oh go for it Micky. I bet you can get a few thousand more rpm's outta it
if you really try.

Mount box of sodium bicarbonate on top with duct tape. If fan goes into
thermal runaway again, box will burn, bicarb drops, fire goes out. Now
there's some smart "There, I fixed it!"

Happy to contribute,
Red (always thinkin') Green

"Cliff H" wrote in :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_ex...nguishing_ball

Store bought...you're a disgrace!

:-)

On Sat, 25 Aug 2012 18:19:35 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

Before you rewind the wire for the motor, please be sure your home and life
insurance is paid up. You can get a new fan from the department store
cheaper than buying wire and rewinding.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org

Have the Mormon Jesus rewind it for you. He's got nothing better to do,
other than help Mitt Romney win the erection. Be sure you use the
*MORMON* Jesus, the other Jesuses are retired.

.

"micky" wrote in message
.. .
Follow-up on fan that needs oiling evey day I think you'll all enjoy
this.

Well, I took the advice to use liquid wrench to clean out the dried up
oil. I have several zoom spout oilers and one wasn't labeled, but it
didnt' smell like oil, so since all I had ever filled them with was
oil or liquid wrench, I used that.

But then I thought, I'll never get oil in now because the space is
filled with that other liquid.

So I just ran the fan that night and it worked fine, that night and
the next.

After two days it would barely turn -- if I pushed it with my finger,
it stopped immediately -- so I got REAL liquid wrench, not 15 years
old, and put some of that in the bearings. .

I sleep with my shoulder about 12 to 18" from the fan. At 3 in the
morning, I felt a warm spot on my shoulder blade. I turned around
quickly and the flames were about an inch high. I reached for the
electric switch but before I got to the switch, the flame went out.

I think the flame must have been 3 inches high to cause the warmth on
my shoulder.

Now the fan does nothing when I turn the switch on. I have three
choices what to do next., but they will go in my next post.

Now, you may all laugh at me.

Stormin Mormon wrote:
Wish I'd said that. Oh, wait! I did say that.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.

"Tony Hwang" wrote in message
...


Stormin Mormon wrote:
Before you rewind the wire for the motor, please be sure your home and
life
insurance is paid up. You can get a new fan from the department store
cheaper than buying wire and rewinding.

Hi,
Make a fourth choice, chuck the whole thing and get a new replacement.
Contribute to prod the economy moving.



May I
suggest..http://www.dollargeneral.com/product...uctId=12705975
I got one one like this 10 years ago, runs 24/7 all summer and 1/2 of
fall and spring, it's still running strong. It's very quiet and I
never bothered putting the guard on it. Plastic blades don't hurt all
that much if you get your fingers in them and they don't hurt at all if
you don't get your fingers in them.

On Sun, 26 Aug 2012 18:00:10 -0500, Fat-Dumb and Happy
wrote:

Stormin Mormon wrote:
Wish I'd said that. Oh, wait! I did say that.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.

"Tony Hwang" wrote in message
...


Stormin Mormon wrote:
Before you rewind the wire for the motor, please be sure your home and
life
insurance is paid up. You can get a new fan from the department store
cheaper than buying wire and rewinding.

Hi,
Make a fourth choice, chuck the whole thing and get a new replacement.
Contribute to prod the economy moving.



May I
suggest.. http://www.dollargeneral.com/product...uctId=12705975
I got one one like this 10 years ago, runs 24/7 all summer and 1/2 of
fall and spring, it's still running strong. It's very quiet and I
never bothered putting the guard on it. Plastic blades don't hurt all
that much if you get your fingers in them and they don't hurt at all if
you don't get your fingers in them.

LOL. Thanks for the suggestion. It sounds like a great fan. For
my bedroom, I could make any fan remote control just by putting one of
those wired remote swtiches in between the plug and the receptacle.

And some of those floor fans at Walmart had something called Natural
Breeize and one other name that they didn't explain but reading the
reviews, apparently it goes from one of the 3 speeds to the other,
maybe at random, almost as if it were a real breeze. That might be
nice, but I'm not sure.

The guy at the motor store bought his fan at Walmart and their search
page, if I enter table fan

On Sat, 25 Aug 2012 18:00:47 -0400, micky
wrote:

Follow-up on fan that needs oiling evey day I think you'll all enjoy
this.

Well, I took the advice to use liquid wrench to clean out the dried up
oil. I have several zoom spout oilers and one wasn't labeled, but it
didnt' smell like oil, so since all I had ever filled them with was
oil or liquid wrench, I used that.

But then I thought, I'll never get oil in now because the space is
filled with that other liquid.

So I just ran the fan that night and it worked fine, that night and
the next.

After two days it would barely turn -- if I pushed it with my finger,
it stopped immediately -- so I got REAL liquid wrench, not 15 years
old, and put some of that in the bearings. .

I sleep with my shoulder about 12 to 18" from the fan. At 3 in the
morning, I felt a warm spot on my shoulder blade. I turned around
quickly and the flames were about an inch high. I reached for the
electric switch but before I got to the switch, the flame went out.

I think the flame must have been 3 inches high to cause the warmth on
my shoulder.

Now the fan does nothing when I turn the switch on. I have three
choices what to do next., but they will go in my next post.

Now, you may all laugh at me.

You're beyong laughing at, you're insane. That thing nearly burned your
house down, it's charred and the motor magnets are likely weak or
destroyed, and you still want to waste money on it. Toss it in your
garbage or recycle bin, and buy a new or good-used fan.

On Tue, 28 Aug 2012 05:03:42 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 25 Aug 2012 18:00:47 -0400, micky
wrote:

Follow-up on fan that needs oiling evey day I think you'll all enjoy
this.

Well, I took the advice to use liquid wrench to clean out the dried up
oil. I have several zoom spout oilers and one wasn't labeled, but it
didnt' smell like oil, so since all I had ever filled them with was
oil or liquid wrench, I used that.

But then I thought, I'll never get oil in now because the space is
filled with that other liquid.

So I just ran the fan that night and it worked fine, that night and
the next.

After two days it would barely turn -- if I pushed it with my finger,
it stopped immediately -- so I got REAL liquid wrench, not 15 years
old, and put some of that in the bearings. .

I sleep with my shoulder about 12 to 18" from the fan. At 3 in the
morning, I felt a warm spot on my shoulder blade. I turned around
quickly and the flames were about an inch high. I reached for the
electric switch but before I got to the switch, the flame went out.

I think the flame must have been 3 inches high to cause the warmth on
my shoulder.

Now the fan does nothing when I turn the switch on. I have three
choices what to do next., but they will go in my next post.

Now, you may all laugh at me.

You're beyong laughing at, you're insane. That thing nearly burned your
house down, it's charred and the motor magnets are likely weak or
destroyed,

What motor magnets do you mean? The stator is an electromagnet
soley dependent on the windings around it, which will be replaced, and
the current through the windings.

The rotor is magnetic when currents are induced in it from the stator.

Which do think is weakened?

You haven't seen the stator so you don't know if it was damaged.

Amd you still want to waste money on it. Toss it in your
garbage or recycle bin, and buy a new or good-used fan.

BTW, all there motor rebuilding shops thought it could be repaired.

On 08/27/2012 08:32 PM, micky wrote:
On Sun, 26 Aug 2012 18:00:10 -0500, Fat-Dumb and Happy

May I
suggest.. http://www.dollargeneral.com/product...uctId=12705975
I got one one like this 10 years ago, runs 24/7 all summer and 1/2 of
fall and spring, it's still running strong. It's very quiet and I
never bothered putting the guard on it. Plastic blades don't hurt all
that much if you get your fingers in them and they don't hurt at all if
you don't get your fingers in them.

LOL. Thanks for the suggestion. It sounds like a great fan. For
my bedroom, I could make any fan remote control just by putting one of
those wired remote swtiches in between the plug and the receptacle.

And some of those floor fans at Walmart had something called Natural
Breeize and one other name that they didn't explain but reading the
reviews, apparently it goes from one of the 3 speeds to the other,
maybe at random, almost as if it were a real breeze. That might be
nice, but I'm not sure.

The guy at the motor store bought his fan at Walmart and their search
page, if I enter table fan


I went to buy a fan at Walmart last year to help push the cool air
coming from my A/C unit into a back bedroom. They were nice and cheap,
but the problem is that none of the blade assemblies were balanced, so
the entire unit vibrated, noticeably, which I considered unacceptable.

I ended up buying a used fan from a second hand store, and older one,
which had not seen much use. It is noticeably heavier than the units I
found at Walmart, and the only sound is that of the air it moves.

Jon