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Refrigerator fans are designed to run continuously. Remember a story where
the Air Force was having trouble with similar mil-spec fans used in missile
silos. They switched to a commercial refrigerator fan which lasted much
longer and cost much less.
"z" <gzuckier@snail-mail.net> wrote in message
news:1178637809.193697.120710@e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
> you know the kind, no rotor winding, bronze bearings, on every kind of
> fan from desk fan to window fan to A/C fan to dehumidifier fan to vent
> fan, where the bearings always gum up after two years and you cannot
> get enough oil into them to get them back to life, so first they have
> trouble starting up, then they get slower and finally burn out the
> windings.
>
> Anyway, is not there somewhere a person can get a decent replacement
> with decent bearings? even (wow!) ball bearings? or some design with
> an oiling port?
>
> or failing that, a source for dirt cheap replacements where the cost
> is as low as the quality so I do not have to keep ordering replacement
> motors for the dehumidifier every two years for $30?
>
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Re: stupid fan motors
