Fantastic Fan Motor Brushes / Bearings ?
I have no way of sourcing information about the vent fan motors. Can I safely asssssssume the vent fans use the same motor as the box Endless Breeze fan? Do these critters use ball bearings? or do ...
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Helpful information I am sure, but you're responding to a 10 year old post.
I know the post is old, but the information contained in it helped me, so I added to the knowledge pool to help others.. amazing concept I guess…
I would think that if there is so much "dust" from brushes wearing down after so much use that the fan stops working then the fan has simply worn out. Drilling holes would invite more exterior dust.
Typical dust is nothing like a fine graphite powder building up and caking the motor up… not even close to the same issue…. Clean a couple of these motors out as I have and you will understand…
I have worked with brushed motors and brushless, the graphite powder doesn't appear from nowhere, it is a result of the brushes wearing down and eventually it either stops working or you change the brushes if it is serviceable, I would be more worried about the dust getting on other things that it shouldn't than having to replace a cheep motor, or brushes once in a blue moon.
