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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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.
"graphite powder doesn't appear from nowhere, it is a result of the brushes wearing down"... uh, yeh.. we KNOW that. If your fan is set to extract air, then any powder from the brushes should be pulled out anyway. $50-$60 dollars once or twice a year is not cheap to me (I run my fan constantly)... Also, with adding the vent holes to the side of the motor casing, it should extend the service life of the motor substantially...because they usually will "cake up" long before the brushes actually wear out.
50 -60 bucks twice a year, what kinda of cheep fan motor are they using that would require replacing that often. I have one that is almost 20 years old still running perfect.
