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Why you shouldn’t Oil the Fan Motor on an Alpine Air Purifier

Posted by admin on July 16, 2015 in Air Purification with No Comments


Alpine Air Purifiers all have a fan motor department built into them that assure the quality of machines are working as efficient and productive as possible.  No matter what Living Lightning air purifier (Fresh Air LA- 3500 v.2.0, Classic Air LA- 3500 v.20, RainFresh Breeze LA- 3500 v 2.0, etc.) you’re buying, each unit needs to be treated with care and be well maintained.  All Alpine air purifiers are great quality air purifiers that have shown repeatedly to be efficient and productive, given the user of the product maintains it well.

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If one does not maintain his or her Alpine purifier, he or she may encounter some technical issues subsequently such as a noise problem from the fan motor itself.  That being said, it should be noted that users frequently mistake the fan blade for making the noise rather than the fan motor.  Almost every time, it is the fan motor that has an issue, not the fan blade.  If the fan blade is in fact the issue, and you’re positive of this, you can lightly oil the fan motor shaft only, where the fan blade is sitting on, in order to reduce the noise coming from it.  If you desire to clean the fan blade, you also may wipe it down with some sort of towel, damp or dry.  You can even use an air compressor to dust away any visible dirt you wish to remove.

In the case that the issue is the fan motor, which is almost all of the time, the noise is certainly coming from the used up bearings inside it.  Because the bearings already have enough oil on the inside, so adding oil to them will not help the noise issue of the fan motor, and it may even make it worse.  So what should you do?

The only recommended solution is to swap out the fan motor for a new one.  This will ensure the noise is gone, and your Alpine air purifier will be running effectively and productively yet again.  If you have the 3 year parts and labor warranty, your new fan motor is free of charge!  If this option is not available for you, you can buy a new fan motor from the parts page on Alpine’s website.

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