{"id":583,"date":"2016-09-22T18:55:19","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T18:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alpineairtechnologies.com\/blog\/?p=583"},"modified":"2016-11-05T15:45:20","modified_gmt":"2016-11-05T15:45:20","slug":"oil-air-purifiers-fan-motor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alpineairtechnologies.com\/blog\/oil-air-purifiers-fan-motor\/","title":{"rendered":"Should I Oil my Air Purifier\u2019s Fan Motor?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Are you wondering about ways to improve the efficiency of your air purifier<\/a>? Are you considering oiling your unit\u2019s fan motor to help the noise problem that you\u2019ve been hearing from your unit? Well, you\u2019ve reached the right place if you\u2019re in need of expert advice! Oiling the fan motor is a big NO, simply stated. Oiling the fan motor does not help the noise issue. The noise actually comes from within the fan motor itself \u2013 most of the time due to worn out bearings which already have oil on them (so adding more oil will not help and in some cases may make your issue worse). The only solution to this problem (as we have seen many of these cases in the past from previous customer inquiries) is to replace the fan motor itself. Replacing the fan motor<\/a> will eliminate the noise you\u2019ve been hearing from your unit once and for all. (Alpine Air Technologies offers a 3 year parts and labor warranty, so if you\u2019ve purchased an Alpine Air Technologies unit which is less than three years old, we will replace it for free!)<\/p>\n

Please note that when the fan blade makes noise (not the fan motor – it\u2019s important to distinguish this), oiling the fan motor shaft only (on which the fan blade is sitting on) will maybe help the noise issue, but it\u2019s not guaranteed. This is only if the noise is from the fan motor, <\/em>which is extremely rare. If you wish to clean the fan blade itself, the best way to do this is to either use a can of compressed air (from any local supply store) to spray off the dust, or wipe it with a damp cloth. The fan motor itself can also be cleaned with a can of compressed air, or wiped off with a dry cloth. If you need additional help for cleaning your unit, please refer to your unit\u2019s specific maintenance instructions.<\/p>\n

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  Are you wondering about ways to improve the efficiency of your air purifier? Are you considering oiling your unit\u2019s fan motor to help the noise problem that you\u2019ve been hearing from your unit? Well, you\u2019ve reached the right place if you\u2019re in need of expert advice! Oiling the fan motor is a big NO, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[164,172,162,166,169,165,163,170,173,167],"class_list":["post-583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-purification","tag-air-pollution","tag-air-purification","tag-air-purifier","tag-allergies","tag-bacteria","tag-breathing","tag-clean-air","tag-dust","tag-health","tag-indoor-air"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alpineairtechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alpineairtechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alpineairtechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alpineairtechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alpineairtechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.alpineairtechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":585,"href":"https:\/\/www.alpineairtechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583\/revisions\/585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alpineairtechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alpineairtechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alpineairtechnologies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}