Tales from a Ventilation Lunatic

[sternwake]

While I called myself a ventilation Nazi, after the Soup Nazi in Seinfeld, as in I take ventilation seriously, with all the recent fan failures, I now have cause to believe the very 'N' word itself is perhaps casting some bad juju over my air circulation fans.

Since the last update The ~3 year old VDO HVAC blower motor, its brushes seized in their holders, requiring that I take the motor apart and free them up. It was not designed to be opened up, but the SOB is now fully functional again. Looks like the brushes and holders got wet. Perhaps from the same downpour drive in which my windshild wiper motor's gears failed.

My Silverstone FM181, has now decided to not respond to the full speed range. I have not yet delved deeper into its new behavior, but am hoping the 10k ohm potentiometer itself is the root cause of the issue as i have another ready to go.

Is it possible to change thread title from V 'nazi' to 'ventilation enthusiast"

Perhaps my run of fan related failures will attenuate