JHZR2
Staff member
Hi,
I have an electric fan in the wall by my oven, which is used to suck out odors if desired, while cooking.
THe electric fan works fine, but it is covered in grease, stickly, gooey grease.
The PO of the house didnt always clean very well, and we found the had put a cut-out screen on the opening to try to catch grease going into the fan... We dont usually need the fan, so we havent had to use it much, and we have had som much else stff to do before moving in, that we didnt get around to it until now.
I took out the fan, after getting off the greasy screen, they had over it. Yuck.
The fan is coated in grease, as was the internal edges of the tube that the fan mounts into. I want to clean the fan and the wire that feeds it electricity.
The problem is, I don't want to use water, as it may ruin the bearings, etc., plus it is an electric item, so Id hate to ruin it... CRC electric contact cleaner doesnt cut the grease, and Im not sure if using engine degreaser type stuff is OK.
So, if you have a really greasy, caked-on slop on a motor, how would you clean it so as to not ruin the motor innards, and still have a usable machine?
Thanks,
JMH
I have an electric fan in the wall by my oven, which is used to suck out odors if desired, while cooking.
THe electric fan works fine, but it is covered in grease, stickly, gooey grease.
The PO of the house didnt always clean very well, and we found the had put a cut-out screen on the opening to try to catch grease going into the fan... We dont usually need the fan, so we havent had to use it much, and we have had som much else stff to do before moving in, that we didnt get around to it until now.
I took out the fan, after getting off the greasy screen, they had over it. Yuck.
The fan is coated in grease, as was the internal edges of the tube that the fan mounts into. I want to clean the fan and the wire that feeds it electricity.
The problem is, I don't want to use water, as it may ruin the bearings, etc., plus it is an electric item, so Id hate to ruin it... CRC electric contact cleaner doesnt cut the grease, and Im not sure if using engine degreaser type stuff is OK.
So, if you have a really greasy, caked-on slop on a motor, how would you clean it so as to not ruin the motor innards, and still have a usable machine?
Thanks,
JMH