Post by coldspaces on Jul 6, 2014 2:57:37 GMT
Since the motors seem to be the thing that gives the most trouble on the FEA units I thought I would make sure everyone knows were to oil them at. If you own an FEA unit and it has the original condenser fan motor it probably needs oiled unless you already know how and have it running smooth.
Here is the FEA-2-B16 condenser fan area. You can see the arrows pointing too the oil tube. I was amazed when I saw how the motor had such a oiling tube. Never saw one like it ever before. The end you put the oil in is positioned at the right height to let oil go in but not let you fill it too full and make it run out the bearing area.
As expected the rubber plug was rotten and broke right off. I used some small drill bits to chew out what was left. The I used a small tube seen in the next pic and vacuum to suck the pieces out of the tube before I added any oil.
20 weight non detergent oil should be good. Also the oil the they sell in the Zoom spout oil bottle is good. Do not use sewing machine oil, penetrating oil or 3in1 oil in the red and white can. 3in1 oil for electric motors in the blue and white can is ok.
I filled it till full and then kept topping it off as is soaked in.
This one is a FEA-2-D16. The motor does not have the oil tube, just the rubber plug you can see on the end. It also was rotten and broke off. Of course the inside part fell in the motor and may or may not disintegrate and cause problems latter.
With this motor the oil hole is higher than the edge of the bearing cover so it can be over oiled. If you fill it too full oil will run over the bearing cover area and then capillary action will try to draw the rest out. If your motor is very dry it would take a fair amount of oil before it is overfilled. I have put 50-100 drops in dry unit bearing motors without overfilling them.
Here is the FEA-2-B16 condenser fan area. You can see the arrows pointing too the oil tube. I was amazed when I saw how the motor had such a oiling tube. Never saw one like it ever before. The end you put the oil in is positioned at the right height to let oil go in but not let you fill it too full and make it run out the bearing area.
As expected the rubber plug was rotten and broke right off. I used some small drill bits to chew out what was left. The I used a small tube seen in the next pic and vacuum to suck the pieces out of the tube before I added any oil.
20 weight non detergent oil should be good. Also the oil the they sell in the Zoom spout oil bottle is good. Do not use sewing machine oil, penetrating oil or 3in1 oil in the red and white can. 3in1 oil for electric motors in the blue and white can is ok.
I filled it till full and then kept topping it off as is soaked in.
This one is a FEA-2-D16. The motor does not have the oil tube, just the rubber plug you can see on the end. It also was rotten and broke off. Of course the inside part fell in the motor and may or may not disintegrate and cause problems latter.
With this motor the oil hole is higher than the edge of the bearing cover so it can be over oiled. If you fill it too full oil will run over the bearing cover area and then capillary action will try to draw the rest out. If your motor is very dry it would take a fair amount of oil before it is overfilled. I have put 50-100 drops in dry unit bearing motors without overfilling them.
