Extractor Fan Lubrication.

Sparkingchip:

I know I have told this story before.


When I was around sixteen I went with a mate to find an electric fence unit in his uncles shed, we had been told there were several and he was welcome to have one, if we could find an usable one.


This was before fancy electronics were used in electric fencing units, they had a swinging arm and a solenoid inside them, giving them a very distinctive tick tock when they were working.


We had dismantled a couple that looked promising, but did not actually work, WD40 was being liberally applied to the mechanisms inside them along with a bit of cleaning and general “maintenance”.


Then we ran out of WD40, so we started to apply some Plus Gas that was to hand, we connected one to the battery and my mate gave the swinging arm a nudge, as it contacted the solenoid it sparked resulting in quite an impressive explosion which we took full in the face.


That night we went to the pub (yes you read that right, it was the 1970’s) where we had the mickey taken out of us from the moment we entered the door, as we had both lost our eye brows, eye lashes and fringes.


Ever since I have been very cautious about what I spray inside electrical appliances and in what combinations.


Andy B.

 

Sparkingchip:

I know I have told this story before.


When I was around sixteen I went with a mate to find an electric fence unit in his uncles shed, we had been told there were several and he was welcome to have one, if we could find an usable one.


This was before fancy electronics were used in electric fencing units, they had a swinging arm and a solenoid inside them, giving them a very distinctive tick tock when they were working.


We had dismantled a couple that looked promising, but did not actually work, WD40 was being liberally applied to the mechanisms inside them along with a bit of cleaning and general “maintenance”.


Then we ran out of WD40, so we started to apply some Plus Gas that was to hand, we connected one to the battery and my mate gave the swinging arm a nudge, as it contacted the solenoid it sparked resulting in quite an impressive explosion which we took full in the face.


That night we went to the pub (yes you read that right, it was the 1970’s) where we had the mickey taken out of us from the moment we entered the door, as we had both lost our eye brows, eye lashes and fringes.


Ever since I have been very cautious about what I spray inside electrical appliances and in what combinations.


Andy B.