The strange things I encountered while working on a fan

[Alex Koh]

Ended up finding a walnut and three pieces of corn inside the motor upon opening it.

[David A Cherry]

I wish I would’ve taken a picture I wasn’t thinking anyway I had to chisel out mud Dobbers it was packed solid.. 

[David Kilnapp]

I've encountered mud dauber nests as well in the base of my Hawthorn Victor Vane and in one other fan. I guess that's the sign of a true barn find!

[Alex Koh]

1 hour ago, David A Cherry said:

I wish I would’ve taken a picture I wasn’t thinking anyway I had to chisel out mud Dobbers it was packed solid.. 

I can't say I've heard of that. My findings sound rather tame compared to that.

[Arjun Saini]

could have made popcorn 😃

[Lawrence Smith]

Here is my 21666, before opening up the scraping noise was troublesome. Luckily these cleaned out & the fan runs great 

[Dave McManaman]

I found an acorn in one of my fans a couple years back but there have been several occasions when I opened a fan to find mud daubers. This little Emerson Jr ran when I got it and so I was surprised to see just how bad the mud daubers had encased the rotor, on both ends of the motor housing. Then again, it's an Emerson so I shouldn't have been surprised!

[Thomas Newcity]

This is a first for adding a file to a reply on our new site.   And a first for adding a picture (avatar) or whatever it is now called.  Yes opening one of these old fans can be a real surprise sometimes.  

[Alex Koh]

On 11/1/2021 at 6:11 PM, Arjun Saini said:

could have made popcorn 😃

Hahaha, I wish I ran it long enough for that to occur.

[Bobby Gaines]

I have had one too! GE BMY

[Alex Koh]

I had no idea finding mud dauber nest in fans were this common. I’m glad all of you shared that.