How To Oil A Hunter Ceiling Fan

This system keeps the main bearings lubricated at all times for quiet operation and long life.

How to oil a hunter ceiling fan. Some newer fan models are self lubricating and don t require much. The hunter original ceiling fan is the only fan manufactured by hunter that needs oil to lubricate its bearings. Place the tube into the oil hole and gently squeeze the tube to empty the oil into the fan s reservoir.

Hunter fans do not require oil with one exception. Liquid bearings 100 synthetic oil for ceiling fans box fans table fans portable fans to keep indoor or outdoor fans operating smoothly and quieter. To avoid overflowing during filling add a third of the oil from the tube at a time.

Be sure to add all of the oil in the tube to the fan. How to lubricate ceiling fans. You usually have to disassemble the fan motor to lubricate it.

Fans with no lubrication holes aren t designed to be oiled by the user. Then slowly pour 1 2 ounces of oil into the oil hole. One for indoor use and another for outdoor installations.

Rated for indoor spaces only appropriate for ceiling heights of 8 foot and greater. Some older and heavy fans have a lubrication hole on the motor housing near the down rod. To oil a ceiling fan use a non detergent electric motor oil which is safe to use with an electric motor.

There are actually two hunter original models. Pause for 30 seconds between each third to allow the oil to settle in the fan. Before you add the oil clean off the fan and oil hole using an all purpose cleaner.