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The old greenhouse fan finally gave out on me last Saturday
I was out checking on my orchids around noon when the motor just seized up with a loud grinding noise... that fan had been running since 1999, probably original to the place. Tried to oil it but the bearings were totally shot. Had to scramble to find a replacement at the local hardware store in Portland before the afternoon heat hit 95 degrees. Anyone else deal with old greenhouse equipment failing at the worst possible time?
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emery_lopez17h ago
Grabbed a window unit from the habitat restore for twenty bucks after my greenhouse fan died mid july last year. It was like 98 degrees and my cucumbers were wilting fast, so I just rigged it up with some zip ties and duct tape to a frame I built from scrap lumber. That cheap little unit actually ran for three full seasons before the compressor finally gave out. Not pretty but it kept everything alive while I saved up for a real greenhouse exhaust fan. Sometimes you just gotta go janky and fix it later, you know?
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caleb2621h ago
Man, three full seasons out of a twenty dollar junkyard find? That's wild. Did you ever figure out what finally killed the compressor, or did it just give up the ghost on its own?
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