Failure of Fractional Horsepower Ventilation Fan Motors

Abstract Fractional horsepower motors are used to power exhaust fans such as those found in bathrooms and oven hoods. There was an increase in fires attributed to these motors shortly after the year 2000. Still, many argue that these motors cannot cause fires because they contain a th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Haslam, Bryan, Galler, Donald, Eagar, Thomas W
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer US 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/131912