Awesome things. Ours just siezed up and man do we miss it. When it's 75 outside, and 80 inside, it's the perfect thing. AC takes too long and costs more.

I burned some pine nuts today, too. The fan would have been nice to pull the smell out.

So I hefted myself up into the attic (no stairs, it's just a small entrance in the roof of my closet -- man, is it ever to convenient to have to pull all of ones clothes out of a closet to get into an attic), and had my wife turn it on. Just a soft humming sound, and then some magic smoke. I pulled the wires off and disconnected two bolts to take the motor off, and I'll buy a new one tomorrow. Easy peasy.