Rusted fans

[reaper57]

So, I'm recovering these PCs and two of them had rust in one of the fans. First, one wasn't so bad, but the second, well I'll let you see for yourself (pictures in the attachments). Has anyone encountered something like this? I have to say that this is a first one for me. I did fix the fan, but unfortunately I forgot to take pictures... I might open it up tomorrow, if I'm not too lazy.
P.S. The fan is from a delta PSU, though I can't remember the model. Oh, and yes, it did have bad caps.

[goodpsusearch]

Re: Rusted fans

Extreme humidity does that. I have seen it once or twice.

[stj]

Re: Rusted fans

was it near the coast?

[rhomanski]

Re: Rusted fans

Does Norway have anything but coast?

[stj]

Re: Rusted fans

yes, it has sweden on the other side

[Per Hansson]

Re: Rusted fans

So, I'm recovering these PCs and two of them had rust in one of the fans. <snip> Has anyone encountered something like this?

Yes, see here:
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=49578

[rhomanski]

Re: Rusted fans

Two men in a bathtub.

[reaper57]

Re: Rusted fans

was it near the coast?

I do live in a city near the coast, but the air isn't very moist. However, I don't know where the computer was used. All I know is that it belonged to some company or institution. At first I though that maybe it was on an oil rig or a ship, but surprisingly enough the hard drives weren't taken out.
Anyway, here are the pictures I promised, sorry for the delay.
The first two pictures were while the fan was dry. The brown color in second two pictures is because of the oil (and probably the light too).