can concur, salvaged mine for free from the garbage bin two years ago, cleaned the insides from the dried liquid carpet remains that were the reasons it was tossed out (it probably shorted too) and it has been doing its thing here ever since i fixed it by simply spending a few hours cleaning. i even managed to fix it's obnoxious jet sounding whine after a year of being annoyed by that. which proved to be even more carpet remains deeper in the rotor. amongst the best damn things i own i'd say.