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Quote: Originally posted by OliverDay on 19/4/2014

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Have you oiled it? Shreaders need to be oiled, especially cross cut ones or they will seize up.

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Quote: Originally posted by camping100 on 19/4/2014

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My concern is that of the smoking and flashing blue light which would seem to indicate a electrical fault, and with the smoke would be concerned adding oil to the blades.

I don't want to be having a shredder fire

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Quote: Originally posted by camping100 on 21/4/2014

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Update

Tried shredder oil, just got a loud bang with small orange flame, lots of smoke,burning smell and motor now hums

So I thinks it scrap

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Quote: Originally posted by SGThomas on 22/4/2014

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Quote: Originally posted by camping100 on 21/4/2014Update

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Tried shredder oil, just got a loud bang with small orange flame, lots of smoke,burning smell and motor now hums

So I thinks it scrap

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Well if you would believe Ollie.....

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Quote: Originally posted by Romaway on 22/4/2014

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This post reminded me of the bag of bank statements and other financial information that has been sitting behind my sofa for about a year after a major clear out. It is way too much for me to shred as mine only takes 5 sheets at at time and there must be the equivalent of about 5 or 6 reams of paper.

Googled and found a local firm who deal with business shredding and storage but the chap said they are happy to take domestic shredding and would charge £4 for a carrier bag full. It is £7 for one of their sacks full.

All the other companies I contacted wanted at least £40 for up to 5 sacks but could only collect, so not much good for me.

This firm said I can pop it in any time during office hours and they issue a certificate and conform to all industry standards for dealing with it so sounds like a solution for me.

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