The customer service folks at Hunter sent us a pretty thorough maintenace checklist they developed. It is posted permanently in the Reference section of the site http://www.hunterowners.com/ref/index.htm?fno=0 You can also download it here (PDF format, 80Kb) http://www.hunterowners.com/ref/maintenancechecklist.pdf I'm sure they'll be interested in any input you have on it. ph.