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Friendly reminder - remove the dust from your room blower! See Pics

Discussion in 'Pellet Stoves, Pellet Fireplaces, Pellet Furnaces' started by don2222, Dec 21, 2013.

  1. don2222

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    Hello

    Cleaning up a blower and removing a little dust like this will make a huge difference and allow you to feel the heat! Also it may just keep the bearings from ceasing and the stove from overheating and tripping the high limit sensor!
     

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    :eek: Yup. Agreed. I need to clean my air filter upstairs. My blower on my pellet stove. My shop vac that I clean my pellet stove with. I do these regularly. Time to do it again.
     
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    Yuck....is that a Baby Countryside?
     
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    No, Harman
     
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    That's gross. That's all included with the monthly cleaning. Plus we vacuum regularly.
     
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    Hope that was a customer stove Don, and not yours......that's just plain ridiculous. o_O
     
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    Hi Pete

    Not my stove, but I do come across quite a few stoves like this. Luckily after I cleaned and lubricated this blower it worked fine!
     
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    don...I can do ya one better! Yet another good job of cleaning....this is a failed fan.....obviously....although the manual doesn't specifically say to clean it.....
     

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    :eek: Oh the horror.....
     
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    Nice pic!
    I have cleaned exhaust fans like that in Harmans and many times they still work! I hope that one was not under warranty! ! !
     
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    no, it was DOA....didn't even turn.......
     
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    Hi LW
    I just removed this room blower from a 4 year old Lennox Montage 32 FS. The bearings have ceased up and it just bearly turns! Had to install a new blower. These blowers mounted on the left side of the pellet stove have 4 allen head screws. The two inside screws are wicked hard to get in and out! Therefore I cannot blame users for not taking them out and cleaning them regularly!
     

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    Hello

    Now this is reasonable
    An exhaust blower out of a 1992 Whitfield Advantage finally ceased up after 21 years!
     

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    After 21 years, I say they did well. :)
     
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    yea, doesn't owe them anything
     
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