I'm sure this has been covered at some point on this web site, but what is everyones preferred leaf blower? I'm looking for electric, light and cheap. What materials do you use for an "adapter"?
I posted earlier today " new tool-sucker" sucked the carmels out of an exaust fan today. Has picture of what I did cost me forty two total.
I know that a lot of stove owners like this leaf blower trick. I keep wondering though about possible downside to it.
First, I have to assume that the stove door is open when this is done so that the vacuum sensors are not subjected to the extreme low pressure. Then I worry that the combustion blower is seeing much higher velocities than it is designed for. The combustion blower is driven by the moving air just like a wind turbine. The blower housing gaskets are also seeing a much larger pressure difference than normal.
So I have to ask if anyone is seeing higher failure rates of these components since they started using the leaf blower trick.
I am not trying to rain on anybodies sunny day. It's just that after 40 some odd years of trying to anticipate what might go wrong, I have trouble turning it off.
I'm sure this has been covered at some point on this web site, but what is everyones preferred leaf blower? I'm looking for electric, light and cheap. What materials do you use for an "adapter"?
I appreciate your reassurances, but I remain skeptical. A combustion blower moves, perhaps, 100-150 cfm. My leaf blower moves 375 cfm. Why should the driven impeller be moving at a mere 60 rpm. My own experience while rebuilding my Englander 25-pdvc says it is a lot faster. I hooked the blower of my shop vac to the vent of the stove. I turned it off when I heard the whine of the combustion blower motor.You should replace the metal mount plate on a combustion blower with clear plastic and give it a whirl it doesn't turn the impeller at anywhere close to what the motor does.
There will not be as extreme low pressure as you might think either but if you are worried you can remove the vacuum hose from the barb on the stove end.
I appreciate your reassurances, but I remain skeptical. A combustion blower moves, perhaps, 100-150 cfm. My leaf blower moves 375 cfm. Why should the driven impeller be moving at a mere 60 rpm. My own experience while rebuilding my Englander 25-pdvc says it is a lot faster. I hooked the blower of my shop vac to the vent of the stove. I turned it off when I heard the whine of the combustion blower motor.
I don't know that it does any harm, but replacement parts are expensive and I am reluctant to risk them for a quick easy cleaning. So I am looking for some empirical data that says failure rates don't increase with use of this technique.
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