Coldest days coming - Pellet Stove (Big E) broken.

And my breckwell big E convection blower stops working. its only on its second season. i think its time to get rid of it and burn wood. at least with a wood stove i can still use it and use a regular fan behind it.


I hope i can get the blower by next Tuesday or Wednesday, thats when it will warm up again.

john

Webmaster said:

I think another user here went through a couple of those fans in two years. Perhaps a design flaw - I think they have changed the part number and exact style, so hopefully the new one will serve you better.

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I hope so. this machine(and it is) was running at full power for three day clips. i would stop it to clean it. it would be down only 2 hours and it went back to work.


I think dust gets into the bearings and the motor cannot turn the fan. theres alot of rezistince when trying to turn it manuly.


I have the stove in the cellar to heat the floors in the bedrooms and home thearter room. my feet today ar freezing.


I do belive instead of a pellet stove in the fireplace we will go with the wood burning insert. I do want to keep the Big E down stres because using pellets is very convinet.


I will let you know if i see a difference in the blowers.

thanks John

Webmaster said:

I think another user here went through a couple of those fans in two years. Perhaps a design flaw - I think they have changed the part number and exact style, so hopefully the new one will serve you better.

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You where correct about the blower being updated. perrrrrrrrrrring like a kitten. My feet are warm again.

Merry Christmas John

pegdot said:

Glad you got it fixed!
Merry Christmas!

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Same to you peggy

hearthtools said:

johnnywarm said:

Webmaster said:

I think another user here went through a couple of those fans in two years. Perhaps a design flaw - I think they have changed the part number and exact style, so hopefully the new one will serve you better.

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You where correct about the blower being updated. perrrrrrrrrrring like a kitten. My feet are warm again.

Merry Christmas John

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was the the 029 blower you got

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Where would the number be???The blower looks the same till you take a closer look at it.its alot Quieter.

Driz said:

Start digging around and find out the Grainger part # to fit your machine. Chances are they have something to cross reference that costs half price or less. Its hard to figure out sometimes but there are guys out there who have already figured it out and posted it someplace. Take a look in iburnpellets.com I just bought 4 auger motors for my Countryside from a guy who helped me out via his commercial account in exchange for him getting one. Price each $125 motor $27 and shipping. Markup much, no dealer should be making that much . PERIOD.unless he is an Arab or an oil man. They are special cases.

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I am going to look into granger and other places. The only thing i was worried about is the motor being the same as the one that went bad early in life. the Complete blower housing is the "updated " version that should last alot longer then the original design. i did get it from Breckwell direct over the interment.

hearthtools said:

johnnywarm said:

Webmaster said:

I think another user here went through a couple of those fans in two years. Perhaps a design flaw - I think they have changed the part number and exact style, so hopefully the new one will serve you better.

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You where correct about the blower being updated. perrrrrrrrrrring like a kitten. My feet are warm again.

Merry Christmas John

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was the the 029 blower you got

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The old blowers part number i think is--cust p/n-e-033. fasco no70218711

Breckwell does not have a website that sells parts DIRECT
you have to call them.

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If you go to breckwell.com-----scan down to the bottom of the home page---to the left of the pictures of the big e and click on -----order parts online.

hearthtools said:

Ok
I just went and looked at a blower that just come to us from Breckwell
The box says C-E-033
but on the motor it has cust p/n-e-029

What was the site you ordered from.
Where they less than my blowers on my site?

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How much are yours??

hearthtools said:

Thats funny
I did not know they were selling directly
and they are $20 more than us.
But they must have send you old stock
The last two shipment I got
20 at a time where the new 029 blowers

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I dont know the number of the "new blower" because its back into the stove. the guy next door works on oil burner's and he agrees the blower motor is different and better in design then the old ones.

I will look tomorrow for the new number.

Did they charge you for shipping
I tried the order system but would not give me shipping unless it is after the credit card info.[/quote]


Let me look. it was zero out when it took a dump. i will have the answer tomorrow.


Merry Christmas! John

bige said:

johnny I read that you were running this stove on full power for three days straight. I worry that your stressing the heater too much. The manual only calls for running on level 5 for an hour then stepping it down to position 4. I leave mine on position 4 and periodically stepping up to 5 and back to 4 when the hour is up. I too clean mine everyday and knock on wood never had problems with it.

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My full in #4. i dont use #5