Just knocked out the area to which we are mount the blower motor on Napoleon 1400

Hi,

We just picked up our Napoleon 1400 and due to a combination of impatience and a poor instruction manual we knocked out the area to which we are supposed to mount the blower. My husband was madder than a wet hen. Just on the female venting side. I am suprised the dealer didn't mount it on the stove since we bought both at the same time. I know, not to the point.
Anyhow, is there any conceivable way of reattaching this piece? It has been knocked out of a piece of steel plate and of course has to bear the weight of the blower and it's mount. I suggested a welder and my husband was not to thrilled with the idea of putting more money into the project. Any help would be appreciate. Thanks

Hi,

Yes, we did get the motor installed.

Our bracket (held sideways with the long skinny end--about 1 millimeter wide--perpendicular to your face) looks like this:

a 2 inch section going straight down--with three screw holes in a triangular shape
an approximately 1/4 inch section going to the right
an approximately 3/4 inch section going straight down--with three screw holes in a triangular shape

Face the bracket with the 1/4 inch section bending away from you face

Attach the 3/4 inch section of the racket to the back of the blower.
The 3/4 inch section should rest on the back of the blower housing.
The fan part of the blower should face away from the bracket

Attach the bracket to the stove
The 2 inch section attaches the blower to the stove sheet metal
The bracket screw holes will match up to three screw holes on the stove
The bracket should be placed on the outside of the stove sheet metal, not the inside.

For those interested, here is how we fixed the "cut off the back of the stove" problem:
Got a piece of 6 x 16 inch sheet metal of substantial gauge from Big R
Drilled holes in it and the stove for attachment to stove (about 8 holes evenly spaced)
Drilled the three holes for attaching the blower bracket (corresponding to the bracket holes)
Painted sheet metal with stove paint (both sides)
Installed sheet metal
Installed bracket as described above.

This has worked very well. We have had no vibration sounds from the blower motor.
Also the stove heated the entire house last winter (2000) square feet with no problem.
The master bedroom (which was our main concern as far as heat making to the room) was maybe 4 or 5 degrees cooler than the rest of the house and the rest of the house was 75 to 80 degrees. We wore shorts and t-shirts all winter.

My husband has located a source of free wood and we are all set with 4 cords of free wood for this winter. I found us a tree (on the way home from work) and we have two cords of free wood drying for next winter. Don't buy cheap tarps. We found that they did not last.

Hi,

I can't really intelligently address your question concerning the three holes in a row in the stove sheet metal, because I no longer have the original sheet metal to look at.

Yes, the scoring of the sheet metal is confusing. That is one of the reasons we originally knocked out that piece by mistake.lol

Did you get you blower installed?