cleaned the convection blower and pulled out a hamsters worth of hair from the wheels. performance went up considerably but now getting a rubbing sound ftom the blower. seemed to spin freely when out.
cleaned the convection blower and pulled out a hamsters worth of hair from the wheels. performance went up considerably but now getting a rubbing sound ftom the blower. seemed to spin freely when out.
Did you get the blower back on the stove level, vertical, and tight. Having a blower that has operated in one position shifted slightly will make things just enough different for it to start wearing where it never did before and are you certain you got all of the mess out and didn't push some of it to where it is causing your rubbing noise. Also if the blower was oil-able (motor plate should say) did you oil it when it was out?
should I pull it and hook it to a plug to see if it makes noise away from stove?.
can I do this when troublshooting? will it damage the motor?
I had the "mouse" effect with my Castille last year. I did not pull the blower but blew and sucked out as much crap as I could with my Rigid w/hepa when the stove was cold. That seemed to do the trick.
My motor also had no lube options.
I do have another question. The vast majority of air comes out of the left side tubes I think primarily #4. is this normal?
You might find this thread interesting. It follows an experiment that a few of us did last year to extract more heat out of the tubes. It shows heat measurement of the air as well as air flows.
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/quadrafire-castile-experiment.58216/page-6 This is the page with the air flows but all the pages are good reading. Someone else just ordered springs this fall.
Sorry to hear that! How did you measure your airflow?I tried the springs this past Saturday and it ended up having a negative effect. Much less airflow out of the heat exchanger tubes and about an 8* increase in exhaust temps. I took them out the next day.
Yes, for me it was just the outer ones that almost have no airflow. Right to left seemed fairly balanced.I have seen this thread. If im reading the wind speeds correctly they seem kind of even through most tubes. mine are substantially biased to the left. hence my question if that was normal?
Also, the telling thing for me was that, even though the flow rates went down slightly, the exhaust temperature also went down, which means that less heat is going up the stack so it has to be going into the room. i.e. more efficient.I tried the springs this past Saturday and it ended up having a negative effect. Much less airflow out of the heat exchanger tubes and about an 8* increase in exhaust temps. I took them out the next day.
I have seen this thread. If im reading the wind speeds correctly they seem kind of even through most tubes. mine are substantially biased to the left. hence my question if that was normal?
Yes, for me it was just the outer ones that almost have no airflow. Right to left seemed fairly balanced.
I wonder if some of that hamster dirt clogged your tubes.
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