USSC 5660 Convection Fan Upgrade

[pell it]

I installed the convection fan upgrade on my 5660 and now it is nice and quiet. They sent me the new one under warranty coverage at no charge. Now I have a spare! The new one is the open frame shaded pole shown installed, and the old one is the can type sitting on the table.

 

[DexterDay]

Nice... Gotta love spares!!

 

[Don2222]

Hello Pellit

Good work, that blower should last a long time now! I did that too on my 5660. The new blower is nice. I also cut a blower gasket out of Hi Temp (525 Deg F) Silicone 1/8" gasket material from Amazon. It is reusable and helps cushion the vibration more than the original Lytherm gasket

See rubber gasket pics I made for the 5660 here.
Can't use the Plumbers Rubber Gasket material at Lowe's. I tried it and not high temp enough!
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads...tion-and-noise-cut-to-fit.87598/#post-1132968

Also the Hi Limit switches in those stoves are too low and can become faulty! (200 Deg F trip Limit!)
So I replaced mine with a 250 Deg F like the HR Sarnac stove has. (Same shell and BTUs as the 5660!)
See pics and detail here.
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads...t-snap-disc-popping-on-high-heat-level.87544/

The control panel on those stoves only have Auto-Hi/Low with a T-Stat.
There is an upgrade panel so you can have Auto-On/Off for the shoulder seasons AND Auto-Hi/Low for the winter using a nice slide switch.
See pics and detail here.
http://eastcoasthearth.com/1_40_Hudson-River-Control-Panels.html

Good luck. It really is a good stove and bangs out the heat!