I have an Englander 25-PDVC I picked up used a couple years ago to heat my shop. It shares a wall with conditioned space and I typically just use it to keep it above freezing, so I haven't asked much of it, but it has a few issues.
I'm finally getting around to opening it up and fixing it up. When I bought it I was told the igniter didn't work. Pulled it out and cleaning it up, turn the stove on and low and behold it got hot. The igniter hole in the burn pot could have been cleaner, but wasn't too bad. I thought maybe it wasn't adjusted properly and wasn't sticking far enough into the burn pot, but the diameter of the hole is smaller than the igniter. I lined it up with the hole best I could and tightened it down, is there anymore than needs to happen here?
The room air blower hadn't worked since I bought it, so I removed it and saw that the squirrel cage was packed completely full. Cleaned it out, plugged it into the wires for the combustion blower, turned on the stove and it blow strong. However, both this motor and the identical combustion blower motor make a fair amount of bearing noise. The motors don't appear to have oil ports best I can tell. Are these serviceable or would I need to replace completely? If they do need to be replaced are there any good low cost replacements? It'd be nice to cut the noise and have piece of mind that the bearings won't fail, but considering its in a wood shop the reduced noise isn't worth the $200+ it'd cost to replace the two motors.
I'm finally getting around to opening it up and fixing it up. When I bought it I was told the igniter didn't work. Pulled it out and cleaning it up, turn the stove on and low and behold it got hot. The igniter hole in the burn pot could have been cleaner, but wasn't too bad. I thought maybe it wasn't adjusted properly and wasn't sticking far enough into the burn pot, but the diameter of the hole is smaller than the igniter. I lined it up with the hole best I could and tightened it down, is there anymore than needs to happen here?
The room air blower hadn't worked since I bought it, so I removed it and saw that the squirrel cage was packed completely full. Cleaned it out, plugged it into the wires for the combustion blower, turned on the stove and it blow strong. However, both this motor and the identical combustion blower motor make a fair amount of bearing noise. The motors don't appear to have oil ports best I can tell. Are these serviceable or would I need to replace completely? If they do need to be replaced are there any good low cost replacements? It'd be nice to cut the noise and have piece of mind that the bearings won't fail, but considering its in a wood shop the reduced noise isn't worth the $200+ it'd cost to replace the two motors.
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