Elite blower

[fxdl3000]

hi , this is my first post but i often red the forum.

i owm a Bis Tradition (2 doors model) fireplace, i need to buy new blowers, it will be the 3rd time in 10 years, and i use the fireplace several year whitout blower because of the price to replace them and the short lives they have,

i found a those model : https://fireplaceblowersonline.com/...bis-lennox-security-superior-wood-fireplaces/

they offer an upgrade call ELITE blower claiming more resistant to heat and with no bearings,

my question is , any one used them or have advice for me to decide, thank you

ps english is not my main language so sorry for grammatical error.

christian

 

[begreen]

This has come up a few times. It's the outer bearings that frequently fail with the standard blowers. I think this is the first time I have seen these alternative blowers offered for the BIS /Lennox/Astria Tradition fireplace. The Elite is a centrifugal-style blower that eliminates the outside support bearing in the tangential blower. The other problem with the original blowers is that they were not high heat designed. It looks like the Elite addresses this with high-temp insulation and high-temp grease for the motor bearings. This company specializes in blowers, so it's nice that they have found an alternative to offer.

BIS Tradition blowers keep dying

We've had a BIS Tradition for 6 years now and the blowers have been regular points of frustration. Not only are they ridiculously loud, but they have died on us three times in those six years. The first time it appears to have been a failure of the bearings (the fans began to screech as they...

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