background info: i installed a Quadrafire 7100 FP in our house a few years back. Fantastic fireplace!! Our house is a quad-level and we've always had to run space heaters in our downstairs kids rooms to keep them cozy. But just this year I took on the hassle of installing some Zone Heating. After some research I opted not to buy Quadrafire's Heat Zone Kit and I sourced my own materials . After our first month of really cold weather our electric bill is down 30%. So happy with the Quadrafire and it's capability of moving warm air to other rooms.
So....
I goofed up and shorted out my rheostat that controlled the blower fans inside my 7100 unit. i was pulling out the fans to clean them and some of the wiring insulators became brittle and broke and it sparked/shorted out and ever since my rheostat speed control only runs on high,
I wasn't using the OEM Quadrafire rheostat setup but instead used a speed control is similar to this:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41SPwEVt6OL._SX342_.jpg
i was never crazy about it because it's hideous, and also because of it's heat-sink it wouldn't fit into my electric box with the other switches.
what are my options for a rheostats that will fit into a two-gang electric box? and why is every rheostat/speed control so ugly and awkward?
the two fans are only pulling 1.3 amps a piece:
http://www.myfireplaceblower.com/fi...-blower-fan/?gclid=CPOX0Mebu8oCFcETHwodq_8Oqw
![[Hearth.com] Rheostat Blower Fan Speed Control replacement-Quadrafire](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/172/172727-7f67347e76d1418be421813cb881e9c6.jpg?hash=g-dg3z3MaB "[Hearth.com] Rheostat Blower Fan Speed Control replacement-Quadrafire")
So....
I goofed up and shorted out my rheostat that controlled the blower fans inside my 7100 unit. i was pulling out the fans to clean them and some of the wiring insulators became brittle and broke and it sparked/shorted out and ever since my rheostat speed control only runs on high,
I wasn't using the OEM Quadrafire rheostat setup but instead used a speed control is similar to this:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41SPwEVt6OL._SX342_.jpg
i was never crazy about it because it's hideous, and also because of it's heat-sink it wouldn't fit into my electric box with the other switches.
what are my options for a rheostats that will fit into a two-gang electric box? and why is every rheostat/speed control so ugly and awkward?
the two fans are only pulling 1.3 amps a piece:
http://www.myfireplaceblower.com/fi...-blower-fan/?gclid=CPOX0Mebu8oCFcETHwodq_8Oqw
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