I have recently bought a summers heat 55shpepl from lowe's at the end of November 2009. Three weeks into its life the room air blower started to make a noise that sounded like metal on metal contact at a very loud pitch and also began to sound like metal on metal grinding. I called tech support at englander stove works and they were great. They could hear the noise right through the phone and said that I had a bad blower and sent a new one to me. I was very pleased. I received this new blower and installed it the day after christmas. Jannuary 8th this blower began making the same noises. I called tech support back and sure enough they could hear it agian through the phone and said it was another bad blower. They sent a new one and I installed on MLK day. It is now two weeks later and the third blower is doing the same thing. I understand that pellet stove blowers are noisy because for the 2-3 weeks it works without these loud grinding noises the fan is still loud but not the same loud as it gets after the 2-3 weeks of use. My questions are:
1. Is anyone else with this stove having these same problems?
2. Does anyone know any possible solutions to fix this since I am worried that after getting a new fan every 3 weeks eventually the warranty will run out so then at $130 a crack it will cost me about 700 in new fans per winter season on top of the pellets. There goes my savings by switching to a pellet stove over propane heat.
Thanks,
Rob
1. Is anyone else with this stove having these same problems?
2. Does anyone know any possible solutions to fix this since I am worried that after getting a new fan every 3 weeks eventually the warranty will run out so then at $130 a crack it will cost me about 700 in new fans per winter season on top of the pellets. There goes my savings by switching to a pellet stove over propane heat.
Thanks,
Rob