VC Aspen C3 (2023) Can’t Heat Small Room

[meagloth]

Understand the frustration, but at least hopefully you can get that fixed, and it will work correctly in future. Your tenacity and persistence has seemed to find the issue at least. Good luck.

Thanks. There was a lot of slack in the cabin dangling so I thought I could pop it out on top and lengthen in. I did and it broke again I think where it was clipped in but not sure. I guess I need a new chain.

 

[bigealta]

Good clear pics. Nice work.

While u are deciding what to do, You can "borrow" some chain from your ceiling fan, pull chain light, toilet to get this running again now.
Not sure if those chains are heavier than that broken one. To make the least impact if you can just get a "coupler" link and use that to mend the existing one that would probably be the best way to go for now. (until you get a replacement)

 

[30WCF]

That’s very clean.
You can grab a chain a the home store like Lowe’s or Home Depot or whatever you have. They are usually on an end cap near the glass lamp globes with fan switches and small parts. Keep the two pieces to use as a gauge for how long to cut yours.

 

[meagloth]

That’s very clean.
You can grab a chain a the home store like Lowe’s or Home Depot or whatever you have. They are usually on an end cap near the glass lamp globes with fan switches and small parts. Keep the two pieces to use as a gauge for how long to cut yours.

Local dealer can get the part in 2 weeks for$35, so I went on a treasure hunt. Because of the heat and soot I think it would be very inadvisable to use a plated steel chain from a hardware store. If you look they are all “chrome” which is plated carbon steel. They are not rated as strong and will be less resistant to heat and corrosion.
I looked and big box stores did not have stainless. Called around jewelry stores and craft supplies, no luck. After much searching i discovered that toilet pulls and drain plug chains (danco brand) are stainless and the correct size (#6 or 1/8” balls) I resolved to go buy some toilet plugs, but got very lucky at the local Ace hardware and they actually had 20” of stainless number 6. That was the only size they had in stainless and it was the last of the roll. It was $3. Feeling lucky today.