Clayton 1600m Forced Air Draft Kit

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Post by Mitch » Mon. Oct. 08, 2018 8:47 pm

I just recently bought my home, and it has a Clayton 1600m that has already been in use with the manufacture date of 2008. It doesn't have a forced air draft kit on it. I would like to have one, but would also like to not spend $360 plus on it. I have found similar blowers made by DAYTON for like $60. The person at Grainger told me that they thought that it would work. Also, it hooks up to a thermostat. If someone with the factory blower would, could you post the specs? Does anyone know if this is a bad idea?

The DAYTON blower in question: Dayton 1TDN7 PSC Draft Fan Blower 115 Volt 1C180, 4C440, 3036 RPM, 50 CFM

 
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Post by McGiever » Mon. Oct. 08, 2018 10:12 pm

You didn't say what you were going to burn in it...all fuels are NOT equal.

 
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Post by Mitch » Tue. Oct. 09, 2018 2:59 pm

Sorry, I will be burning wood at this time. But in the future I plan on trying out coal as well.


 
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Post by StokerDon » Tue. Oct. 09, 2018 5:57 pm

Welcome to the forum Mitch.

I am assuming that by "coal", you mean Anthracite coal. I moved your thread to the "Hand Fired Coal Stoves and Furnaces Using Anthracite" section.

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Post by McGiever » Tue. Oct. 09, 2018 9:24 pm

If you have a half decent chimney a fan/blower to induce combustion air is not needed...it is mostly a gimmick that is used to grab some money from unsuspecting stove owners.

Try it this season w/o it and see if you still want one come next season.

 
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Post by Lightning » Tue. Oct. 09, 2018 10:50 pm

+1 on what McGiever said, I agree 100%


 
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Post by Jjones6840 » Fri. Oct. 12, 2018 9:16 pm

I have a hotblast 1358m that I added a forced air draft kit and a baro damper to. I went last year with out it, and I was heating myself out of the house. (85-90 degrees) this year I am going to turn my ash pan intake all the way down and my door all the way down to try to control with the thermostat in living space. Tonight is the first fire this season so we will see how it goes

 
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Post by Jjones6840 » Sun. Oct. 28, 2018 12:27 pm

With the ash pan almost all the way shut and the the feed door to medium with oak, the draft induction fan only comes from lighting until the house gets up to temp. It definitely helps speed the process of getting the heat started, but other than that the fan does not run. The same goes for anthracite with the primary all the way down and the secondary all the way down. House is 78 degrees currently with coal.

If it wasn’t for finding the kit on amazon for 140 bucks, I would be upset for wasting my money, but for that price to get faster heat from lighting, I would say it was worth it. Btw I am still learning the anthracite part thanks to lightning making life easier. Reloading every 12 hours is way better than every 3-4 and I get a more even/ comfortable heat not having to open windows

 
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Post by Mitch » Fri. Jan. 18, 2019 10:35 pm

It's been a bit since posting this thread, but I wanted to try out the stove a bit before replying. I agree with you guys now on the blower. I've gotten pretty used to running the ole girl without it. I'm pretty content with running the Clayton for the next few seasons, but without a decent secondary form of heat I'll be looking into some other options. The Yukon dual fuel furnaces looks decent. http://www.yukon-eagle.com/FURNACES/YUKONELECTRIC ... fault.aspx

 
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Post by Mitch » Fri. Jan. 18, 2019 10:38 pm

We'll be getting an -11F night on Sunday, so we'll have to see how she does.

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