Did you brush out the channel that runs from underneath the popes hat down into the swirl chamber? Is your flapper (door) snapping closed when the fan starts up?Ctraffie wrote: ↑Sat. Nov. 17, 2018 9:49 amLS Farm. Have you ever taken out the blower itself? If you look up my posts under AA130 blowing into ash pan, I have that problem, and it does not want to start up easily and stay running. Some on the forum think I should pull out my blower and check/ clean it , but I don’t have a new gasket and don’t know how long it takes to get one .. Thanks , Carl. This is my 5 th winter with the AA 130, and it’s acting like the chimney or pipes are blocked, but I cleaned all of them...
AA-130 - Fly Ash in Flue Pipe
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Did you buy that replacement gasket yet?
Here is what factory supplied gasket installed entails:
Here is what factory supplied gasket installed entails:
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Guys, my flapper door does snap shut when unit starts. I did not order the new blower gasket . On my other posts about air blowing into ash pan , I explained that I just put steel wool up in that cone with a screw through it so it cannot get sucked up ever , and it still lets stuff fall out and the AA runs fine ...
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His double pass swirl chamber is not clean and air blows straight through instead of swirling. It will continue to worsen until it is filled full.
Save a gasket waste a ton...
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If you are happy...we are ecstatic.Ctraffie wrote: ↑Sat. Nov. 24, 2018 7:14 pmGuys, my flapper door does snap shut when unit starts. I did not order the new blower gasket . On my other posts about air blowing into ash pan , I explained that I just put steel wool up in that cone with a screw through it so it cannot get sucked up ever , and it still lets stuff fall out and the AA runs fine ...