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mfletch
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New blower

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My old setup was useless I started again the problem was it needed a blower so here are the pics of the new blower and what a difference it has made.

Bouncy castle blower

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A cut off peace off a down pipe and rubber coupling

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Holes to control air

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Adjusting sleeve

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Fitted a handle for easy movement of sleeve

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End reducing for blower pipe

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All done and works great

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Re: New blower

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Nice job on the control valve. Easy, simple and cheap. Kinda like me :-)

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Re: New blower

Post by RONALD »

When the Mifco blower on my Mifco B30 furnace went bad I inquired about a replacement, they wanted several hundred dollars for a cast aluminum blower. I then found a cheap Chinese blower on eBay for which I paid just over $50.

Turns out it worked just fine, so I have been using it since. I cast outside, so it is detachable for storage.

Of course, it has an all plastic housing, which does not offer much protection if I splash metal.

http://www.mifco.com/
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Re: New blower

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Looks the same blower mine was £20 + £9 delivery off ebay your setup is much larger than mine
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