Ecofan problem

[RLWP]

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Scary. How long until the pretty scarf catches fire?

 

Richard

[AlanH]

I had motor from Alan as well and as soon as I bought it the old one stopped playing up, so the new motor is still in the spares draw.

Hey, I don't remember but I doubt that I charged you for it

[AlanH]

On the contrary, I am currently experimenting with bolting many ecofans to the sides of a squirrel, blades pointing downwards.

 

I believe if this is strapped to the roof of a narrowboat then the hovering effect will enable one to lift the boat out, for maintenance, without the expense of crane hire.

 

Also, below is one of my early attempts to use the larger size ecofan, on a rayburn, to propel the boat along.

 

 

Unfortunately, owing to the excessive power, of the ecofan, I am struggling to get the boat down to acceptable canal speeds.

 

Perhaps one could get even more effiency from the Ecofan by getting Axiom to design new blades for it.

[matty40s]

Perhaps one could get even more effiency from the Ecofan by getting Axiom to design new blades for it.

 

 

Problem with that is you would get a very concentrated swim of air along the boat, however, it would assist reversing your stove effectively.

[Hyranger]

What were the symptoms in your case? My motor is definitely working a bit.

 

 

after about two years the fan ran increasingly slower.......I tried cleaning...adjusting motor position....oiling....all with no lasting result......as I said I bought a new motor [from Shobnal Marina]...since then it has worked fine.....I may be wrong but I thought the heat was killing the motor magnets.?

Edited December 23, 2010 by Hyranger

[PeterG]

I may be wrong but I thought the heat was killing the motor magnets.?

 

You need a fan then to stop it getting too hot.