Can anyone recommend a good source for a squirrel cage blower (shaded pole fan) for a shop air filter.
Looking for something around 1/5 hp, 800-1000cfm. It seems all the models I have found are $150-200. At that price it would be a better deal to pick up the Delta air filter from Amazon.
-Matt
Check with HVAC installers. The shops usually have a few from systems they've updated. They will usually either give them away or sell them dirt cheap. They gave me one.
-- Jack Novak Buffalo, NY - USA (Remove "SPAM" from email address to reply)
Furnace installers just take them to the scrap yard when they do a replacement. Stop by a few shops and see if you can catch one before it goes to the heap - they'll probably just give it to you. I've gotten a couple that way.
Nova,
What CFM is the fan you got?
I got one free also. But I gave a $10 bill anyhow. Call HVAC places under "Furnaces" in the Yellow Pages in your area. It works great in a shop-built box.
Steve Johns>
Industrial scrap yard. These things are common, from other people's scrap HVAC systems.
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There was no information in the unit to indicated the CFM. IIRC, it's a 3 speed 1/2 HP motor with a squirrel cage approx. 12"d x 6"w.
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