Hey guys I’ve got an old pie heater but the issue is the fan doesn’t work on it not sure why though I’m hoping if anyone can help me get the fan up and running
PYE heater help
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bradfordwhite
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If you can take the motor apart, just cleaning parts, steel wool on the shaft, a drop of sewing machine oil for the spindle end.....
I don’t think it’s actually this
As the motor isn’t humming so I’m thinking it’s possibly an electrical issue
As the motor isn’t humming so I’m thinking it’s possibly an electrical issue
Never mind,
It actually just needs oil
It actually just needs oil
Good news I put oil in the motor and that works fine
Bad news the heater appears to be blowing smoke which I knew it never did before, So what does that mean, it’s old enough that there is only plastic in the switches and nowhere else plus a fan seems to stop spinning whenever I put it on hero mode which should not happen as it’s not a radiant heater and fan it’s essentially the same thing as a normal space heater
Bad news the heater appears to be blowing smoke which I knew it never did before, So what does that mean, it’s old enough that there is only plastic in the switches and nowhere else plus a fan seems to stop spinning whenever I put it on hero mode which should not happen as it’s not a radiant heater and fan it’s essentially the same thing as a normal space heater
How long have you run it?
If you think you might have got a bit of oil on the heating coils when you oiled the motor, it is probably fine and you just need to let it burn off the oil that got in to the wrong place. Is it a burning oil smell or a burning electrical smell? It might be the motor burning up if you have reassembled it wrong or if there is a short in the motor winding.
I hope you are testing this using a RCD-protected power point? I have a "death preventer box" I made up myself - an extension cord has a plug with built -in RCD ("Safety Switch") and the outlet is a box that has a resettable circuit breaker 10 amps before the outlet socket. Any fault should trip either the breaker (overload) or safety switch (Earth Leakage device, RCD.) The plug's RCD is more sensitive than the one in the house breaker board, so it trips first - saves the nuisance of resetting clocks etc that were on the same circuit.
I assume "hero mode" is a typo, what do you mean? If fan stops when you switch it to heat, you have a problem - faulty switch, or a short in the heater element that uses so much current that the voltage drops and the heater slows down - this should trip a breaker, though.
If you think you might have got a bit of oil on the heating coils when you oiled the motor, it is probably fine and you just need to let it burn off the oil that got in to the wrong place. Is it a burning oil smell or a burning electrical smell? It might be the motor burning up if you have reassembled it wrong or if there is a short in the motor winding.
I hope you are testing this using a RCD-protected power point? I have a "death preventer box" I made up myself - an extension cord has a plug with built -in RCD ("Safety Switch") and the outlet is a box that has a resettable circuit breaker 10 amps before the outlet socket. Any fault should trip either the breaker (overload) or safety switch (Earth Leakage device, RCD.) The plug's RCD is more sensitive than the one in the house breaker board, so it trips first - saves the nuisance of resetting clocks etc that were on the same circuit.
I assume "hero mode" is a typo, what do you mean? If fan stops when you switch it to heat, you have a problem - faulty switch, or a short in the heater element that uses so much current that the voltage drops and the heater slows down - this should trip a breaker, though.
Yeah I meant heater mode
I’m not sure what’s causing issues with it I’ll see if I can have a look at it tomorrow and I don’t think I ended up getting any oil on the heater elements
I’m not sure what’s causing issues with it I’ll see if I can have a look at it tomorrow and I don’t think I ended up getting any oil on the heater elements
