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Posted by Oscar_Lives on February 19, 2007, 1:03 pm
> On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:28:09 GMT, "Bob_Loblaw"
>
>>What is the effect on the cfm when you downsize a residential blower belt.
>>Does it increase or decrease it?
>>At 2:00 AM, I had to use a 41 inch belt to replace a 42.
>>The amp draw was right on, and the tension bar was fully extended with the
>>42", which leads me to beleive it was originally a 41.
>>
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> Bob,
> Did you use a night time belt with flourescent coating or just a plain
> daytime rubber belt?
> At 2:00 AM you should have used the night time flourescent coated
> belt.
> Hopefully you used the pulley expander and blower wheel strecher to
> properly install it?
> Dont forget to coat the vanes of the wheel with whale sperm. This will
> produce better air flow.
>
> Sorry Bob, I couldnt resist. There will be no change in blower cfm
> unless the old belt was very stretched and loose and the new belt was
> put on tight. Then you would get a slight increase in blower speed/cfm
> due to the slippage of the old one.
> Bubba
Whale Sperm?
Where are you getting that stuff these days?
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