Crap. It was indeed the blower fan on the furnace. It died, smelled awful doing it, and now we have

GreenPartyVoter

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Sun Dec-19-10 11:25 PM
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Crap. It was indeed the blower fan on the furnace. It died, smelled awful doing it, and now we have

no heat. x(

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elleng

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Sun Dec-19-10 11:36 PM
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1. Damn. Got sufficient stuff to keep 'warm' tonite, or sufficient $ to sleep out?

:hug:

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GreenPartyVoter

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Mon Dec-20-10 12:00 AM
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2. Well, we tried the electric heaters, but they tripped the fuse box. I've just

piled extra blankets on all the beds and we'll hope for the best.

It's in the 20s here which isn't too bad, there's no wind which is excellent, and there's heat tape on the pipes under the trailer. So we'll make it ok. :hug:

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Inchworm

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Mon Dec-20-10 12:28 AM
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6. If you haven't tried...

Spread the heaters out in house. I'm attempting electric heaters this year due to lack of oil money. If I have 2 heaters on the same breaker, the breaker trips.

G'luck and stay as warm as possible.

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Inchworm

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Mon Dec-20-10 12:30 AM
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7. Oh yea...

Catch some water just in case. Especially for coffee and to flush the toilet ;)

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GreenPartyVoter

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Mon Dec-20-10 08:25 AM
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9. Unfortunately that doesn't work. There's like a single line running from one

end to the other that almost all the outlets are on, so no matter how we spread it out we seem to trip it. Trailers are pretty dumb that way. :(

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grasswire

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Mon Dec-20-10 12:07 AM
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3. might be a good time to put your biggest kettle on the back burner...

....with either some soup or just some water simmering on the lowest notch -- I would just let it simmer all night and it would give you some warmth at least.

A quick way to get a little blast of heat is to turn the shower on for a couple of minutes on hottest water.

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GreenPartyVoter

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Mon Dec-20-10 08:26 AM
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10. I am so going to bake something today. :^D

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pinboy3niner

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Mon Dec-20-10 12:12 AM
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4. In a pinch, you can use your oven for emergency heat

Just turn it on and leave the door open. Good luck!

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GreenPartyVoter

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Mon Dec-20-10 08:26 AM
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11. If I had a turkey dinner ready to cook, I could be opening windows and turning on fans. LOL

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SwampG8r

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Mon Dec-20-10 12:12 AM
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5. if you can get the blower out and unwire it go to

Edited on Mon Dec-20-10 12:16 AM by SwampG8r

grainger and get a new one
they will likely have it in stock
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/hvacr/ecatalog/N-bi9
this is the hvac page
good luck
checked your profile and it says maine they have a store in portland on warren near evergreen cemetery

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GreenPartyVoter

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Mon Dec-20-10 08:28 AM
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12. We called our furnace guy and he's going to pick one up and swap out

the old one. Hopefully he doesn't have to go all the way to Portland for it. :hi:

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Odin2005

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Mon Dec-20-10 12:36 AM
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8. Thank God you aren't HERE!

it's a big fat 0 here in Fargo.

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GreenPartyVoter

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Mon Dec-20-10 08:28 AM
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13. Ugh! I am so glad we don't get that kind of weather for a few weeks yet.

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tigereye

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Mon Dec-20-10 09:57 AM
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14. we've had that happen - fortunately blower not as expensive as the whole

shebang - at least I hope so! :hug:

Hope you were able to stay warm up there.

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