Exhaust/Combustion Fans

How to Make a Gasket for Your Pellet Stove

Pellet Stove Gasket – How to make a gasket for your pellet stove. Sometimes you end up working on your pellet stove and needing a gasket that isn’t there for you.  Either you’re installing new part and it didn’t come with a gasket or you’re perhaps cleaning the stove and the gasket just falls apart. […]

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Pellet Stove Motor Fan Installation

You may have just received a replacement motor from us for your Pellet Stove and are wondering why it looks so different and maybe thinking you have the wrong item. Don’t worry. You may very well have everything you need after you read this. The Motor Doesn’t Look The Same… The original motor that came […]

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Should I Replace The Door Gasket On My Pellet Stove?

There are two gaskets on the door of a pellet stove; there is the glass gasket and the door gasket. You may be wondering if this is something you should plan on replacing and how often should it be replaced? The reality is this is not a gasket that needs to be replaced regularly. The […]

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Pellet Stove Fan Wont’ Turn Off

Your stove works fine but when you turn it off either the combustion/exhaust fan (fan that blows air out of the chimney) or the convection fan (fan that blows air into the room) doesn’t turn off.  You have to unplug the stove for it to stop and when you plug the stove back in it […]

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Oil for Pellet Stove Motors

What is the best oil to use on pellet stove motors? It seems reasonable that pellet stove motors need to be lubricated periodically. In my experience with pellet stove motors I have come up with another question; should you oil a pellet stove motor? Therefore I propose that it is not a matter of what […]

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Austroflamm Lower Cast Wall Gasket

The purpose of the lower cast wall gasket on the Austroflamm Integra is it creates an air seal.  That seal forces air to go over the top of the upper cast wall which gives it maximum exposure to the heat exchange tubes. Without the lower cast wall gasket air can go around the side of […]

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Why is the Fan Blade Different?

Things keep getting changed and upgraded in the Pellet Stove World.  Motors and fan blades are one of the things that have been upgraded in the past few years. You may have noticed that the fan blade that came with your new motor looks different and may be smaller than what is on your old […]

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My Motor Looks Different From What You’re Selling

You may notice that the motor in the picture looks different from the motor you have and wonder if it’s going to work on your stove.  Yes, it will fit.  The motor I have for sale is an UPGRADE from what came with your stove.  The cooling fan is internal instead of having the black […]

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“Is This an Original Part or a Knock Off?”

Continuing my fight against High Home Heating Cost! I get this question every now and again from customers looking for parts for their stoves so I wrote this to refer you to for the answer because it’s not a simple “yes” or “no.” Stove manufacturers DO NOT make motors, electronics, wiring harnesses, control boxes or […]

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Looking for a motor?

You may be looking around my site for a part to match your stove and you see something like what you need but you’re not sure if it will fit your stove.  No problem.  First thing you should know is a lot of the same motors and blowers are used on many different brands of […]

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