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    My Last furnace guy said the unit was in tip top shape

    I think We have a problem
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    Your making that up

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    Am I seeing this right? Is that a can of peas in the one pic? And why all the foil tape? Must of had a bad vibration.


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    I Can't make this crap up.
    It is a can of something green.

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    Wow!!! That's some MacGyver crap right there. SMH

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    Now I remember where I left my hammer!

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    Bwahahahahahahaha

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    That keeps the bi-direction, sinsindual, retroveted, hy-per wave EMF away. Very common in certan house holds.
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    Can't beat free tools and free food. Too bad they didn't leave a PBR for you
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    Quote Originally Posted by 2sac View Post
    Can't beat free tools and free food. Too bad they didn't leave a PBR for you
    Lol, a PBR. That would be hilarious.

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    The first "item" got sucked into the blower compartment and stuck in the fan causing the vibration.

    Seeing this the experty furnace guy deduced that if one thing made it vibrate two things should make it stop.

    Before performing the delicate job of finding the perfect place to locate the balancing weight...... it was lunch time! Searching the customer's basement all that was found were cans of peas bought on sale by the customer.

    After lunch and consumption of the missing PBR (look for the empty can near the peas on the shelf) a memory from training class back at the shop came to mind. If you can't fix it, use your BFH. Having dozed off during the details on how to use said BFH (another PBR break), said genius decided that the most logical thing to do was to tape it to the side of the offending object. Everyone knows that if it can't be fixed with duct tape, it aint broken!
    Use the biggest hammer you like, pounding a square peg into a round hole does not equal a proper fit.

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    But did it get rid of that pesky squeak

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    LMAO, that blower was.....hungry in the second pic.

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    This is why Janitrol got a bad name.
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    I have never seen anything like that before. Surely the homeowner did this.

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    That is a powerful fan!! It pulled in a can of peas, a clamp,a hammer and a mile and a half of silver tape!
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    Quote Originally Posted by DLZ Dan View Post
    That is a powerful fan!! It pulled in a can of peas, a clamp,a hammer and a mile and a half of silver tape!
    Restricted Return? LOL

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    The tin-tape bandit strikes again!

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    Definitely a homeowner fix. You have that motor with the welded motor mounts that will shear right at the weld at the motor. Owner tries to McGyver the mount by adding a metal cross brace and taping motor to it. Blower wheel probably got bent to crap when the mount initially failed causing vibration. Owner just kept adding anything near by to keep the blower motor in place, and try to keep the vibration noise at a manageable level.

    Those are great photos..can just see the wheels of invention churning. Flash light in mouth, one hand holding motor, while other is grasping at any hunk of junk within arms reach.

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