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[Jec]

I have a Beckett oil burner fan and the unit would fire about 1 gallon an hour of oil. I am wondering what is the cfm it puts out? The motor is 1/7 hp and spins at about 3450 rpm.

[Flat Lander Sugaring]

i dont know the cfm but I have 3 pumping into my 2x6:D

[Jec]

Yeah I used one on my barrel evaporator last year and it realy got that thing hot. But, I just want to know how it compares to other forced draft units.

[GramaCindy]

and I used a good old house fan in front of the ash pan door. REALLY HELPED alot! I may need to upgrade to a real blower this year tho'

[ClarkFarmMapleSyrup]

Same thing here. I had a window fan blowing on mine. Burned alot of wood, but heated fast, and cut boiling time down.:D

[Flat Lander Sugaring]

from what I have read you want a high pressure fan/blower not a high volume blower

[Jec]

Oh ok. Well, does anybody know the pressure that it puts out?

[jmp]

Jec, used an oil burner blower on my first evaporator last year and it worked awesome. Threw a rheostat on it but after using it for a season didn’t need to. Ran it on full the whole time. AOF and AUF worked great and really upped the evap rate. For a small rig it did great. But, like most of us, outgrew it quick. And like Flat Lander Sugaring indicated, you want high-pressure not high volume. Turbulence is key. Good luck!

[jmp]

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