Cheap effective blower

[m2salmon]

Seaflo marine 4” inline marine bilge blower on Amazon. 4” flex aluminum metal ducting under fire. Ran without speed control after Chinese speed controller blew up in my hand on hook up. Ran off 12v trolling motor for 9 hrs straight. Amazing how much it amplifies the intensity of the fire. Best $40 spent on sugaring in a while. Allowed us to burn some less than perfect wood. 22277

[levic900rr]

Awesome idea, if my furnace blower that I got of CL ever dies I may go this route!

[maple flats]

Nice! You need to be careful buying Chinese electrical things. Glad it failed then and not when it would have set the sugarhouse on fire.

[Swingpure]

I wonder if this would also make for an inexpensive blower: https://www.amazon.ca/VIVOSUN-Inline-Booster-Extreme-Grounded/dp/B01C82SYZ0/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=VIVOSUN+4+Inch+100+CFM+Inline+Duct+Booste r+Fan&qid=1629085282&sr=8-1

[buckeye gold]

I have used old leaf blowers and recently bought a bounce house blower at a yard sale. If you want cheap then you can usually get these cheap. I paid $15.00 each for two leaf blowers and $5.00 for the bounce house blower. The leaf blowers are noisier, but I mount them outside and cover with a cut off barrel. I turn them on high and use a variable speed control in the sugar shack. I use a fernco fittings to transition to pipe.

[darkmachine]

I consider my blower cheep compared to what a maple equipment vendor charges. I payed 116.00 for a 2 speed Dayton blower and consider it worth every penny, and close to silent. Dont know about DC options for off grid.