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Old 02-23-2014, 01:33 PM
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I use to go to Grainger just because they had stuff like furnace motors, A/C stuff, oil for compressors, relays for my heater.... And their website was pretty dam good, lots of specs, lots of parts I didn't know where else to get..... But now there is ebay, so they can take their "we only sell to commercial" and stick it ! I haven't been there in over 5 years....
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Grainger was restricting the purchasing of their items to only account holders.
Now, because of the economy, they're selling to the general public. They're even advertising on billboards and the radio. Their prices are really high and the shipping higher.
Their regular accounts get a better price.
Compared to most of our locally-owned Plumbing-Heating and Electrical Distributors, they ARE a rip-off with limited choice and a bad attitude toward cash customers.
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Well...day 4 with the old motor still churning away...I think it will make it to the end. It WILL cost me some money--but it is better than NO HEAT. The continuous blower does NOT seem to make it harder to heat the house--either.
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Old 02-25-2014, 10:13 PM
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Well...day 4 with the old motor still churning away...I think it will make it to the end. It WILL cost me some money--but it is better than NO HEAT. The continuous blower does NOT seem to make it harder to heat the house--either.
All it's doing is moving the already heated air through the home. It probably isn't that bad of an idea.
This has been a really brutal winter so far. It's affecting the entire country.
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New motor is here. Turns out to have BALL bearings, lubricated for 10 YEARS !! Will install it in a little while.
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Old 02-26-2014, 02:40 PM
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I've bought direct from Grainger's and also from them on line. If you have plastic, they're fine with that. But many parts are available from multiple sources on line and if you're not desperate to have "it" that same day you can sometimes find a deal.
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Old 02-26-2014, 04:22 PM
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I've bought direct from Grainger's and also from them on line. If you have plastic, they're fine with that. But many parts are available from multiple sources on line and if you're not desperate to have "it" that same day you can sometimes find a deal.
Correct!, There are many good sources online if you have the time to wait. I have also found Amazon to be a good source as well, especially for tools. I needed several metric taps over the years, and local sources suck hard, I found a few tools stores out of Texass that ship fast, good quality tools, they sell on Amazon, just like ebay.
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Old 02-26-2014, 06:10 PM
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Installed now. seems somewhat quieter, no "bumping noises" at startup. I put it back on "auto", so it will not run constantly anymore--BUT lowered the "cutoff temperature" of the blower switch--so it will run a bit longer, before shutting down after the burner does.

If all holds well--I will toss the old one in a few days. it is not really good for anything...BUT in an emergency, if this one dies of infant mortality--it WILL run once started by hand.
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Old 02-26-2014, 06:33 PM
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I've seen motors like that fitted with a shaft coupler connected to a large bolt. Take that and use a nut to hold on a grinding wheel and you've got a crude bench grinder....
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I've seen motors like that fitted with a shaft coupler connected to a large bolt. Take that and use a nut to hold on a grinding wheel and you've got a crude bench grinder....
I have been thinking of making another one of those, made one in my youth that was powered by a washing machine/dryer motor. However, I built a bench on wheels, mounted the motor on the lower panel, ran a proper-length belt through a rectangular hole in the top panel to a shaft/pulley/bolt-down sleeve bearing/dual shaft coupler assembly mounted on wood blocks to drive a grinding wheel and a wire brush wheel. I'm pretty sure it powered up with a light switch as well. No idea what became of it.
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Old 02-27-2014, 10:33 AM
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New motor is here. Turns out to have BALL bearings, lubricated for 10 YEARS !! Will install it in a little while.
Century always built a little better motor. I see it's made in Mexico now.
I can't make out the nameplate. Are they part of Regal-Beloit?
At least, it's made in the western hemisphere.
That last GE blower motor, I installed, was made in India.
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Old 02-27-2014, 10:43 AM
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Century always built a little better motor. I see it's made in Mexico now.
I can't make out the nameplate. Are they part of Regal-Beloit?
At least, it's made in the western hemisphere.
That last GE blower motor, I installed, was made in India.
I looked at the picture again and they are part of Regal-Beloit!
They wanted to buy the place I worked at for 33 years, but they wanted the Union to re-open the contract. The membership voted it down.
They're rather cut-throat.
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