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I have an older (70s or 80s?) Earth Stove that I believe to be model BV 4000C. We had a contractor come out to look at it and the blower specifically to see if we could get it repaired. He took a quick look and noted that some parts were melted through and others totally blown- like the fan disc (low limit disc F 110-20). He said the company is out of business and he can't get parts and recommended installing a whole new fireplace insert!
SO, I did some research and found the manual (https://manuals.fire-parts.com/aws-assets/lennox-bv4000c-2-bv4000c-2_install-pdf.pdf?inline=true) and ordered both the blower assembly and disc. I absolutely zero experience in this area and very minimal electric, but from the wiring diagram I was able to hook it all up. I plugged the blower in and nothing happened. After more googling and help from this site I decided to bypass the rheostat and the blower fans both started up! Now I have two main questions:
1. Does this mean the old rheostat is out? do I need to order a new rheostat or will the blower turn on when the stove reaches a certain temperature if I wire it as I had it before?
2. The wiring diagram seems to have the fan disc located at a point just in front of the fans in the center of the assembly (and this is how it was on the old unit- just kind of hanging there in front). This seems like very odd placement to me and there is a small hole in the fireplace insert where I think it should go and where it would be attached to the body of the firebox. I've read that it absolutely should be placed there to operate, but this goes against the wiring diagram and where I believe the original had it located. (Hard to tell for sure as the contractor pulled it all apart quickly and left it a puzzle for me to reconfigure.
I'll attach some photos for reference. Any help is very much appreciated!
I have an older (70s or 80s?) Earth Stove that I believe to be model BV 4000C. We had a contractor come out to look at it and the blower specifically to see if we could get it repaired. He took a quick look and noted that some parts were melted through and others totally blown- like the fan disc (low limit disc F 110-20). He said the company is out of business and he can't get parts and recommended installing a whole new fireplace insert!
SO, I did some research and found the manual (https://manuals.fire-parts.com/aws-assets/lennox-bv4000c-2-bv4000c-2_install-pdf.pdf?inline=true) and ordered both the blower assembly and disc. I absolutely zero experience in this area and very minimal electric, but from the wiring diagram I was able to hook it all up. I plugged the blower in and nothing happened. After more googling and help from this site I decided to bypass the rheostat and the blower fans both started up! Now I have two main questions:
1. Does this mean the old rheostat is out? do I need to order a new rheostat or will the blower turn on when the stove reaches a certain temperature if I wire it as I had it before?
2. The wiring diagram seems to have the fan disc located at a point just in front of the fans in the center of the assembly (and this is how it was on the old unit- just kind of hanging there in front). This seems like very odd placement to me and there is a small hole in the fireplace insert where I think it should go and where it would be attached to the body of the firebox. I've read that it absolutely should be placed there to operate, but this goes against the wiring diagram and where I believe the original had it located. (Hard to tell for sure as the contractor pulled it all apart quickly and left it a puzzle for me to reconfigure.
I'll attach some photos for reference. Any help is very much appreciated!
