DC3300 blowing dust out the back

fightingseabee · Post by **fightingseabee** » Mon Nov 25, 2013 9:18 pm

I got a dc3300 used and it seamed to work well but now it is blowing dust out the back vent. when I looked inside I noticed the seal around the top part of the fan is missing. the parts list calls it the rear top and is $2.35 plus shipping. would a piece of weather stripping work instead? I never saw what the original looked like so I am not sure. I don't want to have to pay shipping and then wait for it to get here.

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Mon Nov 25, 2013 10:00 pm

fightingseabee wrote: ...the seal around the top part of the fan is missing. the parts list calls it the rear top and is $2.35 plus shipping. would a piece of weather stripping work instead?...

Yes! I've used duct tape once and weather stripping later. Both work, but the weather stripping works better.

Recommend you use compressed air with the motor running and blow the dust out of the motor. The noise will decrease and the bearings will thank you.

fightingseabee · Post by **fightingseabee** » Mon Nov 25, 2013 10:03 pm

charlese wrote:Yes! I've used duct tape once and weather stripping later. Both work, but the weather stripping works better.

Recommend you use compressed air with the motor running and blow the dust out of the motor. The noise will decrease and the bearings will thank you.

thanks I will definitely do that...... now I just need a compressor

joshh · Post by **joshh** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 12:51 am

fightingseabee wrote:thanks I will definitely do that...... now I just need a compressor

How about this one? The CFM output is insane for the price... nothing less than double the price even comes close. If you ever need more CFM (for sandblasting, etc) you can chain two together in parallel and get over 10 CFM. I have a coupon for $129 that I can email you if you are interested. Let me know, it expires Dec. 2nd.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 1:16 am

joshh wrote:How about this one? The CFM output is insane for the price... nothing less than double the price even comes close. If you ever need more CFM (for sandblasting, etc) you can chain two together in a series and get over 10 CFM. I have a coupon for $129 that I can email you if you are interested. Let me know, it expires Dec. 2nd.

How does one connect air compressors 'in series'?

skou · Post by **skou** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 2:08 am

Red, some people don't know the difference between "series" and "parallel."

For the rest of you, "series" would involve the output of the first compressor feeding into the input of the second.

Parallel, is when both compressors are feeding into a manifold, giving you twice the CFMs, assuming both compressors are similar.

steve

joshh · Post by **joshh** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 2:12 am

You are right, I used the wrong word...

skou · Post by **skou** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 2:48 am

Josh, the easy way to remember the rules is;

Doing laundry at home, or at a un-populated laundromat.
At home, you do the loads in series. Washer then dryer, with the second load in the washer, and so on, and so on.

In the laundromat, (if you're lucky) you can do ALL the wash loads at once, then all the dryer loads after them. (Yes, it is series-parallel, because you need to wash, then dry. But, if you look at just the wash, {or the dry} they are parallel.)

steve

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 11:05 am

[quote="skou"]Josh, the easy way to remember the rules is]

Is THAT supposed to make it SIMPLER to remember?:D

Dale Carnegie would have loved that!

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 12:51 pm

fightingseabee wrote:thanks I will definitely do that...... now I just need a compressor

If you will be shopping for an air compressor for light duty, tires, blowing dust, brad nailer, etc. - don't forget to look at Sears. Here's one that will do those jobs and won't take up valuable room in a small shop. http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1260 ... icked=true

You'll have to buy a blowing nozzle. OH! Too much info! I forgot you're a Seebee