Chuck Ellis
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I think this is general enough a question to post here... just picking the collective brain for idea.... I have a HF 2 hp dust collector... one of those double bag jobs. I've had it about 2 or 3 years and works pretty good... it's outside in a separate closet on the end of the shop. About a week ago I changed the lower bag... in doing so, switched the switch at the motor. Later I was running it, it just slowly dropped off line and stopped... I had noticed that it wasn't pulling as much air as before. When it stopped I opened the closet and checked all my connections... good power everywhere, so I figured the switch was bad again.... flipped it back and forth a couple of times, no results, so I pulled the cover off the impeller and checked to see if it was clogged and maybe caused the motor to over heat or something?? With the cover off and my hands well away from the impeller, I flipped the switch again, it kicked on full blast... evidently I do have some dust in the switch, so will need to look at that soon... I normally just leave the switch in on position and use a wall switch inside the shop to power the plug in the closet.... I think when the impeller kicked on it ticked the corner of the cover, and maybe bent one of the blades... now when I kick the DC on it makes a lot of extra noise and seems to vibrate .....
Question is, will I be able to straighten the blade - assuming I can determine which is bent - or have I got to replace the impeller now that I've messed it up... and where would a likely source of parts be?
I'm also concerned that the vibration may take out the bearings on the impeller as well.... thoughts??
Question is, will I be able to straighten the blade - assuming I can determine which is bent - or have I got to replace the impeller now that I've messed it up... and where would a likely source of parts be?
I'm also concerned that the vibration may take out the bearings on the impeller as well.... thoughts??