All righty then . . . Grainger came through with the parts today.
The challenge was to mount this fan with a rectangular opening . . .
to this . . .
UDS with a round intake opening.
After much racking of the brains the past few days, I decided to go with a flange, close nipple and union.
Found some appropriately sized bolts and nuts at the local lumber store, drilled some holes and got the fan mounted to the flange.
Intake view.
Decided to go with a union so I didn't have to spin the whole thing around when mounting it to the drum. Also didn't want to have to deal with over tightening or under tightening to get the fan positioned properly. The blower must be down for the damper inside the throat to close when the fan is off.
Other half of union attached to the fan.
And mounted to the drum.
But that big round thing looked kind of dumb, so I trimmed it up a bit.
Trimmed piece mounted to the fan.
Looks much cleaner, I think.
And mounted on the drum.
It does stick out a fair bit but I figure I can tuck it under the table when I'm smoking to eliminate the trip hazard.
The fittings are Schedule 80 PVC rated to 140°. If it gets a bit mushy, I figure I can add a pipe coupler to get it farther away from the drum. I don't think it will get too hot though since air will be blowing through it and it's below the charcoal basket.
Thanks for looking.
Dave
The challenge was to mount this fan with a rectangular opening . . .
to this . . .
UDS with a round intake opening.
After much racking of the brains the past few days, I decided to go with a flange, close nipple and union.
Found some appropriately sized bolts and nuts at the local lumber store, drilled some holes and got the fan mounted to the flange.
Intake view.
Decided to go with a union so I didn't have to spin the whole thing around when mounting it to the drum. Also didn't want to have to deal with over tightening or under tightening to get the fan positioned properly. The blower must be down for the damper inside the throat to close when the fan is off.
Other half of union attached to the fan.
And mounted to the drum.
But that big round thing looked kind of dumb, so I trimmed it up a bit.
Trimmed piece mounted to the fan.
Looks much cleaner, I think.
And mounted on the drum.
It does stick out a fair bit but I figure I can tuck it under the table when I'm smoking to eliminate the trip hazard.
The fittings are Schedule 80 PVC rated to 140°. If it gets a bit mushy, I figure I can add a pipe coupler to get it farther away from the drum. I don't think it will get too hot though since air will be blowing through it and it's below the charcoal basket.
Thanks for looking.
Dave
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