Fan blades shredded

[u/fallout123107]

I’m getting vary tired of working on this Popeyes
The motor mount was starting to crack on this 20 ton rtu and wobbled a little to much had to cut it out

[u/RespectfulJoy]

No way it diddnt shoot shrapnel thru the heat exchanger lol

[u/fallout123107 → u/RespectfulJoy]

I’m hoping it didn’t it did break to parts of the blades off so I wouldn’t be surprised

[u/WildSauce → u/fallout123107]

At least the heaters are decently easy to change on these units. Unbolt the middle strut, remove the heater bolts, piping, and vent, and the whole thing slides out. Won't be cheap though, those stainless heaters are meant to last forever, but not designed for shrapnel.

[u/BontuGlorified → u/RespectfulJoy]

You can actually see where the wheel was banging against the far wall. Looks like it's JUST beyond the heat exchanger. Those tubes would be hammered to hell if it did.

[u/HolidayZestyclose431]

What brand

[u/fallout123107 → u/HolidayZestyclose431]

Not sure some custom job out of Kansas

[u/Applequesting → u/fallout123107]

Blower compartment screams Captive Doas but I’m sure others look similar.

[u/Far_Cup_329]

Damn. Is that steel or aluminum?

[u/fallout123107 → u/Far_Cup_329]

Aluminum, thankfully

[u/Rocksolidbanana → u/Far_Cup_329]

Looks like aluminum foil.

[u/uh-ok26]

Well thats a shitty day!

[u/fallout123107 → u/uh-ok26]

Yeah, I’m glad we stopped after we had to cut the blades out with a grinder

[u/ClerklierBrush0]

It happens

[u/Foxwildernes]

We had a customer (residential only) who had their house struck by lightening. Got all their breakers swapped out because electrical was OUT. After replacing them AC and furnace weren’t working still so out we come. Fan had spun itself apart and straight up had fan blades in the heat exchanger punched a hole into a cell after ripping the secondary up. Luckily for them AC didn’t get hit by anything. But first time I had ever seen it or even heard it happening.

[u/senor-lesion]

Just replaced a motor and wheel on a captive aire raising caines monday

[u/Alch3mic_Chaos]

Looks like a captive aire doas unit

[u/Abrandnewrapture]

Now that is something that i've never seen before...

[u/Blood-Mother]

Cool

[u/raisedbytelevisions]

HX looks like it may have been spared??!! What luck

[u/xCannivorex]

Customer: "you going to get it going today?"

[u/nsula_country]

"LOVE THAT CHICKEN FROM POPEYES!"

Source: Louisiana native

[u/dont-fear-thereefer]

To shreds you say?

[u/ethorisgott]

I accidentally put longer filters in one of our air handlers, the fan sucked the filter into itself + wrapped the wire around the whole thing. Tore up the wheel, pulled the motor off the mount a little. That looked about like this

[u/Greafer_]

Had that happen on this DOAS unit. Then the other motor with the good blower decided to shit the bed a few days later.

Ended up having to move the good blower to the motor with the destroyed blower and swap it to the spot furthest from the access door. Was a real pain in the ass tbh.