Just putting an audible ohmemeter could go faster but i get the point making the video for people's who dont have one , great video.

It's nice to know there is still some 'straight forward' honesty left in this crazy world!

Clear and concise method for diagnosing problems with a blower. Thanks so much!!

This helped me troubleshoot my hearthstone champlain 8300 (blower assembly #93-57000). I bought this thing second hand and it's over 20 years old at this point. First I confirmed that the blower worked using your trick to connect the power from the outlet directly to the blower. I was fortunate enough to have gotten an old blower assembly when I purchased this thing which only had a defective power cord. At this point I knew it was either the rheostat switch or the snap switch, so I hooked each up to the old blower assembly (using the power from the new assembly kit). I found that the snap switch was defective and took that off of the old one. Everything works now! Thank you for this great video.

Bravo to you guys for presenting an easy 'step by step' video how to trouble shoot a fan blower problem: Easy to follow and understand without useless 'fills'.

Thank you so much for the great video! I followed your steps and was able to find my problem. We live remotely so really helps to be able to diy with some help!

Thanks guys great video.. got my fireplace working.. had put the new switch in wrong, shorted it the speed control sensor.. they surely are not made to run 8hrs or more/day!! Best to run it 4/5 hours then turn off let it cool down 30 minutes to hour before turning back on!! But thanks for the help!!

Concise and to the point now if I can only find the switch or the sensor instead of having to buy the whole fan/switch/sensor. I am sure it's one of these three. If the motor is fine can I hook up the heat sensor directly to the fan and bypass the switch because in my case the wall thermostat used to kick in automatically so there is no need to have a speed control switch. Thanks

Great video, this may help me to fix mine, thanks.

What happens on 99.9 percent of these fans is the metal magneto that is attached to the bar that is hooked up to the fan breaks lose from the bar so the magneto just makes a big squealing sound . If you take the 2 screws at the end of the motor off and you pull the motor off you will see the cylinder magneto slides off the bar . The way the magneto is attached to the bar is a very poor design . The best way to fix it is the make cut marks into the bar and jb weld the magneto into place . This will give you years and year of use without this problem again .

I got a new stove/blower last year and it takes many hours for the blower to come on and sometimes it doesn't come on at all. And usually never stayed on for long. I'm just going to bypass all that crap and use it manually.

My fan fluctuates when the stove comes to temperature it may start out very slow and speed up and vice a versa. Help I’m about to purchase a new Regency speed control fan 910-330.

Great

I have a nepolean GD2 for the life I can not find the temperature sensor. Need some help please.

Great instructions. My fan stays on all of the time. Must be a broken temp sensor?

thank you for the video! could much of the troubleshooting also been done with a multimeter instead of applying power?

Ok when I installed the gas fireplace GDI-30N I wired it hot to a plug it would never work

I bought new blower for my regency woodstove, fits fine and and works but when I put it in the unit casing to mount to the back of the stove and turn it on it makes a terrible vibration noise, how do you get rid of that

Hi guys, my blower wasn't working so I decided to follow this guide. My fireplace didn't have as many components: just the blower linked in series to a temperature sensor. While I was trying to remove the temperature sensor it hit the side and sparked. I then found that the actual issue was that the previous owner's kids had dropped a plastic toy into the blower fins so there was nothing actually wrong with the blower. It now won't turn on. Which part do I need to replace after short circuiting the temperature sensor?

I find it interesting that the motor is controlled using the neutral wire. Is there a reason why the hot wire is not the one that is used to control the fan?