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Intplm.
Intplm. Member Posts: 1,946
edited December 2019 in THE MAIN WALL

This little guy just couldn't help but look for a warm place to stay. A shame he couldn't make his way out before the units fan fired. The blower and the squirrel both had to be changed.
JUGHNECanucker

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  • Jolly Bodger
    Jolly Bodger Member Posts: 209
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    I once got a no heat call to a 90+ furnace I had installed just a week before. I removed the failed inducer to find a bird all the way inside the housing. I also had to change both. :s
  • HomerJSmith
    HomerJSmith Member Posts: 2,441
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    Does that squirrel create a problem???
  • Le John
    Le John Member Posts: 226
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    I wonder how they get into the pipe? The pipe didn't have a screen on the intake?
    mattmia2
  • STEVEusaPA
    STEVEusaPA Member Posts: 6,506
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    Squirrels will yank and gnaw on that screen to get thru.
    steve
    Canucker
  • Le John
    Le John Member Posts: 226
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    I’d better go check my intake to make sure the screen is still there
  • JUGHNE
    JUGHNE Member Posts: 11,061
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    The squirrel came down the 80% exhaust pipe I do believe.
  • PRR
    PRR Member Posts: 126
    edited December 2019
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    I had that, except a Radon fan. Didn't notice it was silent for a long time. Started sawing it out of the PVC pipe. Smelled bad. Hair in the saw-teeth. Then I felt bone. Got it out and I about barfed in the basement.

    That's why my furnace has had air/smoke screens from the first day. And when the smoke screen started to rust out I replaced it with an SS screen.
  • JUGHNE
    JUGHNE Member Posts: 11,061
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    Not a good picture to show a child anticipating Santa coming down the chimney.
    Intplm.EdTheHeaterManCanucker
  • EdTheHeaterMan
    EdTheHeaterMan Member Posts: 7,834
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    Farmers Almanac is predicting a very cold winter... This must be true because all the Squirrels are gathering a record amount of nuts. So many that a few of my friends are missing.
    Just checking to see if anyone of the usuals from HH are missing?
    Edward F Young. Retired HVAC ContractorSpecialized in Residential Oil Burner and Hydronics
    STEAM DOCTOR
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 16,832
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    EdTheHeaterMan said:

    Farmers Almanac is predicting a very cold winter... This must be true because all the Squirrels are gathering a record amount of nuts. So many that a few of my friends are missing.
    Just checking to see if anyone of the usuals from HH are missing?

    (groan)
    All Steamed Up, Inc.
    Towson, MD, USA
    Steam, Vapor & Hot-Water Heating Specialists
    Oil & Gas Burner Service
    Consulting
    JUGHNECanucker

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