Eliminating this danger

[cbrew]

what's the easiest way to make a flange? would think there might be a standard size that could be used from an auto exhaust company etc perhaps.

I used a piece of 20ga sheet i had in the scrap pile and a tuna fish can, it was the correct size to fit the allen modals stack casting

I have four more of those fans, going to make up plates for the rest of my equipment

[Geochurchi]

That’s what I Am thinking on the blower I posted, use piece of 4” duct and a 4” starting collar attached to one end and slip it over the stack, and Bob’s your uncle.
Geo

[Bill Shields]

i would think twice about using a fan where the motor is directly exposed to the exhaust gas such as the in-line fan whose picture you have posted.

unless i am missing something -> most motors do not like to run in temperatures such as are experienced in the exhaust gas stream. - particularly something with thermoplastic blades...

unless i am mistaken, this fan is intended to use in the hot air distribution of a heating furnace -> not the exhaust combustion stream.

[cbrew]

i would think twice about using a fan where the motor is directly exposed to the exhaust gas such as the in-line fan whose picture you have posted.

unless i am missing something -> most motors do not like to run in temperatures such as are experienced in the exhaust gas stream. - particularly something with thermoplastic blades...

unless i am mistaken, this fan is intended to use in the hot air distribution of a heating furnace -> not the exhaust combustion stream.

who are you directing this too?

[Geochurchi]

These fans/motor are designed to exhaust fuel gases and supply O For the burners in hot air furnaces, not sure how hot the steamer gets but I am planning to measure the temperature on Sat. when we fire it up.
Geo

[cbrew]

These fans/motor are designed to exhaust fuel gases and supply O For the burners in hot air furnaces, not sure how hot the steamer gets but I am planning to measure the temperature on Sat. when we fire it up.
Geo

when i am warming my locomotive, the exhaust is barely warm enough to warm hands. I can pick up the fan off the stack with my bare hands when i have enough steam to cut over to the blower

[James Powell]

In all the decades that I have been doing this, I cannot remember anyone saying that their 'electric fan overheated'...

I've melted one. It was 99% plastic though...

I have one made up for the propane fired wagon which is a plastic fan blade, used originally for a booster fan inline for ductwork. I'm yet to melt it, but it has probably 1/3rd hot gas and 2/3rds cold air draw in. I don't need that much draft with the Solar burners at low rate to get enough fire. (I need a LOT more draft when pulling me around...)

Coal fired- I have both 12 and 120V fans around- the 12v one is used with the 4" traction, and has a bit of a dubious casing made of cardboard...I have to be careful about how wet it gets, but it does the job.

[James Powell]

PS: I see no danger in the original setup. Unless your name is Joe, Bill, or Tony, or anyone else for whom a telegraph was sent...

For anyone else who isn't in on the joke:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQlfWrqDLeE

It isn't quite the joke that it can be made out to be- live 110V wiring like that is quite a hazard.

[Benjamin Maggi]

You could always do the what a shortline in Western NY, the Arcade and Attica Railroad, did.
Fan mounted on a post and connected to the smokestack with tubing. It kept some of the heat out of the motor.