Owner`s manual

19
30SB,36SB,45SB
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Rev Nov2014
Snow BEAST
Avoiding Impeller Freeze‐Up
Impellerfreeze‐upoccurswhensnowandiceremainintheimpellerhousingaer thejobisfinished.
Theremainingsnowandicemeltsparallyan donlytemporarilyduetoresidualheatinthesnow
blower.Theremainingmixturere‐freezesandessenally“welds”theimpellertotheimpellerhousing
andpreventsrotaonoftheimpeller.
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Snowblowersareespeciallysuscepbletofreeze‐upimmediatelyaerusewhenthemachineis
storedoutsideorinanun‐heatedgaragewherethetemperatureisbelowfreezing.
Residualsnowinthedischargechuteandimpeller
housingmeltsintheheatoftheengineandfricon
fromotherrotangcomponents.Themelng
residualdripsandflowstotheboomoftheimpeller
housingwhichisthefurthestpointfromaheat
source.Duringverycoldcondions,theresidual
cannotescapethroughthedrainholebeforeit
freezesintheimpellerhousingandseizesthe
impeller.Theremainingsnowandicepoolsinthe
boomaerthedrainhole,and connuestobuildup
icearoundthecomponents.Thedrainholeislocated
atthelowestpointonthebackoftheimpeller
 Runtheauger/impellerforafewminutesaersnowblower
usetoclearanyresidualsnow. 
 Aershungoffthesnowblower,dustoffanyremaining
snow.
 Manuallyspintheimpellersothatnoneofthebladespoint
straightdown.
 Placeaheat‐source(anincandescentlightbulbworkswell)
inthehousing(seephotoright).
 Tarpthesnowblowertoretaintheheatandtokeep
addionalsnowoffthemachine.Usecauonwhencovering
ahotsnowblower.Themufflercanmeltcoversorcatch
fire.Nevercoverasnowblowerimmediatelyaer
shutdown.
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Iftheimpellerisfrozenup
whentheimpeller/collectorhandleisengaged,thebeltswillbogdownthe
engineandthebeltswillbegintoburnontheenginepulleysincethey cannotmove,orashearpincould
fail.
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Toavoidthis, werecommendmanuallyspinningtheimpellerbeforestarngthesnow
blowertoensureit
movesfreely.Ifalreadyfrozen,ahairdryerwillusuallycleartheicequickly.
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Toavoidimpellerfreeze‐upwhenstoringincoldcondions,werecommend: