It's been so long since I posted here, that I had to reregister. Glad to see this forum is still going strong. My York heat pump blower has gotten very noisy over the last several days. I finally had a chance to take the cover off tonight. The motor seems to have a lot of axial play, over an eighth of an inch. When I slide it back and forth, I get a tinny rattle, and when it runs, I get the same rattle and the whole blower frame vibrates. I can barely discern some radial play too. I can hand spin the motor freely with no noise or resistance on rotation. I can't find anything else loose, so my assumption is the motor bearings are going. Is this a fair assumption? Could my blower wheel have come unbalanced? What is normal endplay and radial play on a motor like this? What else should I be looking for? BTW, it is a York model N2AHD16AO6C with the motor type listed as PSC 208/230V 4.2FLA 3/4 HP on the external sticker. I can't see any info on the motor itself.

I recently finished a 500+ square foot room in my basement. I decided not to heat the room with my furnace, but to use electric baseboard heaters instead. I also decided not to do the permanent baseboard heaters. So, what I ended up with is tough decision. I could have purchased 3 electric baseboard heaters (the type you plug in) each heating an area of the large wide-open room. I ended up buying an electric wood stove (the kind with the fake wood and fake flame, but the heater fan on the underside) and one portable heater. The wood stove says it heats up to 400 square feet and the portable heater says it heats 200 square feet. My questions are: 1. If I place them properly, does it work that way that a heater for 400 sq. ft and a heater for 200 sq. ft should comfortably heat a 500 sq. ft room? Or am I just wasting money? 2. The wood stove doesn't have any warnings about what it should sit on. I'm a little concerned because the heat fan on the bottom side of it blows the heat down and out. My floor is carpet. Should I worry about having that thing sitting on a carpet floor? I ran it for a few hours and the carpet got pretty hot. Not scorching, but it made me wonder. Thanks!