Leaf blowers have made it easier for us to take good care of our gardens. But, even a leaf blower can render it difficult to keep a tidy garden when it does not seem to perform at its fullest. So, how to make a leaf blower more powerful?
If your leaf blower is not working as well as it should, use our DIY guide to improve its performance and get the most out of it. The majority of them are simple to do and require very little time.
Without further ado, Let’s get going.
How To Make A Leaf Blower More Powerful
Leaf blowers are tools specifically designed to clean your garden smarter rather than harder. Over and beyond blowing leaves, a leaf blower has a lot more day-to-day jobs, from sweeping floors to wiping gutters. So, they gradually undergo wear and tear, and their initial potency starts to drop off.
On the other hand, there are a few strategies to restore the work efficiency of your old blower or even enhance the productivity of your new machine. So, here are a few schemes to raise your blower’s capacity and/or retain it:
- Periodic Maintenance.
- Changing Rotor Blades.
- Attach Accessories.
- DIY Methods.
Routine Maintenance Of Your Leaf Blower
Let’s deal with a fact first, that our leaf blowers always face aggressive use. It goes through a more rigorous routine for helping us out with its diverse applications. So, its maintenance, too, should be more frequent than instructed in the manual.
When purchasing a leaf blower, choose one that can be cleaned regularly. Best if they’re simple to disassemble and reassemble.
You don’t have to disassemble all of the parts to clean a battery-powered or corded electric mower. For them, cleaning up to the barrel and propeller and disassembling up to that point is adequate.
Apart from them, there are leaf vacuum and gasoline-fueled leaf blowers. Both of them require maintenance more often. I am not exactly a fan of gasoline blowers, because they are not eco-friendly and emit carbon monoxide, you should not use them in-door for any offbeat tasks.
So, for gas-fueled blowers, it’s better if you dismantle them and clean them extensively. They are also the most powerful leaf blowers. You will even want to use a filtered gas-oil mixture after you see how much it affects your engine. It will extend your blower’s engine life and retain its devastating power.
The leaf blower also has to go through constant vibration. Therefore, the bolts and screws of your blower loosen bit by bit. Check them regularly, too, as loose components will cause you lost power. Simply by tightening the loose components, you will notice a tangible return in blower performance. And, don’t let your machine stay idle for long. Warm them up every once in a while.
It is critical to clean and inspect any blower often. This may seem an obvious method to restore the vitality of your old blower. However, it is also critically important for your new equipment too. That’s why I mentioned it on top of all, as any passionate gardener should.
Changing The Rotor Blades
Now, this is a more fun tweak to utilize your equipment more efficiently. You can buy various other motor blades or create one at home to replace your present one.
Although we would not suggest it if your machine blows sufficiently, it is fun to experiment with rotor blades.
Instead of replacing your rotor blades, you can also modify your present one. Experiment with them (availing enough safety measures) to get exactly what you want. Bending fan angle more will produce more sounds, but it will increase your blower’s CFM. See so that the motor is capable enough to withstand such modification.
If your motor can calibrate with this modification, you’ll have the strongest leaf blower out of a moderate one. So, yes, this step is essential to implement in making your leaf blower more powerful.
Installing Other Accessories
Other than modifying your fan blades, you can attach further accessories to your blower to make it versatile and an all-accomplishing tool. But while buying them, remember to buy compatible add-ons.
There are many blower add-ons you will come across with the tag “universal”. But don’t be deceived by them always. Check and match each other’s specs first.
Among blower accessories, nozzle extensions are the ones you will encounter more often. Check the diameter of your stock nozzle and compare to find the suitable one. Some barrels will have narrower ends by which CFM will decrease, but your machine’s MPH will increase, turning it into a high power leaf blower. They are suitable for cleaning tight spaces and resistant or wet leaves.
Extending the nozzle into a broader space, too, is a hack depending on your needs. They will decrease MPH and turn it into the highest CFM leaf blower, making it practical for broader areas and lighter dust and leaves. Be sure to use them in changing circumstances.
There are also mulcher kits for leaf vacuums. Using vacuums, collect your leaves in a bag, not affecting the size of the collection.
Mulcher kits grind leaves and debris, making them easier to enter the collection bag and compress them into the smaller hoards. And if you are a lousier like me, you will also consider checking out eco-friendly disposable bags.
DIY Techniques
Sometimes the constant vibration of the blower can get irritating. The trick to stopping it comes with a toll, too, a worthy toll.
Add some weight outside adjacent to the motor. The blower will be heavier, but you will have more control now. This also minimizes energy loss.
If your blower lacks a variable throttle control, you can also attach a control switch to calibrate your fan RPM for desired outcomes.
You can also transform your DIY blower from hand-held to backpack by extending nozzles and resting the motor and battery on your satchel, altering it into one of the most powerful leaf blower backpacks.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What makes a leaf blower more powerful?
The power of a leaf blower depends on the CFM and MPH at the end of the nozzle. Tweaking to increase their value and index makes a leaf blower more powerful. See our guide for how to.
How do you increase CFM on a leaf blower?
CFM can be increased by expanding the exhaust, modifying the rotor blades, and increasing the RPM of the motor or engine.
What makes a leaf blower loud?
The fuel-run leaf blower is mostly loudest because they run on heavy engines and are suitable only for professional use. If your battery-run leaf blower makes irritating sounds, too, you can dampen its sound by attaching weight on the chassis adjacent to the motor.
Who makes the most powerful leaf blower?
Various renowned companies make leaf blowers with high CFM value, especially gasoline blowers. There are Craftsman, Lawnmaster, Makita, HUYOSEN, etc. manufacture heavy-duty leaf blowers. They are so powerful that they are suitable mostly for professional and outdoor use.
Conclusion
The power of your blower depends on how smartly and creatively you wield it. We gave you a few heads starts only with the techniques above, to be honest.
If you explore by yourself how to make a leaf blower more powerful, you will come up with plenty of tricks by yourself too. And don’t sit idle with them. Let everybody else know too. So long!
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Enamored with the world of golf Jack pursued a degree in Golf Course Management at THE Ohio State University. This career path allowed him to work on some of the highest profile golf courses in the country! Due to the pandemic, Jack began Inside The Yard as a side hustle that quickly became his main hustle. Since starting the company, Jack has relocated to a homestead in Central Arkansas where he and his wife raise cattle and two little girls.