Another update. After eating dinner I went to check on the drying progress. NOT GOOD. Again, it's dead in the water and won't move in either direction again ! How can it work in the fwd direction for a matter of hours then stop?!?! I'm mechanically inclined and it's my lack of electrical experience that drives me insane. If it weren't for my inability to walk and need for a quiet way to move through the woods to hunt, it's times such as this that I'd never own something without a combustion motor. I have no authorized dealer in my area making this even more frustrating.
This really rots. Can it possibly take more than 24 hours to dry with direct air from a box fan?!?!? Sorry for the rant but feeling rather helpless with a 1 ton anchor in my basement.