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Halloween is about 83 days away so I needed to start making plans for my yard haunt display. Earlier in the day I bought about $250 worth of LED flood lights that I will be using for both Halloween and Christmas. In addition to making sure I had enough lights it was time to start testing my equipment again. In 2006 I bought a couple of fog machines (two of which were returned because they didn't meet my quality standards) to use in my haunt. The one I used that year worked for most of the night, but was obviously not meant to be ran for 3 hours straight and I think the heat exchanger went out on it. Last year I bought a Chauvet 1250 to replace my broken machine. Unfortunately the first one I received was DOA and had a bad pump. My replacement was not going to come before Halloween so I scrambled to buy one on eBay. I ended up getting one similar to the one I used in 2006, and I thought the heat exchanger on that one crapped out as well. Of course as I was writing this I wasn't satisfied with accepting that my cheap fogger was broken so I just did a quick test and was pleased to find that it still works. While I haven't been able to use my Chauvet 1250 for Halloween yet, I have been pleased with the results I have gotten during tests. Video of that test can been found below as well as tips to keep your machine in good condition