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Heat-powered fan for Wood stove
Hi everyone,
I was wondering if you could take a look at this fan and tell me your opinion regarding the likelihood that it actually does what it says. http://www.plowhearth.com/product.as...ept&pcode=9671 I have a Jotul Allagash natural gas-burning stove and I was thinking about getting this type of fan for it. I know the Jotul has it's own electrically-powered fan, but I thought if this one that doesn't need electricity actually worked, it would be great to use that instead. We recently had a 4-day power outage. . .although I had some heat because of the gas stove, it would have been nice if I could have moved the air around a bit. An added bonus is that it costs more than $100 less than the Jotul blower unit, PLUS I don't have to pay anyone to install this! I appreciate your help. Best, Lesley |
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I've seen these fans and Yes, they do work, but they really don't move
much air at all, I'd guess they move 1/20th the air volume of a "normal" fan. A $15 box fan pointing at your stove would do a much better job of circulating air. But again, they don't need any electricity. If your goal is to move a little air when there is no electricity, then this fan will do that. If your goal is to circulate the air in a room, this will not help much. Maybe call some stores in your area that sell wood stoves, they may have some you could see in action. Good luck. |
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$150 will buy a lot of electricity.
If you are concerned with power outages $150 will buy a lot of batteries |
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Steve Barker LT wrote: Are you wanting to "complement the decor" or heat the friggin house?! jeeeeeeze, burning wood and worrying about what it looks like. -- Steve Barker Worried about decor and thinking about using one of _those_!!?? I would not like to see the 'decor' that would fit into. Harry K |
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Look in Lee Valley catalog about 50$ cheaper
Lesley wrote: Hi everyone, I was wondering if you could take a look at this fan and tell me your opinion regarding the likelihood that it actually does what it says. http://www.plowhearth.com/product.as...ept&pcode=9671 I have a Jotul Allagash natural gas-burning stove and I was thinking about getting this type of fan for it. I know the Jotul has it's own electrically-powered fan, but I thought if this one that doesn't need electricity actually worked, it would be great to use that instead. We recently had a 4-day power outage. . .although I had some heat because of the gas stove, it would have been nice if I could have moved the air around a bit. An added bonus is that it costs more than $100 less than the Jotul blower unit, PLUS I don't have to pay anyone to install this! I appreciate your help. Best, Lesley |
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Heat-powered fan for Wood stove
I have a Jotul Allagash natural gas-burning stove and I was thinking about getting this type of fan for it. I know the Jotul has it's own electrically-powered fan, but I thought if this one that doesn't need electricity actually worked, it would be great to use that instead. We recently had a 4-day power outage. . .although I had some heat because of the gas stove, it would have been nice if I could have moved the air around a bit. An added bonus is that it costs more than $100 less than the Jotul blower unit, PLUS I don't have to pay anyone to install this! You do realize that the air-mover doesn't have to be anywhere near the stove to work, right? The best place to put a fan for moving stove heat around is in the transom of a door to another room. And why is the window over a door named the same thing as the ass-end of a boat? |
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According to Lesley :
I have a Jotul Allagash natural gas-burning stove and I was thinking about getting this type of fan for it. I know the Jotul has it's own electrically-powered fan, but I thought if this one that doesn't need electricity actually worked, it would be great to use that instead. We recently had a 4-day power outage. . .although I had some heat because of the gas stove, it would have been nice if I could have moved the air around a bit. An added bonus is that it costs more than $100 less than the Jotul blower unit, PLUS I don't have to pay anyone to install this! As others have said, the heat-powered one isn't going to be terribly useful, especially when you really need it to push hard (during a power outage). Our wood stove has a built in electric fan, of the 1/12 HP variety. Given the layout of the house, it can heat the whole place _if_ the fan is operational. When the power dies, we run the fan off a 400W inverter and a battery from a recently deceased vehicle. That size inverter is available for under $50 these days. The combo is capable of running the fan full blast for several days, and can be used to provide power for other things. Like a CF lightbulb and the radio. TV and dish receiver too if we're feeling really bored ;-) -- Chris Lewis, Age and Treachery will Triumph over Youth and Skill It's not just anyone who gets a Starship Cruiser class named after them. |
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"Lesley" wrote in message ups.com... wrote: I've seen these fans and Yes, they do work, but they really don't move much air at all, I'd guess they move 1/20th the air volume of a "normal" fan. A $15 box fan pointing at your stove would do a much better job of circulating air. But again, they don't need any electricity. If your goal is to move a little air when there is no electricity, then this fan will do that. If your goal is to circulate the air in a room, this will not help much. I figured as much. When something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. Anyway, I guess I'll just cough up the $300+ to have the blower unit installed. I don't want to use a regular "box" fan because it wouldn't complement the decor. That's why it was the blower unit or the heat-powered fan---those were my 2 choices. Thanks for your help, Lesley What does work and on low power consumption is those little high CFM 12V computer fans.... |
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According to jackson :
"Lesley" wrote in message ups.com... wrote: I've seen these fans and Yes, they do work, but they really don't move much air at all, I'd guess they move 1/20th the air volume of a "normal" fan. A $15 box fan pointing at your stove would do a much better job of circulating air. But again, they don't need any electricity. If your goal is to move a little air when there is no electricity, then this fan will do that. If your goal is to circulate the air in a room, this will not help much. I figured as much. When something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. Anyway, I guess I'll just cough up the $300+ to have the blower unit installed. I don't want to use a regular "box" fan because it wouldn't complement the decor. That's why it was the blower unit or the heat-powered fan---those were my 2 choices. What does work and on low power consumption is those little high CFM 12V computer fans.... "high CFM" in terms of computer fans is, like, 15-25 CFM. Which isn't going to do anything useful compared to a proper blower of at least 100CFM and preferably more. I have some 8" "muffin" fans that'd work pushing 200CFM. But, that's a lot of amps at 12V. [They're actually 120VAC]. And they're quite loud (off large scale computer-room gear where it doesn't matter much). For the most part, heating anything larger than a single smallish room, a decently sized 120VAC blower running off an inverter would be the most cost-effective solution. [We can easily heat our entire house - two story, 2200 square feet, "open concept", with a single woodstove and an inverter powering the woodstove's blower. I think the blower is around 200CFM. We still have the problem of too much heat in the upper floor tho - need another fan to control that. In a closed concept floorplan, it'd be much more difficult.] -- Chris Lewis, Age and Treachery will Triumph over Youth and Skill It's not just anyone who gets a Starship Cruiser class named after them. |
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