Jacob
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I used to think they couldn't possibly do anything but it seems that later ones are effective.
There's dozens of options.
Any recommendations?
There's dozens of options.
Any recommendations?
Wood stove fans
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John Brown
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Interesting, I'd always heard they were useless. Where are you getting your information from?
Jacob
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From some smooth talking adverts! But they look more credible than earlier ones did.
Maybe I won't bother
John Brown
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I'm not saying they are useless - that's just what I read/heard. Like anything these days, it's hard to get a proper scientific answer. I'd dearly love the R4 Sliced Bread program to do an episode on stovetop fans.
There's also so much snake oil on offer. I don't really understand how all those adverts for "tiny electric heaters that heat a whole room in seconds for next to no money" are allowed to keep lying, but they seem to pop up everywhere.
Jamesc
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My son has one, it does not increase the output, it can't (basic laws of physics).
His stove is in an alcove, what it does do is help with circulating the heat around the room.
No idea which particular model, but it would have been from Amazon.
His stove is in an alcove, what it does do is help with circulating the heat around the room.
No idea which particular model, but it would have been from Amazon.
Phil Pascoe
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Just keep a little electric desk fan on the hearth. I used a 10" one in my old house, it was 27' long room.
Jacob
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Actually it could in theory, in that cooler air drawn past the hot surfaces will take more heat, resulting in cooling what goes up the flue to some extent. Perhaps.
It's the circulation I wondered about. Mine's in an alcove - the old fireplace.
Phill05
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As well as blowing it all over the room.
Jacob
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Rightho I think you've all talked me out of it!
Thanks for that. I'll put the money in the christmas booze kitty instead.
johnnyb
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I paid £5 and it works OK. Mines von haus and has lasted a few years.
Why do people think they dont? It moves hot air away from the stove using a peltier plate.
Why do people think they dont? It moves hot air away from the stove using a peltier plate.
Phil Pascoe
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very slowly.
duke
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Well maybe over your way you have issues with fans. I installed an air tight zero clearance wood stove for my parents years ago, with a variable fan control switch. Works a charm pushing warm air and also ran a duct from the side of the unit to another area in their home. No issues at all. I'll try to find a pic.
duke
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Tomorrow I am giving them a visit and will then provide a photo. He can't seem to send one to me via text! Well he is pushing 90 years of life.
Robbo3
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A stove top fan in our living room (5kw stove) allows the heat to travel enough to warm up the hallway, kitchen & bathroom. It's free convection.
duke
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Also have an eco fan on our wood stove, works fine. In my shop I have a 3 speed fan behind the wood stove which pushes warm air. Very essential for heating a large shop.
We have a Valiant one which we use on our primary wood stove. Not the cheapest, but it doesn't need power, is pretty quiet in operation.
The room which is about 23' by 13'. The recess in which the fire sits is relatively small and we were finding that heat collects in the vicinity of the fire and took ages to reach the far end of the room (where we sit).
We don't have one in our other lounge but the fireplace in there is an inglenook and much more open and the room is smaller (15' by 15').
Both rooms get decently warm relatively quickly.
The room which is about 23' by 13'. The recess in which the fire sits is relatively small and we were finding that heat collects in the vicinity of the fire and took ages to reach the far end of the room (where we sit).
We don't have one in our other lounge but the fireplace in there is an inglenook and much more open and the room is smaller (15' by 15').
Both rooms get decently warm relatively quickly.
A complete waste of time and space, we now use a small electric fan to move warm air around.
what make / model ?
Jacob
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er ....come to think it's obvious - fanning air past will pick up heat and take it into the room, whilst cooling the stove itself and the heat lost up the flue. Just depends on how effective it is. Early ones were not.
So I've ordered one and will report back.
Yes, in my experience they do work, in the sense that they spread warm air further than one can feel beneficial the effects of radiated heat.
(8KW stove, not in alcove, at one end of a 22 x 12ft room, how I now miss my fire toasted homemade bread)
The single most effective improvement in comfort though was making an opening through the floor just to one side of the hearth, and 'dressing' it with a posh sliding ventilator such that combustion air was drawn from there instead of past one's ankles!
(8KW stove, not in alcove, at one end of a 22 x 12ft room, how I now miss my fire toasted homemade bread)
The single most effective improvement in comfort though was making an opening through the floor just to one side of the hearth, and 'dressing' it with a posh sliding ventilator such that combustion air was drawn from there instead of past one's ankles!
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