I have a Hotblast 1300. It heats my little house pretty well. However I'm sick of having to start fires twice a day. When I get home in the morning, and when I wake up at night. You can figure about 30 minutes from opening the door to getting some heat out of it. Granted, it's a cheap furnace (used delivered 2 years old $300 ).
From what I've gathered here, some people hate the draft fans, some people love em. I shied away at first due to a smoldering fire creating creosote.
I'd like to give it a try though and am looking for information. The cheapest I've found the HB kit for is $160. I think I can piece something together for about $50. I need to know the CFM of the blowers so I have enough fan, but not too much.
Rather than use the limit controls and all that is supplied with the kit, I could probably run it off my PID controller which is currently only showing me flue temp. Using that to switch a relay on for the fan at a given temp should work just as well, plus I can turn it off from the living room when I want to not use it.
Anyone ever done something similar, and have info on the fan rating?
From what I've gathered here, some people hate the draft fans, some people love em. I shied away at first due to a smoldering fire creating creosote.
I'd like to give it a try though and am looking for information. The cheapest I've found the HB kit for is $160. I think I can piece something together for about $50. I need to know the CFM of the blowers so I have enough fan, but not too much.
Rather than use the limit controls and all that is supplied with the kit, I could probably run it off my PID controller which is currently only showing me flue temp. Using that to switch a relay on for the fan at a given temp should work just as well, plus I can turn it off from the living room when I want to not use it.
Anyone ever done something similar, and have info on the fan rating?