Hot Blast - Larger Blower Unit

[mtfallsmikey]

Cuz the fan on/off, limit settings are adjustable on the L4064

 

[Curtis’]

Hi my name is Curtis. I just recently bought a hot blast 1331 e and used it last winter. I was researching a larger blower for this unit and found this forum. Not much out there that has any info on it. I can’t seem to look at your pictures you posted and wanted to know if you had the same model. A heating and cooling guy told me it wouldn’t work. My house is 1250 square feet and the single blower just doesn’t warm the house up. If I buy a 3 speed blower and run it on low I feel it would do a much better job.

 

[JeffHK454]

Hi my name is Curtis. I just recently bought a hot blast 1331 e and used it last winter. I was researching a larger blower for this unit and found this forum. Not much out there that has any info on it. I can’t seem to look at your pictures you posted and wanted to know if you had the same model. A heating and cooling guy told me it wouldn’t work. My house is 1250 square feet and the single blower just doesn’t warm the house up. If I buy a 3 speed blower and run it on low I feel it would do a much better job.

Not to jump right on you questioning your ability to run a wood burning device but well ...are you sure you ran it properly? I know the Hotblast stuff has a bad rep. for poor efficiency but they make a ton of heat.

 

[Curtis’]

Not to jump right on you questioning your ability to run a wood burning device but well ...are you sure you ran it properly? I know the Hotblast stuff has a bad rep. for poor efficiency but they make a ton of heat.

 

[Curtis’]

My house has a main electric furnace in the middle of the house. This wood furnace plugs into the existing duct work. The small blower on the wood furnace barely moves the curtains upstairs. I just feel it doesn’t have enough forced air.

 

[cantoo]

Curtis, scroll down in this thread and you will see pictures of the way I set up my old Hotblast using an old furnace fan. Lots of air flow with it. https://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/hot-blast-1557m-blower.328601/#post-6785412

 

[Curtis’]

Thanks! That looks like a much bigger furnace than what I have though. Mine has a single small blower on it. Does it matter with the size of the furnace?

 

[cantoo]

Most of the furnace fans are 3 speed so you could just run it on low speed for that smaller stove. You could also likely find a smaller furnace fan from a smaller furnace too. The Hotblast fans don't seem to last too long.