adding blowers to non blower stoves

[hangnail]

i want/need to add some sort of blower or fan the my stove. i have jotul 400, and from what i have found there is not one for an option from jotul for this model.

what is there for a good option, something that can take the heat? how or where is the best placement?

 

[Dan_IN_MN]

i want/need to add some sort of blower or fan the my stove. i have jotul 400, and from what i have found there is not one for an option from jotul for this model.

what is there for a good option, something that can take the heat? how or where is the best placement?

Are you talking about a blower for combustion air or a blower to circulate air around your house? If it's the second one I'd install a ceiling fan and blow the air down that should move the air well.

 

[Techstuf]

Those high priced blowers that can take the heat are over priced and under engineered.

Reminds me of the bus that got wedged under a tunnel in holland. They shut the road down to one lane and traffic backed up for miles, while they brought in the heavy equipment. Finally, a car creeped by being waved ahead by the flagman. A little girl rolled the window down and yelled, "let the air out of the tires!" They did just that and out it came.

No need to employ an expensive, specialized blower at the source of heat. Blowing cool air toward the stove with a cheap fan, will do the same or better, for much less.


TS

 

[chowdozer]

I keep one of these sitting in the corner. I've been using it for 2 years to warm the house up after I get home.. I like it because the flow is very directional.

http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-65570...d_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1234495242&sr=8-1


Another option would be a couple of muffin fans, but good ones are going to cost more than the stanley and don't move near the air.

And you could just install a ceiling fan in the room near the stove.

 

[hangnail]

id like a ceiling fan, but right now, thats not a option.

there is so much heat around the stove and behind it, my stove sits in front of a fireplace

i havent been able to locate any local muffin fans, those would work really good i think

 

[dustytools]

I keep a box fan behind my stove to help blow/circulate the heat from it.

 

[mga]

id like a ceiling fan, but right now, thats not a option.

there is so much heat around the stove and behind it, my stove sits in front of a fireplace

i havent been able to locate any local muffin fans, those would work really good i think

throw a picture up of your stove.......it'll give a better understanding of your situation.

 

[kam]

"i havent been able to locate any local muffin fans"

Every old scrap computer has one or more 12VDC muffin fans
as well as other electronic equipment (some are 120 VAC). They move very little air when compared to a ceiling fan. If you must have muffin fans, you local surplus stores have new and used muffin fans for $5. or less.

 

[woodbooga]

I keep a small fan on the warming rack immediately above and behind the cookstove's firebox. Makes a big difference. Sans fan, the kitchen gets heated to 80° while the rest of the house stays in the 60-63° range. The fan cools the kitchen to the low 70s and makes the other living areas an ideal 68°

Also, I've heard of a kind of fan that sits right on the stovetop. The heat turns the blades of the fan. No electricity.

Anyone here use one? If so, are you pleased with their performance?

 

[avalancher]

I keep a small fan on the warming rack immediately above and behind the cookstove's firebox. Makes a big difference. Sans fan, the kitchen gets heated to 80° while the rest of the house stays in the 60-63° range. The fan cools the kitchen to the low 70s and makes the other living areas an ideal 68°

Also, I've heard of a kind of fan that sits right on the stovetop. The heat turns the blades of the fan. No electricity.

Anyone here use one? If so, are you pleased with their performance?

I was going to buy one of those until I happened to see one in action. Very poor air circulation, even when the temps are the stove are up. Customer had one, and admitted that he thought it really wasnt worth the 80 bucks he paid for it.
I got one of the stanley blowers myself, and it cranks out the wind!

 

[woodbooga]

I was going to buy one of those until I happened to see one in action. Very poor air circulation, even when the temps are the stove are up. Customer had one, and admitted that he thought it really wasnt worth the 80 bucks he paid for it.
I got one of the stanley blowers myself, and it cranks out the wind!

Thanks. Eighty sounds higher than what I recall, but I do remember price being the issue that killed it for me. It'd take a long time of electricity-free fan use to pay for the initial investment - in a marginally-efective product at that.

When it comes to heat, I'm a good socialist. I want to spread it around.

Sounds like this little fan would make a poor comrade.

 

[K7NUT]

throw a picture up of your stove.......it'll give a better understanding of your situation.

I have to agree, a picture says it all!
There are many 120 VAC small fans to choose from?

 

[chowdozer]

id like a ceiling fan, but right now, thats not a option.

there is so much heat around the stove and behind it, my stove sits in front of a fireplace

i havent been able to locate any local muffin fans, those would work really good i think

Same situation as me. Buy the little Stanley fan. If you don't like yellow, wipe it down with laquer thinner and paint it black.

 

[bore_pig]

Tomorrow I'll get pics of the setup my dad made for his garage stove. He added a deflector in the back and put a window fan in the bottom of it. The fan doesn't ever heat up because it is cooling itself with the air that it pulls through.

 

[bore_pig]

Sorry. Couldn't get pics today. Forgot the camera at home.