[Greenbuilding] Distibution and radiant heat and Morse stove solution

[Corwyn]

On 1/5/2011 4:48 PM, Sacie Lambertson wrote:
> Interesting, if those are what Corwyn uses their effectiveness has been
> debunked so I'm interested in hear more about them from Corwyn.  Alex
> Wilson mentioned these fans in his best energy efficient buys for last
> year but immediately received some email suggesting they were bad buys.
>
> I know only one person who uses them and he tells me they spread the
> heat fine for a few feet around the stove.  MSTM  (makes sense to me)
> Sacie

Yes, the ones I use are:
http://www.caframo.com/hearth/hearth_products_woodstove_ecofanoriginal800.php

My comment was not intended as a reflection of their efficacy, but 
rather their need in my situation.  I am not sure that I benefit much 
from them.  I also have a brass dragon on my wood stove (intended for 
adding humidity, which I don't generally need) which serves a similar 
purpose (pretty, interesting, sometimes useful).   The task I ask of 
them isn't too strenuous either,  the stove sits under a balcony, air 
pushed forward 6 feet, is then free to rise 20 feet and circulate 
through the whole house.

After a few years, one stopped working, my nephew took it apart and 
added some heat sink compound, and reassembled, and it now works much 
better.  (He is now off at engineering school, learning electrical 
engineering. /proud-uncle).

My neighbor had a wood stove in a spot where it wasn't heating some 
sections of his house, one of these fans produced a noticeable 
improvement for him.

Details, I suspect are once again, paramount.


Thank You Kindly,

Corwyn

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