Small stove top fan needed

shazzafly

Hello all all, I'm after a small stove top fan the eco fan is just too big.

I have exactly 8 inches or 20 cm between the top of stove and stove plate.

Any one have any ideas.

Thanks

suki1964

This one was posted about a few weeks ago
http://www.peakdistrictcreations.co.uk/members/look-creations/the-fan-c-recycled-stove-top-fan/

new_owner

I am looking into this too.

The one linked above is easy and cheap to build. But I am starting to wonder if a electric fan under the the stove would work better.

shazzafly

Would an electric one work, I assume it would need to point up ??

new_owner

shazzafly wrote: »

Would an electric one work, I assume it would need to point up ??

I am looking to get a small one to blow under and up the back of the stove. Currently looking at usb ones or clip-on one. Since the running cost of these is tiny and the stove is cool underneath and hot on top.


The way I see it;

Puts out way more air than a ecofan
Much... Much cheaper to buy
Should be more efficient.

Downside;

Need to wire it in
Uses a tiny amount of elec

Easy to test... take any small fan and point it under the stove.. you can feel the warm draft out the top.

Man_Overboard_2

Wood-burning/Multifuel stoves are basically not very efficient

The eco-fan appears to convert heat into energy in order to provide heat

Electricity is probably the better option

Greenfires

Man_Overboard wrote: »

Wood-burning/Multifuel stoves are basically not very efficient

The eco-fan appears to convert heat into energy in order to provide heat

Electricity is probably the better option

Not very efficient compared to what? Compared to an open fire they are extremely efficient.

The ecofan produces electrical energy from the difference in heat between two plates and uses this energy to power a fan. It doesn't provide heat - it just moves the heat around so it's not baking hot in one part of a room and cold in another. It moves a large amount of air very gently and almost silently - it's not supposed to be like a hair dryer blasting hot air out - it's very unobtrusive - and perhaps more importantly - it actually does what it's designed to do!

suki1964

Man_Overboard wrote: »

Wood-burning/Multifuel stoves are basically not very efficient

The eco-fan appears to convert heat into energy in order to provide heat

Electricity is probably the better option

Erm what's "efficient" in your eyes?

I think keeping a room heated to between 24oc and 30oc as well as warming two bedrooms and a bathroom to a temp where the rads are turned off, all on a scuttle of coal a day, pretty damm efficient

Man_Overboard_2

suki1964 wrote: »

Erm what's "efficient" in your eyes?

I think keeping a room heated to between 24oc and 30oc as well as warming two bedrooms and a bathroom to a temp where the rads are turned off, all on a scuttle of coal a day, pretty damm efficient

It all depends on the size of yer scuttle!

A guy on tv last night claimed that by heating his logs for 8 hours he could reduce the moisture content from 25% to almost zero

Efficient?

new_owner

Greenfires wrote: »

The ecofan produces electrical energy from the difference in heat between two plates and uses this energy to power a fan. It doesn't provide heat - it just moves the heat around so it's not baking hot in one part of a room and cold in another. It moves a large amount of air very gently and almost silently - it's not supposed to be like a hair dryer blasting hot air out - it's very unobtrusive - and perhaps more importantly - it actually does what it's designed to do!

True but compared to what... The issue I have is the cost vs what it is doing. There best model now does 150 cfm some other stove fans can do 300 cfm (they are big) but the smaller ones only do 100 cfm.

A small electric fan will push more air through but at a fraction of the cost. Even running an 10-15W electric fan will take years before the cost even comes close to the ecofan...might not be so fashionable..

suki1964

Man_Overboard wrote: »

It all depends on the size of yer scuttle!

A guy on tv last night claimed that by heating his logs for 8 hours he could reduce the moisture content from 25% to almost zero

Efficient?

Size of a b&q bucket

Sure It's not as efficient as gas - but I don't have that luxury

Nor as efficient as electric - but I can't afford the leccy bill to heat this house

As efficient as oil? Possibly. Certainly more accessible purchase wise when it's easier to find 16 quid then it is to find the cost of a fill of oil