These came up in another thread, so I thought I'd post my experience.
These fans are designed for circulating air from one room to another, perfect for wood heated homes. They are made to pass through a wall into the adjoining room, but the design allows use of flexible duct to allow longer runs. Mine run from the living room to the bathrooms, which were cold and damp. I purchased them from Home Depot online 4 years ago and they do a great job of keeping the bathrooms warm and dry. I placed the intakes as high as possible in the living room and the discharge (fan) at floor level in the bathrooms.
The fans I used are Thruwall brand and come with a two-speed switch, round grilles and attached power cord. I purchased rectangular intake grilles for my installation and the fans are wired directly inside the wall. The power consumption at high speed is 50 watts according to the manufacturer. Once we start heating, I run them continuously at low speed. The noise level is low, but still noticeable enough that Heidi likes to keep the bathroom door closed at night. As a result, the bathroom is warmer than the bedroom for those middle of the night nature calls.
I'm very pleased with these fans and frequently recommend them to people with uneven heating problems.
In the same vein, I installed an 18 in. register directly above my wood stove.
This is connected to 2 registers in upstairs bedrooms allowing convective flow. The upstairs was much colder than the downstairs because of an enclosed stairway with a doorway at the bottom. The house is now much more evenly heated.
These fans are designed for circulating air from one room to another, perfect for wood heated homes. They are made to pass through a wall into the adjoining room, but the design allows use of flexible duct to allow longer runs. Mine run from the living room to the bathrooms, which were cold and damp. I purchased them from Home Depot online 4 years ago and they do a great job of keeping the bathrooms warm and dry. I placed the intakes as high as possible in the living room and the discharge (fan) at floor level in the bathrooms.
The fans I used are Thruwall brand and come with a two-speed switch, round grilles and attached power cord. I purchased rectangular intake grilles for my installation and the fans are wired directly inside the wall. The power consumption at high speed is 50 watts according to the manufacturer. Once we start heating, I run them continuously at low speed. The noise level is low, but still noticeable enough that Heidi likes to keep the bathroom door closed at night. As a result, the bathroom is warmer than the bedroom for those middle of the night nature calls.
I'm very pleased with these fans and frequently recommend them to people with uneven heating problems.
In the same vein, I installed an 18 in. register directly above my wood stove.
This is connected to 2 registers in upstairs bedrooms allowing convective flow. The upstairs was much colder than the downstairs because of an enclosed stairway with a doorway at the bottom. The house is now much more evenly heated.
