Hey guys
I learned something new in the past 3-4 weeks of burning.
Normally I use a fan to move the heat around my basement. The fan is located beside the stove. My staircase that goes upstairs is about 15 feet away from the stove. The fan blows towards the sstaircase (I know blowing cool air down the stairs is better but I have kids to would toss the fan down the stairs!)
In the past 2 weeks I stopped using the fan. What a I noticed is this: the heat rises MUCH fast upstairs WITHOUT a fan than WITH a fan. I think that the fan moves air around the basement quicker but does not contribute to it rising in the staircase. In fact, I feel it prevents it from rising. Without a fan, the heat is moved by convection and once the "mass" of heat hits the staircase, it starts to rise. I feel the heat upstairs within 1 hour of the stove being lit whereas with a fan it will take 2-3 hours to feel the heat at the top of the staircase.
We always learn something new...and I improved my burning efficiency!
Andrew
I learned something new in the past 3-4 weeks of burning.
Normally I use a fan to move the heat around my basement. The fan is located beside the stove. My staircase that goes upstairs is about 15 feet away from the stove. The fan blows towards the sstaircase (I know blowing cool air down the stairs is better but I have kids to would toss the fan down the stairs!)
In the past 2 weeks I stopped using the fan. What a I noticed is this: the heat rises MUCH fast upstairs WITHOUT a fan than WITH a fan. I think that the fan moves air around the basement quicker but does not contribute to it rising in the staircase. In fact, I feel it prevents it from rising. Without a fan, the heat is moved by convection and once the "mass" of heat hits the staircase, it starts to rise. I feel the heat upstairs within 1 hour of the stove being lit whereas with a fan it will take 2-3 hours to feel the heat at the top of the staircase.
We always learn something new...and I improved my burning efficiency!
Andrew
