We use a 20 in box fan to circulate the air behind the stove and move the warm air throughout the house, sometimes if the eyes are heavy and a feeding is missed i come down and the fan is blowing cold air around. i solved that. i bought a snap themostat on ebay (turns fan on @100 and off when comes back to 100) wired it in a surface mounted receptacle box and mounted the receptacle near the ceiling 4 feet away from the stove now when the room is quiet i know i have to go and feed the stove and the little residule heat isn t lost to the fan.
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I don't use a box fan but rather a 650 CFM variable speed blower. In my former home, the stove had a snap disc mounted to the bottom that turned the fan on and off but I didn't like that it took too long to sense the heat and turn on. It would take a good half hour of a roaring fire before the fan would come on. Then, once the steel got hot it would keep running for over an hour after the fire burned down and blow cold air.
I opted not to use it this time so it just keeps running but it doesn't bother me. At night I dial back the combustion air anyway and run the fan on low speed. I guess where you mount the disc will make a difference.
I opted not to use it this time so it just keeps running but it doesn't bother me. At night I dial back the combustion air anyway and run the fan on low speed. I guess where you mount the disc will make a difference.
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