Heat powered fan

[Mooch]

Does anybody know if you can put a heat powered fan in front of a ZC woodburner? Or will it not work cause the whole thing will be hot?

 

[webby3650]

I don’t think it would ever get hot enough, because there’s so much cool air being pulled past it and up the flue.
Fans of any kind on an open fireplace are futile. The system is sucking somewhere in the neighborhood of 200 cubic feet of conditioned air out of your home every minute... unless of course you are using a high efficiency ZC Fireplace.

 

[Mooch]

I don’t think it would ever get hot enough, because there’s so much cool air being pulled past it and up the flue.
Fans of any kind on an open fireplace are futile. The system is sucking somewhere in the neighborhood of 200 cubic feet of conditioned air out of your home every minute... unless of course you are using a high efficiency ZC Fireplace.

It is a sealed high efficiency. does get really warm in front of glass doors. Yes good point of drawing the air from bottom for the blower

 

[webby3650]

It is a sealed high efficiency. does get really warm in front of glass doors. Yes good point of drawing the air from bottom for the blower

Glad to hear it’s high efficiency. Are you thinking in case of a power outage?

 

[Mooch]

No just to help move some of the radiant heat in front

 

[webby3650]

No just to help move some of the radiant heat in front

These fans move very little air. Your factory blowers will be way more effective.

 

[Mooch]

Ok thanks for your help

 

[Woody Stover]

And you can't move radiant heat with a fan. The radiation has to hit something and warm it up, which in turn warms the air that contacts it. It might pull some heat off the hot glass, though.