Blaze King Princess fan use

[Robert C.]

Hello everyone! I am in my second year burning and I am very excited. I am now more comfortable and experienced and have thus noticed things I didn't pick up on last year. For example, if I run the stove on low during the night and have the fan on the lowest setting, the catalyst will be almost inactive in the morning. However, if I leave the fan off, the catalyst meter tells me it's still very much active (middle of the gauge). Using comparable night temperatures, I did not notice a difference in house temperature or the amount of wood left over in the morning.

Does anyone else have this experience? Am I not supposed to run the fan during the night on low?

Thanks,
Robert

 

[weatherguy]

The fan blowing on the thermometer causes it to read lower than what the actual temp is, you're fine running the blower on low all night, I used to run mine on low almost all the time. Just don't turn the blower on until you get to cruising temp..

 

[jeff_t]

Is this a stove or insert?

I use the blowers all the time unless outside temps are pretty mild.

 

[Rossco]

Yeah I use mine on high during the day when in cruise mode. I switch off during the night.

My stove is in the basement and points at the stairs up. You can feel the warm air blowing up the stairs. Dam the Mud room adjacent is always hot.

 

[Highbeam]

The beauty of a thermostatic stove. Running the fans cools the firebox so the stat opens up to maintain stove temp. Your burn time per load should be reduced with fans on. It is totally fine to run the fans all the time if you need the heat

 

[Robert C.]

Thanks everyone for the replies. I'll keep running my fan continuously then.

 

[tarzan]

The beauty of a thermostatic stove. Running the fans cools the firebox so the stat opens up to maintain stove temp. Your burn time per load should be reduced with fans on. It is totally fine to run the fans all the time if you need the heat

I don't get this.

Sure, if you run the stove on the same setting with or without the fan on you would go through more wood with the fan running.

But, it would seem if you needed a certain amount of BTUs to maintain a temp. of, say 72f in your home. Wouldn't this be accomplished at a lower setting with the fan on vs. fan off.

 

[Highbeam]

I don't get this.

Sure, if you run the stove on the same setting with or without the fan on you would go through more wood with the fan running.

But, it would seem if you needed a certain amount of BTUs to maintain a temp. of, say 72f in your home. Wouldn't this be accomplished at a lower setting with the fan on vs. fan off.

Running the fans strips more heat from the stove at whatever the stat setting is. The stat measures stove temp. There are two ways to get the same output with these stoves, high stat setting and no fans or a low stat setting with fans. The difference is that with fans the heated air usually makes it farther into the house. The fans make a whole lot of cooler air compared to natural convection.

So yeah, you're right. Some folks don't like to listen to fans.

 

[tarzan]

Running the fans strips more heat from the stove at whatever the stat setting is. The stat measures stove temp. There are two ways to get the same output with these stoves, high stat setting and no fans or a low stat setting with fans. The difference is that with fans the heated air usually makes it farther into the house. The fans make a whole lot of cooler air compared to natural convection.

So yeah, you're right. Some folks don't like to listen to fans.

I agree. I must have misunderstood your first post.

I did run a tube stove for an entire season without a fan before putting the fan on. The biggest difference was, other than cooler stove temps. The outer rooms were easier to heat.