FAN to cool wall?

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Nov 3, 2013
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Iowa
Been burning pretty hard and fast.. -13 at night with -40 wind chills,, Ive noticed with this non stop fast and hot burning the wall behind stove is getting hotter than normal. even with the BK fans running.
Its correct install so im sure its just a mental thing feeling the wall is getting hotter .
SO I put a small fan aimed behind stove, wall is nice and cool now.
any harm in this?
 
The wall will heat up, but it may be still safe. One simple test is the hand test. If you can hold your hand on the wall for a few seconds, then it's fine. A better test would be with an IR thermometer. If the wall temp is below 160º it's ok.