heat reclaimers?

[william Harris]

Started putting a box fan on the floor between the stove room and dining room in an effort to get the cooler air into the stove room. I initially thought the fan should point the other way to push warm air into the cooler room but this seems to work better thanks dakota dad
Question. Does anyone have experience with heat reclaim fans that are installed on the stove pipe?

 

[begreen]

Heat reclaimers are not recommended for modern stoves. They reduce heat in the flue contributing to poorer draft and creosote buildup. The stove is for heating, not the flue. If you need more heat either the stove is too small or the house is losing heat too quickly.

 

[Plow Boy]

I think most people around here refer to them as creosote factories

 

[firefighterjake]

They sound good in theory . . . until you realize that you are actually heating your home with the woodstove and not your chimney. Modern stoves are designed to generate the most of the usable heat right in the stove (whether with a secondary burn or cat action).

There may be a place for the heat reclaimers with older pre-EPA stoves, but in general they're not well liked with modern stoves.

As for the fan being placed so that it is pushing cool air towards the heated stove . . . that tends to actually help move the heat quite well.