Holy heating machine, Batman!

[Creek-Chub]

So I finally ponied up the money for a blower to put on the 30-NC. We made it through last year using it to heat 2500sf, but I was sort of wanting more. I have a hearth install that is a tight fit, so I bit the bullet and pulled the beast out, but the blower on, installed a full block-off plate at the lintel, and stuffed her back in there. There is just barely enough room to get one arm in behind the stove to replace the liner, so it was a serious chore.

Fast forward to this morning. I was too tired and frustrated last night to mess with a fire, so I cleaned up and went to bed. Things are cooling down here, into the low 30's at night from time to time, and the house was a balmy 60 degrees this morning. I got a fire going, built a coal bed, loaded the Englander up, got it nice and charred and started to dial things back a bit. Inside of 30 minutes I'm at 500 degrees on the stovetop and plugged in the fan.

Good lord!. 30 minutes after that I'm thinking I need to look a little more into my new problem - keeping the 30x30 living room below 80!

TIP OF THE DAY, FELLAS: If you have an Englander 30 - BUY THE FAN.

 

[BrotherBart]

Have you ever posted pics of that bad boy?

 

[brokeburner]

yeah lets get some pics bro

 

[Creek-Chub]

Just this video last year, but you can't see much stove:

https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/26029/

I'll see if I can get some photos a little later this afternoon and put up.

 

[astrodon]

I have been struggling with whether or not I should get the blower for my 30 as well. My main concern is the noise level. Can you estimate how loud the blower is? Does it interfere with watching TV or having a conversation. How does the blower affect the air flow around the stove when it is not running? In other words, does the stove with the blower installed, but not turned on, heat as well as the stove without the blower installed?

 

[Creek-Chub]

Don't struggle with it any more - buy one. Honest. The noise level on high isn't too bad. You know its there, of course, but I can't see the need to crank up the volume on the TV or having to raise my voice to have a conversation. The stove with blower off functions exactly the same as it does without the blower. Just do it!

 

[Creek-Chub]

Sure it does. You wait to turn it on until the stove is rocking pretty good, and turn it off when the temps come back down below nuclear. Benefit? My wife is forced to watch TV naked, where before she would generally do so in a pair of pajama pants and T-Shirt. This is, of course, after the kids go to bed.

Oh - and yeah it was optional.

 

[fossil]

Got the factory blower on our freestanding (not even a hearth stove installation, just out there) Liberty when we had it installed. I'll never have another stove without one. It waits until the stove is well into a nice hot burn cycle before it even starts up, and then I can dial the blower speed infinitely within its range, or just turn it off if we don't want to listen to it. It does a fantastic job of getting that heat out away from the stove and mixing with the room air. Haven't really thought much about how the blower might affect the efficiency of the stove...I expect little or none. What I do know (and consider more significant) is that the blower has a significant positive effect on the stove system as a space heater, which is what it's all about. I imagine that with a hearth stove the difference is even more startling. Rick

 

[BrotherBart]

blower cools the stove & knocks down the burning efficiency per epa, imagine that!= i bet ti was OPTIONAL. wonder why?

Wrong clueless one.

8.12.5 Auxiliary Wood Heater Equipment Operation.
Heat exchange blowers sold with the wood heater shall be
operated during the test run following the manufacturer's
written instructions. If no manufacturer's written
instructions are available, operate the heat exchange blower
in the "high" position. (Automatically operated blowers
shall be operated as designed.)

 

[astrodon]

Alright, then. Looks like I'll be getting the blower. I wish Lowes or Home Depot carried them in the stores though


Thanks!

 

[woodjack]

My main concern is the noise level. Can you estimate how loud the blower is? Does it interfere with watching TV or having a conversation.

She: "Honey, please turn the tv down and take off your shoes".
He: "come right down and make sure I'm nude?
I'm comin"