Homemade flu fan

[Jesse-M]

Made a new flu fan, came from one of those blow up wet slides from Walmart. I use it for starting new fires, reloading, and cleaning ashes. Works great, those things put out a lot of cfm.....................just wanted to share...................Jesse

 

[stee6043]

I'd be a little scared with this kind of setup if it's in your house. Have you checked to see if you get any smoke/exhaust coming out of the fan when it's not running during a burn? My biggest concern here would be what happens if you have a clogged flue. You'll end up pushing your exhaust out through that fan. And you may not "see" it.

As long as your burner isn't in the house I suppose there really isn't too much risk. A good way to use what you have laying around.

 

[Jesse-M]

It's 200' from the house in the boiler barn.............the blast gate seals very well,and with the angle of entry .....near impossible to get smoke/exhaust thru fan.

 

[henfruit]

what kind of boiler are you useing? greenwood or seton?

 

[Jesse-M]

what kind of boiler are you useing? greenwood or seton?

It is my homemade version of the Seton W-130. I did a lot of research before I built, and at that time the Seton and Greenwood were virtually identical. ( year½ ago )

 

[henfruit]

how does it work for you? have you ever thought of adding induced air to the air intake to make the fire burn hotter?

 

[Jesse-M]

No need for more air, it does real good at gasification and gets plenty hot.