how much electric does an average wood stove blower use?

[wood4heat]

Just curious if anyone had a rough guestimate on what it costs to run the electric blower on the average wood stove. I realize all are different and there are many variables just looking for an idea of what kind of difference to notice in electric bill if burning 24/7.
Thankyou in advance!

 

[EatenByLimestone]

There should be a tag on it somewhere that will give you the amount of usage. Your electric bill will give you the price of electricity.

 

[webbie]

Example - some stove fans are 1 to 2 amps.

Watts = Volts x Amps

watts equals 1 x 120(v) = 120 watts

So a small fan would take 8 hours to use about 1KWH, which is about 10 to 12 cents.

$10 a month 24/7

 

[Dpregs]

Funny I found this thread, I was just discussing it with the wife, I love hearth.com. All my questions are answered before I know what they are!

 

[iceman]

don't get it my stove says 115 volts ,60hz, 80 watts
so it would be 1 x 115(v) =115?

 

[nshif]

No your fan is rated in watts, Web was just working from amps/ yours at 80 watts would be a little over half of his example

 

[JRP3]

Yeah, 80 watts divided by 115 volts = .7 amps, about. Volts x amps = watts.