Need help from EPA ZC fireplace owners

[mol1jb]

So in my future install I haven't entire ruled out an EPA ZC fireplace. My question resides with fan use of these units in general. I realize that I would have to run the fan most of the time to get significant heating results with a ZC unit.

However if there was a power outage would I be able to still provide reasonable heat with out the use of the fan? And I know that some of the ZC units have thermostatic fans in them. Is this for the sake of ease of fan control or would this be more of a safety feature to keep the unit cool when running it? Insight on this would greatly be appreciated.

 

[DAKSY]

You don't HAVE to run the blower in this type of unit. Most, if not all of them, have a manual
override so that the thermodisk is taken right out of the loop. That being said, heat will always rise
& using the blower just means it will rise at a greater distnce from the front of the unit.
Safety is built into the basic design & I wouldn't have any qualms about running it for an
extended period of time without the blower.