Wood Stove Fan

Improve the efficiency of your wood burner and increase the temperature of a room by up to 4 degrees with a wood stove fan.

If you have a wood stove then having a fan will increase its efficiency, make your room and home much warmer and ultimately save you more money.

There are several benefits to running a wood stove or wood burner and if you are reading this, you probably don’t need to be sold on the idea of purchasing one, as you’ve already got one, right?

If you are already using a wood stove, then good on ya! No doubt you love it, just as I love mine. Even though we love our beautiful, heat producing stoves, they do come with certain limitations.

A solid metal wood stove is designed to become a radiant heat source. Very little heat energy is lost up the flue which happens with a normal fireplace. The problem with a radiant heating system, like our wood stove, is to get an even distribution of that heat. Anyone sitting near the wood stove may feel comfortably warm or even hot, but others, further away may experience cold spots and drafts. You may also feel some heat benefit in adjourning rooms and corridors, but not an awful lot.

Heat More of Your Home With A Wood Stove Fan

You can purchase electric stove fans which are usually more efficient at distributing the heat. However, they are not without their own problems. They add to the overall cost of running the stove and can breakdown through constant exposure to high temperatures. Recent innovations in wood stove fans technology means there are now excellent fans that work purely by utilizing the radiant heat produced from the stove.

A non-electrical, wood stove fan is designed to sit as a free standing unit, on top of your stove and to circulate the radiant heat the stove produces, into the rest of the room and other rooms of the house. It enables you to generate heat to these nearby areas without increasing the temperature of the wood stove or using any sort of electrical devise.

The fan works by using the heat from the stove to generate low-voltage electricity, which in turn powers the blades of the fan. This is often referred to as the Sterling Engine. The fan itself is designed to withstand the high temperatures of a wood burning stove. The hotter the stove becomes, the faster and more efficient the fan becomes. Likewise, as the stove cools during the night, the fan slows down accordingly.

No additional electricity is needed to run the fan, so the savings in energy costs are measurable over a winter season. As you may gather, a wood stove fan is an accessory well worth having:

* It creates its own electricity
* It turns on and off automatically with the temperature of the stove
* Costs nothing to run
* Runs silently
* Nothing to install. Simply place on top of your wood stove
* Warms a greater area of the home including other rooms
* Is environmentally friendly
* Pay for itself in just a 3 or 4 month, winter season

The advantages of having one of these little fans sitting on top of your wood burner are plain to see. The models available today are extremely efficient and will make a real difference to the warmth of your home.

Our top recommendation, and to be honest the only woodstove fan worth purchasing is the Ecofan Airplus, 3 Blade Fan. This is an excellent fan that meets all the criteria for home use and has plenty of positive reviews.

“Outstanding Boost To My Wood Stove..

..My wife and I love this product. We wanted a fan that made little or no noise to place on our wood stove to help move the air. We found this product to meet our needs. it produces no noise and looks great on our stove. My sister in law saw it and said to her husband that’s what we need at the cabin. Friends were amazed at how well it worked. Great product!” By WiseEOD from Abilene, KS

“We already had a magic heat on the stove when we moved in, but this fan is a great addition to our system. It moves air and heat around even while the stove is still getting up to operating temperature. We noticed a difference in the overall comfort of the house the first night and when we lost electrical power during an ice storm, the house stayed very comfortable and warm even without our electric fans running.” By Muggs from Albion, Michigan

Check out the video below to see the EcoFan in action:

I hope have found find the information here to be informative and useful in your search for a wood stove fan. Quite often accessories that come with products aren’t worth the extra cost. However, these fans are certainly good value for money and in my personal experience, worth getting.

I have 2 wood burners and both of them have a fan sitting on top. The difference it has made to the warmth of my home during the winter months has been amazing and they have more than paid for themselves.

Pete