Thread: fire thermo fans ... do they work ?

Originally Posted by gadgetman

@timattalon Won't work on a mantle piece. It relies on heat transfer from one side to the other. Needs to sit with one heatsink on the fire and one radiating heat into the atmosphere.

Not quite. The fan would go on or near the mantle piece. The heat thingy would be attached to the big steel van thing that is part of the fire It is like the one in the link Woodsman Totara Insert Wood Burner | Woodsman Fires but has a big vane at 45degrees out the front to direct heat outwards. It gets too hot to touch so I would probably look to attach the thingy to that....

Originally Posted by timattalon

Not quite. The fan would go on or near the mantle piece. The heat thingy would be attached to the big steel van thing that is part of the fire It is like the one in the link Woodsman Totara Insert Wood Burner | Woodsman Fires but has a big vane at 45degrees out the front to direct heat outwards. It gets too hot to touch so I would probably look to attach the thingy to that....

You want the fan blowing over the heatsink on the cold side to help create the temperature difference to generate the power.