What is a Wood Stove Fan?
A wood stove fan distributes heat from a wood burning stove throughout the rest of the home. Some wood stove fans are electric, but more recently the trend has been towards self-powered fans which work on heat alone. The added expense of running an electric wood stove fan many be nominal, but some owners have discovered that electric motors and radiant heat sources don’t always mix. Early electric stove fans tended to malfunction after constant exposure to unregulated heat and fire. Wood stoves work on the principle of radiant heat, much like the fireplaces they may have replaced in homes. A crackling fire in a typical fireplace may look attractive, but much of the useful heat is lost up the chimney or trapped in the ceiling airspace. A ceiling fan may send some of that heated air back to the living area, but it adds to the electric bill and may not be very efficient. A solid metal wood stove, on the other hand, is designed to become a radiant heat source. Very little heat energy is lo
