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["Warren" <mogrits AT gmail.com>]

> On Nov 20, 2007, at 12:53 PM, Warren wrote:
> >
> >  I also wondered about threading a power cord around and up to my
> > flue.

I was unclear here- I didnt mean thread a cord around my flue, I meant
around my hearth and up the wall. Lest someone think I'd ziptie a cord to my
blackpipe!


> I have long wondered if a fan at the top of the flu was not the ideal
> situation for starting draw in a cold flu and also being able to go
> to bed without the potential of waking to a smoky smelling house. I
> never took the time to find fans that could handle the heat.
>
They do markey these "draft inducing fans". I installed one at a friends
restaurant, on a 12" flue he had over a larg decorative fireplace. It cost
almost 1000.00 five years ago. I think a better solution is and upside down
"Y" connection, whereby you can use any fan to induce air in an upward
direction creating a vacuum between the stove and "Y". A 20.00 bathroom
exhaust fan could be ducted into the "Y" cheaply using metal dryer pipe and
various fittings.

Inducing a draft with newspaper may work for some, but we have damp, still
days where that tactic would only fill my living room with newspaper smoke.

Warren