permaculture

["Lisa Rollens" <rollens@fidnet.com>]

If you are talking about that non-electric fan that Real Goods sells that
sits on top of the stove that turn from rising heat....those things ended up
at the Gaiam/Real Goods outlet outside of Cincinnati, Ohio, (for half price)
and I asked why.  I was told that people didn't think they worked very well.

I have a Fisher wood stove and a Fisher fireplace insert.  They are both
excellent, and both have coals the next morning.  They can be airtight, but
I always leave them open a little so the wood doesn't just smolder and smoke
(and create a bunch of pollution).  They both also have flat surfaces on top
for cooking.  And both take 22-24" wood.

Lisa, in the MO Ozarks, USA


----- Original Message -----
From: "neshura" <neshura@gmail.com>
To: <john@eco-living.net>; "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: [permaculture] pellet stoves


> Besides the expensive pellets and the complicated machinery, the
> blower is loud enough to make conversation difficult at best. Pellet
> stoves work best when relegated to a back room; for simple heating,
> they are fine, but if you want to heat your home and have a hearth, a
> warm place where friends and family gather to stamp off the chill and
> exchange stories and maybe sit and watch a movie together, avoid
> stoves with blowers.
>
> I believe Real Goods and other similar stores sell a little
> thermoelectric fan that sits directly on the stove and circulates air
> through the room, but I don't know what the decibel level would be, or
> I'd be tempted to get one (it's clever but costly, about $100).
>