That's a big heavy bastard. Not hooked up, yet, but I did try it out. Seems like a huge improvement over the hairdryer. Anyone try putting in gaskets around the fan mount to minimize vibration?
It is an Englander part. I think it is specific to the 30 and will not fit the 13. But I could be wrong. I can see it working with any stove if you modify that stove's heat shield.
Looking forward to your thoughts when you hook it up. I was looking at them today....hung a fan behind the stove instead.
I've done the fan behind the stove. Definitely more cost effective that way. The fan was $150-ish plus shipping and whatnot, which came to $172. You can get a herd of fans for the cost of stove blower. But, I needed the fan to reduce noise, see the difference in the rheostat, and to minimize clutter since a fan raised up to the height of the stove top would not look great in the living room. The noise was the main factor for the purchase, visual apperance was a close second. The smaller hairdryer model worked very well. But, it was very loud. I'm hoping this one can be run at a lower, quieter setting. I will also need this fan if I want to cram a 30 into the kitchen fireplace. The AC 13 sticks out too far in the back for the stove to fit.
Just got to this BBar. I thought about a gasket too....for an eye blink, then just installed it. No vibration, so no need. Mine's on low right now (as usual), and I can hear it, but it's faint and not vibrating. I'm about 15' from the stove. Get that puppy on there quick and start feeling the heat spread.
I might try the gasket to see if it muffles any potential vibration. The double wall pipe that I need will not be in until tomorrow, so, nothing to report until then.
The 30 is installed in its new home and the blower is connected. It is drastically quieter than the AC13. The difference is huge. Stove is still heating up and bringing the area up to temp. I won't know how it performs their for another two hours or so.
Ran out of time today. Did not have a chance to pick up the gasket. Vibration is at a minimum so far and I have the fan cranking right now since I underestimated the draft and the stove hit just south of 800. Air controls will be a bit different on this chimney.
Good thing about today is that it is legitimately cold out, currently 17 with wind. The room warmed up pretty quickly. Turned the fan back down to a lower setting. The upstairs that the 30 will be responsible for is still cool. Should come up to temp at some point tonight.
The 30 blows much harder than the 13. Like several times over. Much better convection, especially with a homemade deck installed. I busted my Rheostat later year on the 30 and had a 13 sent to me for free. But I have since taken. A couple hours and fixed the Rheostat (it's rigged pretty good, but works). Willing to send it back (you know who you are; )) or send it to someone else if they don't want it. Was free to me. So free back to original owner, or someone who needs it (if orig owner refuses). I will wait for the rightful person to refuse before taking offers on it.
I was concerned I was wasting money. But it is so much better than the 13. At its highest setting, it is still quieter than the 13 is on low.
Does the wind blowing over the stove deck now hit you with a blast? The hair dryer is only feelable right at the heatshield.
I could feel the old blower from several feet away when it was on high. The larger blower has two air outlets and covers a greater area across the width of the stove. The AC30 moves a lot more volume. Would it be worth it in your set up? Hard to say.
I can feel it from over 8 ft away. It definitely comes across the deck pretty fast. The blow dryer was literally 1/5th of what the AC -30 is capable of. And its quieter. But my review is based off of my custom convection deck (easy and cheap to make).
Oh I'm making a deck. The dimensions of the plate are written on my hand. 16" x 26" which I will brake on the sides to hold it up. I'm hoping to source an old stop sign. I can buy a duct booster fan at 450 cfm from home depot for 40$ and then connect it to the hole in the back with a register boot. Or buy the AC30. I'm torn. Dex, what did you do for the back corners of your deck. Looks like something white?
I used some roxul insulation. There was small corner pockets with air escaping. I want it all to go across the deck. As for the booster fan and register adapter? That's a pretty good idea. The temps will be lower, but will set up a better convection loop.
