We primarily use a wood stove for heat. Does the furnace have to run for this unit to work?or does it use its own fan to circulate air in the system?
1354967
The air moving through it passes through a wet medium. It relies on the furnace fan to move the air.
1354968
Yes...When the furnace is tripped on by the thermostat it will trigger the water to flow through the humidifier. The humidifier does not contain its own fan.
1354969
The unit is meant for forced air heating so it is not suitable for radiating heat like a wooden stove, unless it is equipped with a fan. It will however cause severe mold if not kept at the right humidity.
1354970
The furnace must be operating for this unit to distribute moisture (humidity). Air is driven through the unit, over the pad, via a duct work connection to either you supply or return duct work, and electrical connection allows a humidistat to regulate the amount of moisture in your home. Hope this helped.
1354971
The Honeywell HE220 relies upon ducted air from the furnace blower to operate. It has no fan of its own.
1747996
No, it does not run fan only. Since it has a thermostat, in a small room, if it reached the set temperature, it would shut off. It wouldmost likely, start back up if the temp dropped below the set temp.We use it in our living room, and have never had it set high enough, for that to happen,it has not been needed.
1502008
No it needs to vent in an open area. The fire heats the heat exchanger and hot air vent's from the top of this unit. I originally bought this to wash my car and found that it will not work for that use. Soon it will be used to heat a sink and run a dishwasher. It must not have anything near the top vent, it does put out a lot if heat.
1002334
You need to plug it in. There is a fan that blows past the flame to transfer the heat to the room. There is a safety device involved that will not let it start without electricity.
1567010
I use it every day on my blazeking princess. It moves air ok but not like your built in stove fan. I like it and this is the second year of running it. Used my stove for eight months last year here in alaska. Fan ran that whole time and has been running for five months straight this year. Must be good quality.
746546
It is part of the purifier system. Blue light on left front of unit indicates it is on, however you will not hear the fan run just as you do not hear it until the thermostat kicks in on the heater. If you want to stricktly run it as an air circulation device (room fan) I don't think you'll have much luck. It is tied to the air purifier so may work for circulation as well. Just as a comment, I am more than happy with my unit. It works very well and is safe around my baby grandson.
1352723
I'm not sure how to answer that except that it uses heat (there is a heat element located at the top) and a fan (air) - which circulates the heat.
1840201
Mine runs quite a bit. I use it during the day when I'm not home and at night so my propane furnace doesn't need to run so much in my 800 sq. ft. house. In October my electric bill only went up $15.
1898354
We are using it with a heat only furnace, and it works well, we've had it a few years and have had no problems.
1079297
Its a fan. It circulates the air. Its not a heater, or A/C unit. It moves the room air.
573094
There is no fan on the heaters, they work by convection meaning the cold air enters the bottom of the heater and the warm air exits the top. If the heater is sized big enough for the room there won't be a need for a fan. The natural movement of the air will heat the room.
663422
The base of the fan needs to come in contact with the hot surface of the stove. The heat from the stove transfers up the base and heats up a thermoelectric device that powers the fan motor. The hotter it gets the faster the fan turns. So you need a hot surface to set the fan on or it won't spin. And if it's not hot enough, it won't spin fast enough to move the air.
1121801
no. its' not independent like the older pelonis. the old ones you could use as fan only when in that setting. which would be fan only. the for heat you set it to the proper setting hi or low and the fan would run any way. but the fan only setting is not heating just fan for circulation. on the newer one's the fan runs all the time with the high and low setting unless the thermostat settings shut it down by your settings. also on this model there is no fan only for circulation . hope this helps
1449631
Humid air travels to dry air. Generally speaking the lower area of your home will be cooler than the upper area of the home. Therefore the furnace will generally run more frequently. Also you have entry doors downstairs causing lower level to run more often. I would install on the lower level of the home for that reason. I would also setup the unit for 220VAC operation to maximize the steam produced to humidify with. If the humidifier does not maintain the humidity at desired levels it can be configured to run the furnace fan on a call for humidity.
2182925
It needs electricity. It runs a fan to rocket the heat out and to cool it off after shut down.
1533204
not sure, I burned up the box to start the fire. It works great comes on with a themo sensor. I had to tighten the hex nut on the fan when I started it up was loose and fan made noise against the housing. Was easy to do. I also ordered the Magic Heat. It is probably a better unit with a plunger type rod to clean off soot buildup. The US stove doesn't have anyway to clean the interior piping within the 6" stove pipe. I have been using a creosote destroyer powder in my woodstoves which does a good job of cleaning.
516255
I don't know what temperature the stove has to reach in order for the fan to start, but sometimes after about 20 minutes, if the fan hasn't started, I give it a little spin with my fingertip. It will then work fine. Another suggestion - have the fan suck in cooler air and blow against the warmer stove pipe, rather than the other way around. It really helps the stove do what it's supposed to!