Question For Eco Fan Warriors Only!

[MtB]

20 minutes ago, Dr Bob said:

No, I'm fairly certain it is heat that makes them go round.

 

I reckon it's electricity.

[cereal tiller]

1 hour ago, Jennifer McM said:

Can't remember now why it didn't go round, we tried to mend it by watching 'how to' youtubes, and we had the soldering iron out. Think we forgot to remove it to a safe place from the top of the stove when we moved too many times, and it had one too many falls. We don't have it anymore.

It probably stopped Rotating because there was a logic Storm that Day and its mythical Functionality just simply Vapourized?

[Phil Ambrose]

All those who think the fans should create a howling gale to work are wrong. They work because the movement of air that they produce disrupts the thermal  cycle the stove sets up thus allowing the warm air to move away from the fire. Our 60 footer was never cold, we spent the winter in T shirts and never had more than a 4 tog duvet on the bed.

Anyone whose boat is cold in winter is doing something wrong 

Phil 

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Dr Bob said:

No, I'm fairly certain it is heat that makes them go round.

Fail.

[JJPHG]

Getting up and walking past the stove is likely to generate comparable air displacement, get the circulation in your feet working and thereby keep those toes warm(er).  

[Ange]

We inherited an ecofan when we bought our boat. Unfortunately it died after we left it on the stove and it fell to the floor too many times when we cruised.

We did notice the kitchen floor was colder after it died. Also it was great indicator of how our stove was doing. If the fan started winding down we'd snap to attention.

We bought a replacement and our kitchen floor was warm again.

[rusty69]

Before purchasing our eco fan (other fans are available), to keep my feet warm, i would walk about with two buckets of warm water on my feet. 

 

Mrs rusty thought this was stupid, so she would handstand everywhere until spring. 

[rusty69]

9 hours ago, Dr Bob said:

 

 

 

eta....Go on Rusty, put the link up!

Do you mean the "just a quick question one (over 1000 replies) .......... " posed by that w̶i̶n̶d̶-̶u̶p̶ ̶m̶e̶r̶c̶h̶a̶n̶t̶ smelly bloke. 

  Or the conclusive proof one, by that doctor bloke.... 

 

 

Edited August 28, 2018 by rusty69

[Dr Bob]

That's it. Read the ultimate test one for all the info you need and then read the wind up merchant one if you have insomnia and can't get to sleep. The duck can't be wrong.

[Dr Bob]

9 hours ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

I reckon it's electricity.

 

8 hours ago, MJG said:

Fail.

No?

Mine's not plugged in and my smartgauge is showing a 5%SoC

[Jen-in-Wellies]

If it is an actual made by Ecofan ecofan, then you can get spare motors. The thermoelectric module on a dead fan can be tested by removing the wires from the motor and measuring for a voltage across the wires with the fan on a lit stove. If the thermoelectric bit is generating power, then the motor is knackered. Replacement is easy, though some early models need soldering, for which you need the equipment and skill.

 

I put a new motor in mine a long while back . Can't remember the cost, but a lot less than a new one. http://www.ecofan.co.uk/woodstove-ecofan-spares.html

 

 

Jen

[rusty69]

15 minutes ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:

If it is an actual made by Ecofan ecofan, then you can get spare motors.

They sent me a spare motor for by baby liquidiser too! 

[MtB]

1 hour ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:

If it is an actual made by Ecofan ecofan, then you can get spare motors. The thermoelectric module on a dead fan can be tested by removing the wires from the motor and measuring for a voltage across the wires with the fan on a lit stove. If the thermoelectric bit is generating power, then the motor is knackered. Replacement is easy, though some early models need soldering, for which you need the equipment and skill.

 

I put a new motor in mine a long while back . Can't remember the cost, but a lot less than a new one. http://www.ecofan.co.uk/woodstove-ecofan-spares.html

 

 

Jen

 

To do any of these checks one actually needs an Ecofan. 

 

The OP binned theirs when it got borked!

 

[cuthound]

14 hours ago, Dr Bob said:

Blimey, at that price I would buy three. I think they are made of aluminium though, not steel.

 

The duck is unanimous in saying this particular fan works. He was part of the Ultimate test of ecofans, reported in a thread earlier in the year. Ours worked famously again yesterday but unfortunately it didnt go round today. I think the fire went out.

 

 

eta....Go on Rusty, put the link up!

 

But surely if they work your polythene duck would have melted by now? ?

Edited August 28, 2018 by cuthound
To remove a duplicate post.

[rusty69]

1 minute ago, cuthound said:

 

But surely if they work your polythene duck would have melted by now? ?

 

But surely if they work your polythene duck would have melted by now? ?

How do you know it hasn't? 

 

How do you know it hasn't? 

[cereal tiller]

2 hours ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:

If it is an actual made by Ecofan ecofan, then you can get spare motors. The thermoelectric module on a dead fan can be tested by removing the wires from the motor and measuring for a voltage across the wires with the fan on a lit stove. If the thermoelectric bit is generating power, then the motor is knackered. Replacement is easy, though some early models need soldering, for which you need the equipment and skill.

 

I put a new motor in mine a long while back . Can't remember the cost, but a lot less than a new one. http://www.ecofan.co.uk/woodstove-ecofan-spares.html

 

 

Jen

New word ...not Generating Power but .. Pretenderating Power!?

[cuthound]

2 minutes ago, rusty69 said:

How do you know it hasn't? 

 

How do you know it hasn't? 

 

Because Dr Bob said the duck is unanimous in saying this particular fan works.

 

Because Dr Bob said the duck is unanimous in saying this particular fan works.

 

??

 

[rusty69]

3 minutes ago, cuthound said:

 

Because Dr Bob said the duck is unanimous in saying this particular fan works.

 

Because Dr Bob said the duck is unanimous in saying this particular fan works.

 

??

 

Ok

 

Ok

[Dr Bob]

Is there an echo?

 

Is there an echo?

[rusty69]

16 minutes ago, cereal tiller said:

New word ...not Generating Power but .. Pretenderating Power!?

Degenerate

 

you

 

degenerate. 

1 minute ago, Dr Bob said:

Is there an echo?

 

Is there an echo?

No 

 

Yes 

Edited August 28, 2018 by rusty69

[cereal tiller]

1 minute ago, rusty69 said:

Degenerate

 

you

 

degenerate. 

No 

 

Yes 

Did you mean to say ...Who....Regenerate..yes ,  He/she Does occasionaly .

[Dr Bob]

24 minutes ago, cuthound said:

 

But surely if they work your polythene duck would have melted by now? ?

No, the duck was sat in front of the fan, not on top of it. It doesnt get up to 140°C in front of the fan.

 

No, the duck was sat in front of the fan, not on top of it. It doesnt get up to 140°C in front of the fan.

[rusty69]

Just now, cereal tiller said:

Did you mean to say ...Who....Regenerate..yes ,  He/she Does occasionaly .

Dr Who is not a heshe! 

[cereal tiller]

1 minute ago, rusty69 said:

Dr Who is not a heshe! 

The Doctor uses a Shewee? prepostorus!

[rusty69]

1 minute ago, cereal tiller said:

The Doctor uses a Shewee? prepostorus!

Pertwee did!