I have a freestanding Lopi Liberty with a blower, it is a non-cat stove and will produce 75,000 BTU/hr. Up until two days ago I used the blower all the time when the stove was going. My thinking was I wanted to get every last BTU out of the stove to heat the house. For the last couple days I decided to shut the blower (warmed up some) and just let the stove radiate the heat, and WOW what a difference in performance. The stove is heating the house better, staying hotter, and burning much cleaner with less coals and more ash produced. Don't know if I'm going to use the blower for awhile as I might ride this out and see how it performs when it really gets cold. Right now it's only in the low 30's and the house is 75 deg F and I really haven't been throwing more then one log in at a time. The stove temp is staying around 450-500 deg or so.
Lets hear what some others do with their stoves, do you use the blowers or not?
Craig
Lets hear what some others do with their stoves, do you use the blowers or not?
Craig