Is the blower 120V? If so, use an inverter and a car battery to run it. If not 120V, use a 12V computer fan like Jim said. Zip tie it in front of the intake for the blower.
Our power was off for an hour this morning, since it was almost exactly an hour I assume it was a rolling blackout. It came back on in 3 spurts, but has stayed on now for over 3 hours. I worry most about the well house freezing up - lots of pipe and two large water filters in there. We keep it above freezing with those 500W IR heat lamps, two for backup, but when there's no power ... On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 11:40 AM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < [email protected]> wrote: > It’s good and hot now. Fire going good, top of it is hot but unfortunately > without the blower it does not push much heat into the room. It’s now down > to 58 in here by the maybe it’s putting off enough heat to keep it from > dropping faster than without it. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Feb 16, 2021, at 11:02 AM, Curt Raymond <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Every year I go through a period of relearning how to get maximum output > from the stove. There are a couple rules but its really more an art than a > science. The quality of the wood makes a big difference as does outside > temps and, to a lesser degree, even wind speed and direction. > > > > -Curt > > > > On Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 11:54:32 AM EST, Kaleb Striplin via > Mercedes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > It’s got an air control on each side, I can’t remember if they are > pushed in or pulled out to open are flow into it. They were pushed in and > it seemed like the fire was dying down with the doors closed so I pulled > them out. As I said it’s been a while since I have used this thing. > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On Feb 16, 2021, at 10:49 AM, Kaleb Striplin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > Nope it’s all contained in the original brick chimney. I closed the > doors on it and will see what happens > > > > > > I really need to look into a generator or some sort. > > > > > > <image0.jpeg> > > > > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > >>> On Feb 16, 2021, at 10:43 AM, Curt Raymond <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >>> > > >> > > >> The doors will probably make more heat, you're losing it up the > chimney because its getting too much air. > > >> > > >> I've got a thermometer on the stove pipe and I'm always interested in > the fact that maximum heat is NOT achieved with maximum air. You've got to > run a lot of air to get the fire going and to get the stove/chimney warm > but then you need to restrict air some to get max heat. I don't completely > understand why but its a fact, at least in my stove. Some of the heat has > to go into the chimney, otherwise you won't be able to maintain good draft. > Outside chimneys might look cool but they suck for actually burning wood. > > >> > > >> Do you have a pipe coming out of yours you can put a magnetic stove > thermometer on? Without one you'll produce less heat and burn way more wood > since you don't really know whats happening. > > >> > > >> -Curt > > >> > > >> On Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 11:36:05 AM EST, Kaleb Striplin via > Mercedes <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> Got the fire going. Of course it will take a while to start putting > off some heat. Without the doors closed and the blower going, it seems like > it’s probably operating like a regular fireplace with most of the heat > going ok the chimney. > > >> > > >> Sent from my iPhone > > >> > > >> > On Feb 16, 2021, at 10:07 AM, Curt Raymond <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > Some of those units do pretty amazing things in the cold these > days. 10-15 years ago 20F was the practical minimum but I've read of units > that will still work down to 0F and there are some that probably go colder. > I suspect efficiency takes a dump at those temps though. > > >> > > > >> > The guy I'm training to run the groomer is an HVAC installer and > the other night he was telling me that just about nobody is installing > ground source heat pumps any more due to the huge cost and the availability > of low temp air source units combined with the low cost of natural gas. > > >> > > > >> > I'd considered ground source but the ones I've looked at are > $20,000+ while a new boiler for our house is more like $6,000 and would > decrease our oil use 20-25%. It would take a long long time to pay off that > extra cost. There are incentives but they're decreasing every year. > > >> > > > >> > -Curt > > >> > > > >> > On Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 10:46:10 AM EST, Kaleb Striplin via > Mercedes <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > I don’t know if size matters but it’s a 5 ton unit and even when it > was in the single digest I could tell it was putting out heat. I could tell > the difference between when the outside unit was running and when it was > shut down and only using the aux heat. > > >> > > > >> > Sent from my iPhone > > >> > > > >> > > On Feb 16, 2021, at 9:44 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > [email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > > > >> > > There's no point in it running if it can't extract any heat from > the air. It's a wonder it was running and putting out much when it got > down below 20F or so. > > >> > > > > >> > > --FT > > >> > > > > >> > >> On 2/16/21 10:36 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > > >> > >> Power just came back on a few minutes ago. Outside unit still > not running. I did find the installation manual online though. Here is > some info about the defrost and lockouts. Sounds like it may simply be > locking out because the temp is too low. > > >> > >> > > >> > >> Heating Mode:The compressor and fan motor will stop when the low > pressure control opens and will start again when the low side pressure > rises to approximately 40 psig when the low pressure automatically > resets�If the low pressure switch trips 3 times within 120 minutes of > operation during a particular call for heating operation, the defrost > control will lock out compressor and outdoor fan operation�If the lock out > due to low pressure occurs at an outdoor ambient temperature below 5°F, the > defrost control will automatically exit the lockout mode when the outdoor > ambient temperature rises 5°F�This feature is necessary since the low > pressure control could possibly have opened due to the outdoor ambient > being very low rather than an actual system fault� > > >> > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > >> Of course with the power being out I figure that would have > caused the lockout to reset at least for a while. 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