I bought one of the cheaper copy’s of the Ecofan stove fans on eBay. Works great on my 45 footer trad, Beatrice. Stove near front but bedroom at stern lovely and warm now. Probably a reversed engineered Chinese product but £30 cheaper and very good build quality. Works for me, anyway.

Rob

There are now many of the same on EBay for about £55. I am sure this is the same as mine.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Heat…..27c467541b

As I said, the quality seems good. I expect Ecofans are made in China but, of course, possibly not. 

Rob

Having just bought a new Ecofan I can ensure all that it is made in Canada, not China.

We were originally sceptical of the claims made for Ecofans but compromised, as has been suggested, by using a 12 volt computer fan. The body of this was made of thermosetting plastic so it stood happily on the stove top and plugged into a nearby 12 volt socket with an in-line resistor to drop the speed down. We had to make sure the cable was hooked up away from stove to prevent it melting. Unfortunately the fan blades were of thermoplastic material and one day the fan fell over with the resulting smell and mess.

Having proved its usefullness we bought a Ecofan (£89.90) in 2009. This winter however it has been getting slower and slower. The manufacturers said it needed a new motor, only about £15, but as CCers there was no way we could get one delivered. The lack of fan was very noticeable in the rear bedroom so we bought a new Ecofan. It was a different design, the old one looked the same as in the ad for the Chinese one, but was still £89.90.

I know the weather is warmer but the past few days have still been down to near zero overnight. The bedroom however is a good 3 or 4 degrees warmer than it was a week ago.

Regards

Pete

Does anybody know if one of these fans will work with a Kabola Old English diesel fire ?? 

Bob 

Does anybody know if one of these fans will work with a Kabola Old English diesel fire ??    Bob 

Yep perfectly, I use one on mine. I would not be without it.

Hi

I bought one of the Stirling engine fans for my home stove – it does work quite well and blows hot air up the stairs – helping to heat the whole house.  Haven’t tried it yet on the boat but will next Winter:

http://www.gyroscope.com/d.asp…..ANSTOVEFAN

I’m told that the ecofan types do not last forever as the main active part is a semi-conductor and these will burn out in time.

This Stirling version has worked well for 5 months – usually all day and all night if the stove is going . .  and it is fascinating to watch.

You can take it off the stove (with silicon oven gloves!) and show visitors – baffling them with . . . there’s no battery in here or any source of energy! Neat.