Hey folks,
I've been busy with real life a fair bit since hitting the shores of the UK, and one of the things I wanted to do was assemble the parts I bought off eBay for a heat circulating fan for my woodburner. Basically a woodburner heats an entire room, or house if it's big enough, but to have a bit of assistance to swish all that warm air about a bit won't hurt either. So there's a company out there making these Ecofans and flogging them for £55+. The trick is that they're not battery or mains powered, they rely on electrickery.
So that sort of gadgetry is just the carrot on a stick I needed to have a go at making my own... not to mention being a penny-pincher too. (John Fenna taught me so many tips for that, including recycling toilet paper and how he can make underpants last an entire month before needing to be washed! )
Anyway, the parts for this ecofan I bought for around £20 and had them sent to my Mum's address in Kent. I went over to my mates place and while he was busy making some shelf brackets I got busy cobbling the thing together. Happy to say it worked fine. Here's the video of it.
[video=youtube_share;Jzfa885ll8Q]http://youtu.be/Jzfa885ll8Q[/video]
This is going to me mounted on my woodburner once I get back to France. I'll let you know how it works out.
Thanks for viewing.
I've been busy with real life a fair bit since hitting the shores of the UK, and one of the things I wanted to do was assemble the parts I bought off eBay for a heat circulating fan for my woodburner. Basically a woodburner heats an entire room, or house if it's big enough, but to have a bit of assistance to swish all that warm air about a bit won't hurt either. So there's a company out there making these Ecofans and flogging them for £55+. The trick is that they're not battery or mains powered, they rely on electrickery.
So that sort of gadgetry is just the carrot on a stick I needed to have a go at making my own... not to mention being a penny-pincher too. (John Fenna taught me so many tips for that, including recycling toilet paper and how he can make underpants last an entire month before needing to be washed! )
Anyway, the parts for this ecofan I bought for around £20 and had them sent to my Mum's address in Kent. I went over to my mates place and while he was busy making some shelf brackets I got busy cobbling the thing together. Happy to say it worked fine. Here's the video of it.
[video=youtube_share;Jzfa885ll8Q]http://youtu.be/Jzfa885ll8Q[/video]
This is going to me mounted on my woodburner once I get back to France. I'll let you know how it works out.
Thanks for viewing.