What an unusual fan

[u/DramaticAd337]

[u/TowJamnEarl]

They work well on wood burners so this makes sense too.

[u/Lenoxnew]

Unprotected I see 👀

[u/luckyjenjen]

I've had plenty of these. This one is on my wood burner flue (got my wellies wet today)... They're great but don't always take well to falling off the wood burner.... I had 5 fans on the boat at one point, I called them my fan club 😂

[u/Best_Apricot_6268]

Stirling cycle engine.

This should also power up if you put ice cubes on the fins and sat it on a surface that didn't heat it up.

It works off of temperature difference.

[u/Unnenoob → u/Best_Apricot_6268]

Not quite. Same mechanism but from a peltier element.

[u/Best_Apricot_6268 → u/Unnenoob]

Oh really? I didn't know they were electric. Ok.

[u/CornerLopsided8829 → u/Unnenoob]

I thought the same when I bought one for my wood stove until I saw wires going to a DC motor.

[u/Infradad]

Those are so cool. Just fucking magic man. Magic fans

[u/DramaticAd337 → u/Infradad]

Hmm. To the tune of magic man… I’m your magic fan ohhhoohho

[u/FMFMechanicalCO27]

How much air output do these things have anyways? In case I ever get a stove that needs them

[u/kg4cna]

I have one I use on my kero heater. Works nicely to stir the heated air around.

[u/olapamu]

So these are powered by heat?