Blower motor

I have an alaska channing III in the basement and I was wondering if I can put a stronger motor for the blower on it? It now has a 265 cfm fan. I ducted the stove to two vents upstairs, I'm getting heat but I think I need more airflow to even things out a bit. I experimented with some inline duct fans and didn't really feel much difference.

Hi TD, try making sure you have adequate cold air return to the stove. If you didn't feel much difference with the duct fans, you might be trying to pull air from a fairly tight room.

Leave a door open to the stairway or something similar, you need to circulate the cool air back to the stove to get reheated.

Greg L

Otherwise, I'm not sure you have large enough passageways in the stove to move a lot more air through the stove.

GL

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TD
I just started burning in October and started with basement heating only, and now I have it tied into my ductwork.

I just posted some of my tips in another thread that just started today, basically the other guy was asking the same thing you were. Take a peek. http://nepacrossroads.com/viewtopic.php?t=1460

I'm sure that 265 cfm would be dandy in your parlor, but you need more air moving. I can’t speak specifically on your stove, when I talked to the local stove dealer here about a Harman mag… he said to seal up the vents for the small blower and use the main take off. You might have to make a collector if that stove doesn’t have a talk off like the mag.

I heat my house with a handfired stove that has a collector on top, and two 8 inch 420 fans (840 cfm) tied into my ductwork. One upstairs bedroom that has a long duct run has a 6 inch duct fan (~200 cfm) on an inline thermostat made for baseboard heat (110). That 200 cfm is perfect for that one room.

“ YOU CAN DO IT “


Walt

Hey TD, Ive been heating my 1600 sqft house successfully for two years with my channing 3 direct vent but also think a larger blower motor would benefit me as well. I know its an upgrade for keystokers I dont see why it wouldnt be a common fan size even if not available from alaska. Im in the electric motor repair business and see blowers of all shapes and sizes...when i finally find one Ill let you know. please let me know if you find out anything also. thank Jim

Alaska co. e mailed me and said no upgrade for the motor is available on the channing III. So I'll see what I can come up with. This stove makes plenty of heat for the size of my house, I just have to get a little more upstairs.