#7968744 - 11/18/14 01:18 PM
NG fireplace blower fan, electrical outlet?
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furball
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Registered: 09/24/03
Posts: 9485
Loc: Toronto, ON
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So I have a nat gas fireplace that came with the house... It works. Sweet.
I did some research, and to get the most out of the heat distribution, you can buy blower fans for $100+ which suck in air from the bottom, push it through the back, and forces the air out the top vents (think of a 'U' shape) ...
Also underneath the fireplace is a 2-pronged outlet, which I assume is how you plug in the blower... I plugged in a USB cube, and nada. No power...
Is this thing supposed to be plugged in?! From random googling it should have power...
I was hoping to cheat with a ghetto 5V USB fan to see if that'd help...
Anyone install a blower fan to their NG fireplace? Is it worth the cost vs heat distribution?
I'll take a pic when I get home.
Edited by furball (11/18/14 01:20 PM)
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#7968905 - 11/18/14 02:43 PM
Re: NG fireplace blower fan, electrical outlet?
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spd-dmn
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Registered: 11/24/04
Posts: 2271
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it definitely helps, but it's possibly the power bar was never wired up if a blower wasn't installed in the first place
or, the other possibility is that the power bar doesn't actually get power until flipped on by a thermoswitch
try running the fireplace for a bit and then check to see if the bar gets power?
better yet don't listen to me and get someone who actually knows fireplaces lol
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#7969264 - 11/18/14 07:15 PM
Re: NG fireplace blower fan, electrical outlet?
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GimpCivic
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Registered: 02/06/00
Posts: 1025
Loc: Toronto, ON, Canada
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I just had a NG fireplace with a blower fan installed and it had to be plugged into a 120v normal recepticle.
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#7969599 - 11/19/14 12:07 AM
Re: NG fireplace blower fan, electrical outlet?
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hyper-s2k
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*brb, calling the fire dept before the inevitable happens*
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