I am using this as an auxiliary fan for our Living room gas fireplace, that we use for supplementary living room heat in addition to our gas forced air (southern climate). This is a well designed fan unit for a fireplace, especially if low noise is your priority. I had one of the traditional fan units you can find here, but I always felt they were too loud, unless you dialed the fan speed down (like too loud to watch TV with the fan on, or having to boost TV volume to overcome the fan noise). This unit is relatively quiet even at full speed, but it doesn't exactly blast massive air out of your vents, at full speed (10). It does move air though, for sure, and will assist in making a more or less decorative fireplace actually heat a room. I imagine its a trade off (airflow vs noise). THe programming module is nice, but it did take a bit of programming to figure out how to set the module, so the fan would turn on/off with the fireplace. I used a small piece of metal hvac foil tape to secure the heat sensor to the roof of the fireplace bottom, and set the controller to turn on the fan at 90 degrees, and off when below 90. Programming the controller took longer than any other install steps, which were quite easy to complete. It has been reliably turning on the fan and ramping up to full speed when the fireplace heats up, and turns off when the fireplace has been off for awhile, and the fireplace box cools down below 90 degrees. No issues, and we've been using the fireplace now this winter quite a bit. The gradual ramp up/down speed control is a nice touch. I just placed the controller module and wiring below the fireplace box, but at some point maybe I'll run the controller wires through the sheetrock sidewall, and mount the controller to the wall, although it really isn't necessary to have to change or even access the digital controller ever once its set to your liking, to be honest. Overall I'm happy with this fan and I think it should holdup for a long time. Would go full 5 stars if it provided a bit more CFM at the same noise level, but understand it may be impossible to provide more airflow without it simply getting too loud.
Rating:
[4 of 5 Stars!]