Fan on woodstove: even temperature without electricity!

A small step for mankind, but a huge step for me: wood stove propeller!!

As I have no electricity, this is a godsend. It works using the heat radiating from the wood stove, spreading warm air evenly around my tiny living room.

Previously, the heat tended to go upwards, and since I do not roost, it was not available to heat my sorry bones.

Another old trick I just did not know about.

I have one of those too, and think it's great. We haven't been running the stove much because it's been so warm this year, but it does a pretty good job of distributing the warm air for such a small fan. I was skeptical but it was fairly cheap, so worth the try.

I had one of those fans years ago when we lived in a house. I didn't read the instructions carefully enough to comprehend the importance of where the fan was placed, so I experimented with various positions. It wasn't long before the fan stopped working and then I realized that it had to be placed with the rear of the fan on the edge of the heated surface, drawing in cooler air from behind it, otherwise it would burn out (the bearings?) and stop.
We live in a yurt now, so we're never more than 8 feet from our cookstove, and there is a natural convection that moves the heated air around.