recommendations on blower for 2x4 evaporator

[lafite]

the season is upon us in Southern CT. I am looking for some budget conscious recommendations for a blower for my GBM 2x4 evaporator. I'm still a couple years away from upgrading my unit so any help in increasing efficiency would be appreciated.

Thank you in advance!

[Dill]

for really cheap and easy just direct something into the draft door. A leaf blower will work if you can adjust it down and don't mind listening to it. I used a power draft off a propane water heater on my 2x4 and shot it right through the draft door.

[crawflyer]

I was using a simple house fan into my draft door. It makes a world of difference. I am going to install a permanent, low cfm blower just because the fan is kind of in my way.

[fishman]

Hairdryer, just don't use the heat setting.

[lafite]

I saw mason had one for $150 plus shipping. I might try my leaf blower until the sound drives me crazy...

I have 40 taps in on gravity with another string of 20 to put up tomorrow along with all the single trees....ready set go.....Mother nature has spoken in Southern CT!!

[Flat47]

How about more stack? More stack would give you more draft, and therefore maore air. Cheap, too.
I made a blower from a blower off of an old Ashley wood stove. Worked ok until one day I forgot to turn it back on after adding wood. It boiled better without the blower once I get a good fire going. Now I just use it during startup.

[GramaCindy]

I was using a simple house fan into my draft door. It makes a world of difference. I am going to install a permanent, low cfm blower just because the fan is kind of in my way.
That is exactly what I did last year on my Mason 2x4, worked perfect. I am changing it up a bit this year. Moving it every time to load wood was a bit of nuisance.

[sbingham]

My first rig was a GBM 2x4 with flat pan, best I could get was about 8 gph evaporation rate. I had a Stanley blower/fan for drying floors, etc - I took plastic jug that was rectangular shaped {sidewalk salt}, cut out the bottom to fit the fan and cut the neck to fit a 3" stove pipe with an elbow, sealed with duct tape.
Run the forced air up into the draft door under the fire and increased the evaporation rate by 2 gallons per hour. Doesn't seem like alot but over the course of a day it helped.

[lafite]

thank you all for the recommendations. Scott: 20+% increase in evaporation rate is huge with this rig. I'm looking forward to maximizing my efficiency.