temperature sensing plug in

[HoosierMark]

I have a wood stove without a fan to circulate the air around it. I would like to put a small fan near it and have it come on and off as the wood stove heats up. Similar to the simple plug in I have that keeps the crawl space above freezing. I just plug the disc heater into it and when it gets to 35 it turns the fan on and when it is above that it stops the flow of electric. Only I would like this one to go on at say 80 degrees or above and off when it drops below that. I know they have attic fans that can be set for this, but do they make a simple outlet I could plug the fan into?
My reasoning is that I could have the stove fired up and the fan running and then when it cools down later in the evening and I am not close by, it shuts itself off.
Do they make such an item?

 

[nehog]

Yes, it is called an air-conditioning thermostat...

You need a relay and a transformer however to complete the system, but that's not difficult to fabricate (parts at RadioShack...)

 

[larry_g]

My brand of wood stove (Lopi) offers a fan kit that does just what you ask. I suggest that you check with a woodstove shop.

Check near the bottom of the page http://www.lopistoves.com/product-detail.aspx?model=209#prettyPhoto

lg
no neat sig line

 

[kaffine]

You could get a line voltage thermostat.

Grainger Item 6GVX8

 

[big.jim]

you can get thermal fans that work with the heat from the stove and no electric , they sit on top of the stove and the heat makes them go round

 

[wyliesdiesels]

Why not buy something like this:

http://m.homedepot.com/p/Master-Flow-Manually-Adjustable-Thermostat-for-Power-Vent-PT6/100098472

And wire an outlet to it.

 

[nehog]

You could get a line voltage thermostat.

Grainger Item 6GVX8

Good find--that makes it easier than my suggestion!