Stove

[NewhouseOldhouse]

Hi

I have installed a multi fuel stove few months ago but did not want to have spots wired as was afraid of the heat causing trouble.

Has anyone done anything different to light up the stove insert area?

I was thinking of battery push LEDs behind stove when not lit!!

Thanks

 

[oldbutnotdead]

What are you trying to achieve? - those surface stickon led things are handy for a bit of light in a cupboard but they don't look pretty and the light output is low and very wide beam.
EDIT And they'll probably melt, if they don't actually melt the batteries will boil up and discharge very quickly

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

What are you trying to achieve? - those surface stickon led things are handy for a bit of light in a cupboard but they don't look pretty and the light output is low and very wide beam.
EDIT And they'll probably melt, if they don't actually melt the batteries will boil up and discharge very quickly

And they will not run for long on batteries, and the batteries will not survive heat long.

 

[scbk]

Candles for when stove is not lit

 

[NewhouseOldhouse]

Thanks for all comments.

I know they will melt and batteries could explode was just looking a bit of light in around chimney opening when stove not lit.

But as I say thanks for advice.

 

[JohnW2]

I know they will melt and batteries could explode was just looking a bit of light in around chimney opening when stove not lit.

Is there no way that you could direct a beam of light to where you want from ('cooler'! 'afar'?

Kind Regards, John

 

[oldbutnotdead]

Depending on your stove design it might be cool enough at ground level at the back for a couple of spots. You'd probably have to go for tungsten rather than led (filament lamps run at high temperatures anyway, leds have to shed heat as much as possible). 12v dichroic types would probably work ok with silicon (or other high temperature) cabling

 

[FrodoOne]

I have installed a multi fuel stove few months ago but did not want to have spots wired as was afraid of the heat causing trouble.

Has anyone done anything different to light up the stove insert area?

A Photo showing the "multi fuel stove", its location and the proposed location of the "spots" may help others to understand your "problem"

 

[cwhaley]

I wouldn't do it. Stoves and the area around them attract ash, dust and soot (through normal operation of the stove). The black also fades through heat and obvious requires re-blackening each year.

LED lights will highlight every speck of dust and dirt in my opinion.

 

[NewhouseOldhouse]

I wouldn't do it. Stoves and the area around them attract ash, dust and soot (through normal operation of the stove). The black also fades through heat and obvious requires re-blackening each year.

LED lights will highlight every speck of dust and dirt in my opinion.

Never thought of that so decided not to do it.

Thanks for all replies.

 

[cwhaley]

Hate to poop an idea! But having ran one for a good few years now (daily in the cold months), it's amazing how much ash, soot, dust, cobwebs they attract. A light will definitely show it all up.