Fan forced heaters blow cooler air from the back of the fireplace through a heating element. As the air is forced through the heating element it heats up and is blown back out of the front of the fireplace and into the room.

Fan forced heaters:

• Have a blower installed. The blower is used to bring in cooler air and force it over the heating element, as well as pushing the heated air out into the room.

• Do not need an additional blower. The blower that is integrated into electric fireplace fan heaters will be sufficient enough to move the hot air around the room.

We have an electric fireplace stove and it uses a fan forced heater to generate the heat.

The heater on our specific model of electric fireplace is located at the base of the unit.

Inside this compartment of our electric fireplace is a heating element located near the front of the unit.

Located at the back of the heating compartment is the blower.