Stove Temps and Temp Measuring?

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SheepDog68
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Post by SheepDog68 » Sat. Oct. 23, 2010 11:15 am

I have seem various temps mentioned while forum surfing here and wondered what stove temps everyone tries to maintain during the winter as well as what is the highest temps you feel you can safely run your stove at??

I guess to make sure we are all on the same page we might ought to discuss how and were we measure stove temps! Kick in your average/max stack temps and were/how measured as well if you want!!

To start off I have not maxed out any temps on my new stove so I do not have any data to share on that end!!

However, I have been logging my temps with a Fluke 561 IR thermometer measured just above the front loading door, centered on the stove!! I chose that spot since I can hit within parts of an inch for each measurement and are thus likely to have cleaner data to work with at the end of the winter. Stack temps are taken centered on the "T" behind the Baro!!

If there is an arguably better spot to measure temps that will result in more stable data please include those thoughts as well!!

SD

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Post by coal berner » Sat. Oct. 23, 2010 11:28 am

SheepDog68 wrote:I have seem various temps mentioned while forum surfing here and wondered what stove temps everyone tries to maintain during the winter as well as what is the highest temps you feel you can safely run your stove at??

I guess to make sure we are all on the same page we might ought to discuss how and were we measure stove temps! Kick in your average/max stack temps and were/how measured as well if you want!!

To start off I have not maxed out any temps on my new stove so I do not have any data to share on that end!!

However, I have been logging my temps with a Fluke 561 IR thermometer measured just above the front loading door, centered on the stove!! I chose that spot since I can hit within parts of an inch for each measurement and are thus likely to have cleaner data to work with at the end of the winter. Stack temps are taken centered on the "T" behind the Baro!!

If there is an arguably better spot to measure temps that will result in more stable data please include those thoughts as well!!

SD

:)
You want to measure the center of the inside of stack /pipe that will be the true temp that the stove is loosing heat & will show the efficiency of the unit. Prob thermometer inside the stack is the best way to take true temps .
stick prop thermometer in pipe closest to stove Before the baro the magnetic thermometers will be off by 10 to 30% of what the actual heat lost is in the stack pipe. You may also put one in after the baro to show how well the baro works
temps will be much lower after the baro

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