Magnetic Stove Thermometer

i bought a magnetic stove thermometer its a rutland burn indicator. I purchased it in haste hopeing to stick that thing on my stove pipe. well after getting back home and reading the back of the package I soon realized I might not be using this particular device. it states that it's not designed for double wall pipe, I have the excel double wall ultra black stove pipe. so it says you can mount it to the cook top surface I have a Harman sf 250 what I don't understand the stove is designed to be hot and the stove pipe is not supposed to be as hot as the stove so if I mount the thermometer to the cook surface how am I gonna get a proper reading on my stove pipe. and finally before asking my dealer, can anyone tell me what other thermometer to buy before I open up this package, I would very much like to put one on my stove pipe. and get my money back for this one . thanks!

With double wall you would need a probe type to get through the insulation. It would require a hole. I have a hole in the elbow that turns into the thimble on the chimney. I stick a 6" stack thermometer in the hole. When I want to read the draft, I just pull out the thermo. Yes, use gloves.

Hi Big:

My understanding is that if you want to get an accurate reading on the pipe, you will need a thermometer with an internal probe.

I only have single wall pipe so I went a little cheap and purchased from Home Depot a thermometer meant for a barbecue. I drilled a hole and bolted it on. It has a probe, but it is a bit short. The probe probably should be long enough to reach the middle of the pipe to get the best reading

Many of the fellows on the forum have real industrial quality equipment and I'm sure someone will recommend a specific brand and where to buy it. Good luck

John

Since I have single wall pipe, I used a magnetic surface mount thermometer on the vertical pipe just behind the stove. I secured it with a screw. It gives me a fairly accurate reading (I think). It's below the baro damper.

Measuring the surface of the pipe just means you will be using lower #s to work with. I would guess around 75*, give or take a lot depending on a lot of things. You really don't need a thermo, just run your hand along the pipe about an inch away. It pretty easy to tell if its too hot or cold.

ChimGard Magnetic Thermometer measures Black StovePipe temperatures within 5% when used on Galvanized Pipe add 15% to scale readings On stovetops subtract 6%

My magnetic temp gauge won't stick to mine ...

It's 304 stainless steel (which already has holes in it from corrosion! No, I didn't clean it last year )

Stainless steel doesn't have magnetic properties like carbon steel. Also you will find that plain 304 stainless has only marginally better corrosion resistance from regular mild steel. If you are buying stainless pipe you must get 316L prefferably but 304L will work but not as well. The L on the end of the stainless type number is very important. L series stainless contains less than 1/4 the carbon as non L series stainless . L series will exponentially out last non L series stainless steel in a corrosive environment.