Manometer Location?
I have a LL Pioneer Top Vent. I am ready to hook up the MarkII manometer. Could I hook it up right into the stove like 12" up from the floor or so. Could the Manometer then be mounted on the wall about the same hieght? It just seems like a little cleaner setup then to run it to the stove pipe. So does the inside of the stove have the same vacuum as the stove pipe. Thanks
I have a LL top vent also and I have my manometer mounted on the wall behind the stove at a height that is easy for me to read. I used the small diameter copper tubing inserted into the stove pipe and bent it down so it runs between the stove back and the hopper and under the hopper to the wall where it connects to the rubber tube that goes to the manometer. It is totally hidden from sight except for the rubber tube running up the wall. The measurement in the stove is called the over fire draft and it will be less than the draft in the stove pipe.
edit: If you look at my avatar you will see the tube on the wall to the right of the stove.
edit: If you look at my avatar you will see the tube on the wall to the right of the stove.
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You should be able to tie it in anywhere. My Keystoker is right into the side of the stove (Direct vent) (I drilled and tapped hole for a compression fitting, a piece of copper tubing ) and my Hyfire is in the exhaust pipe about 24" down from the baro.
Just be careful where you drill into the stove, make sure you go thru to the fire box and not just the heat jacket.
Keystoker setup.
Just be careful where you drill into the stove, make sure you go thru to the fire box and not just the heat jacket.
Keystoker setup.
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I'd ask Jerry at Leisure Line about this.. most measurements are taken in the flue pipe between the stove and the barometric damper..
Greg L.
Greg L.