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Post by Devil505 » Sat. Oct. 11, 2008 7:45 am

Since there are so many new members here this year, I figured I would mention this remote alarm again. It saved my fire again last night!

http://www.smarthome.com/3219/Redi-Chek-ET-73-Rem ... ter/p.aspx

It will alarm with either to high or to low a stove temp & I keep it on my headboard at night.
With the warm temps we've been having in the Northeast this week (which will continue into next week) I've opted to keep my stove running but with a real low fire. I have the blower fan set up to turn on a 4:30am &, when it does turn on it lowers the stove temp a bit. (I have it set to alarm at 125* on the low end) This morning, it alarmed & sure enough, the stove temp was at 125* & heading south! I just increased the air a bit & went back to bed.

Works great & gives you peace of mind!! (I don't have any financial interest in this alarm company & if you find others that will remotely alarm, I'm sure hey would be fine too)

 
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Post by LsFarm » Sat. Oct. 11, 2008 11:48 am

Hey Dev, just out of curriosity,, what was your manometer reading with the really low heat output from the stove??

I'm guessing .01-.03" ?

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Post by Devil505 » Sat. Oct. 11, 2008 12:23 pm

LsFarm wrote:Hey Dev, just out of curriosity,, what was your manometer reading with the really low heat output from the stove??

I'm guessing .01-.03" ?
You're right Greg....It was barely moving off the ZERO....Maybe a 1 or 1.5
My daughter's chimney was just built & she picked up the stove pipe & ordered a baro damper which will be here Wednesday.
Her house is in a very windy area so it will be interesting to see how much her manometer reading will differ from mine.


 
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Post by ScottD » Sat. Oct. 11, 2008 12:48 pm

That's pretty cool and at a reasonable price. In the summer, take it off your stove and put it on the grill :cheers:

 
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Post by Freddy » Sat. Oct. 11, 2008 1:04 pm

Cool idea! Yer smahter than some whole parades!

 
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Post by Devil505 » Sat. Oct. 11, 2008 4:29 pm

ScottD wrote:That's pretty cool and at a reasonable price. In the summer, take it off your stove and put it on the grill :cheers:
We do just that! (the battery last almost a year too!..Great little toy!) :lol: :devil:


 
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Post by Flyer5 » Sat. Oct. 11, 2008 10:46 pm

I have the same one . I clamped one probe to my water pipe the other probe is in the stove pipe . Works great . Dave

 
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Post by BigBarney » Tue. Oct. 14, 2008 1:15 pm

I use a similar Maverick Remote Thermostat,but the dual probe model ET-7.

My boiler (hand Feed) is in the basement and I can monitor it from my living room.

The dual probe is better for me because I can monitor the chimney temperature and the

water temperature at the same time,and judge when a shakedown or adding more

coal is needed.I set the probe for the chimney on top of the stove pipe on top of the

boiler and the water probe taped to the top of the boiler.I don't put the probe in the

stove pipe because it could harm the probe and a reading on the outside of the pipe is

accurate enough.My boiler runs at about 100-400 degrees on the pipe and 160-195 on the

water temperature.I only burn bituminous coal so on start up or adding fresh coal you get

a spike in chimney temp till it settles down and get the volatiles to start to burn.The spike lasts

10-15 minutes up to 350-400+ degrees then gradually goes down to the normal range needed to

keep the water at the set temp.

I set the monitor on B-eef for the B-oiler and the C-himney probe to C-hicken and have the

remote monitor constantly switching from one to the other,it also does the same on the main

unit at the boiler.I also set a high limit on the chimney at 400 degrees (maximum) and the boiler

at 195 degrees,so I can take action if it runs outside of these set parameters.I have to put up with

some overrun at adding coal because of the extreme spike from the volatiles.

I bought it on amazon at:

http://www.amazon.com/Maverick-Remote-Check-Wirel ... 65-6175266

BigBarney

 
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Post by Devil505 » Tue. Oct. 14, 2008 1:28 pm

BigBarney wrote:I use a similar Maverick Remote Thermostat,but the dual probe model ET-7.
Mine is a dual probe also, but I only use one probe. http://www.smarthome.com/3219/Redi-Chek-ET-73-Rem ... ter/p.aspx

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