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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- LsFarm
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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" ?
Greg L
I'm guessing .01-.03" ?
Greg L
You're right Greg....It was barely moving off the ZERO....Maybe a 1 or 1.5LsFarm 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" ?
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.
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
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
Mine is a dual probe also, but I only use one probe. http://www.smarthome.com/3219/Redi-Chek-ET-73-Rem ... ter/p.aspxBigBarney wrote:I use a similar Maverick Remote Thermostat,but the dual probe model ET-7.