Dont believe those Rutland mech coil temp gauges.

Well I went ahead and ordered one of the grill thermos I was curious about, it was only 5.99

It reads pretty much the same as the Rutland, and both of them are lower than the IR. Wish there was an easy way to verify the IR around those temps...



Well for the old stove its close enough, and cheaper than the Rutland. I like the looks of it much better, the dial is so much easier to read. Just wish it was magnetic. But for the stove top of the old stove, it will work out fine and the accuracy isnt a big deal on that stove.

I use the K-style washer probe thermocouples. One on the stove top held in place by a button magnet. The other on the stove pipe held with either a pipe screw or yet another magnet. Both of them are bang on accurate versus the Fluke hand held IR gun.

https://www.auberins.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=20_3&products_id=307

I have both the Condar stove top and pipe temperature gauges.
They lag on the way up and lag on the way down. But they are better than nothing and will work if the power goes out. So thumbs up for the Condar!

Here is how you calibrate a magnetic. Get a ripping fire going and point the IR at the pipe 18" up. Then move the magnetic down the pipe until it reads the same as the IR at 18". Simple.

Yes, I checked and my magnetic is 100 degrees off. At 18" I can barely get it into the burn zone.

My Rutland coil thermometer is above the door on top on my Lopi insert with a blower passing air over it. I know it's WAY off from the temperature I'm interested in.

Just saw 30% off Industrial IR Gun at Thermoworks. $48 instead of $69. Bought one. Have their Thermapens for baking and candy-making and a dual-probe BBQ thermometer for my smoker (for which they threw in the keychain IR thermometer).

https://www.thermoworks.com/Infrareds

I use thermocouples as well as a backup.

That is a unique name for a cat.

Our male cat is finally starting to figure out there warm air coming from the FP.

Our previous male cat would sit in front of the fireplace as soon as I set up a fire, waiting for me to light it.

Guess to me it doesnt matter if my gauge is accurate, its just a reference point for me. When it hits 300 i know i can close down my air and when it hits 500 i know its time to get nervous Doesnt really matter if 300 is really 400 as log as the baseline readings stay the same. I have my stove dialed in to what my gauge is telling me.

You're right. Doesn't matter at all. Any number is just a reference point, if you're self-calibrated. I know that I want to be low in the burn range on the thing due to my placement, blower air going over it, and the thing most likely reading so far off.

I'm a scientist (chemist) by education. I like data.

In the picture, my backup is transmitting wirelessly

I use my IR thermometer to find air leaks at my house, stove temps, taking kid's temp it has a million and half uses. I used it the other day to compare my furnace supply temp to the return. Taking the kids temp is great you don't have to try and hold their little head still to use those "contact" IR thermometers. I usually do a scan across their head and it's generally pretty accurate.

I also hope you guys that are checking the thermometer temps aren't actually taking it on the thermometer and taking it on the surface of what the thermometer is measuring.

I'm looking into getting a IR thermometer now. Any recommendations? Kevin

I posted a Thermoworks Industrial IR Gun on sale for $48 a few posts above. Regularly $69.

I got a nice IR at Sam's Club for $20.

Bought mine from amazon. $20.

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