I own a Regency I2400 insert. I am not sure how hot the stove should be running when I am running it. I here people say they get their stoves up to 550 and 600 degrees. I have yet to get my stove up to 450 degrees. It seems to be the blower is what moves the heat off the stove and by doing this it cools down the stove. It seems like when temps are below 20 degrees I have a hard time keeping my floor above 73 degrees. My wood supply is good for sure. I know if I turn my blower off I could get the stove up higher. But then I dont get enough heat. What temps do you guys get with your insert. I know regular stoves are different. What am I doing wrong.
am I doing this right
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ironspider
Feeling the Heat
My insert won't heat the house below 20 unless I'm really diligent keeping the fire as hot as possible. And at that I'll never get to 73.
Greetings tumm. 450 is not too bad if the fan is running when the temp is being measured. Where is this insert installed, on the floor being heated or in the basement below?
stove is on first floor in an interior chimney and it is in a room that is 12 by 25. Rest of the first floor is colder due to lay out. Even in just this one room it cant keep up
In our old farmhouse I would be happy to be at 73F with the temps you folks are seeing. But tell us a bit about the wood you are burning. When was it cut/split/stacked? What species wood is it?
ironspider
Feeling the Heat
What are you doing with the airflow? I have a similar sized room where the insert is located and I can get that room to 73 when we see single digits. Lots of wood and big fire. But the rest of the house won't get even close to that.
The top of the I2400 is not the "stove top". The air duct for the blowers goes between the flat piece of metal and the actual stove top. So there is an air gap between the actual stove top and the flat metal plate that you have your thermometer on. The actual stove top is probably a lot hotter than what you are measuring.
etiger2007
Minister of Fire
My Dutch West insert had the air channel between the stove top and acual stove too. I still seemed to get that to 600 with no issue. Take an IR gun and shoot the bottom of the gap and see what it says. My Osburn runs 600-700 on the stove top, just like I like it.
We have a Regency i2400 and have been routinely getting the stove to 600 or so degrees. Temp taken with an IR gun on the front of the stove, center, just above the door and below the vents. The magnetic thermomoeter we have is set on the left side of the front just above the door. That location routinely reads about 100 degrees less than the temperature where I take it with the IR gun.
We're burning a mix of black locust, ash, mulberry and cherry. The stove room was in the mid to upper 70s with the single digit temps in CT over the last few days.
We're burning a mix of black locust, ash, mulberry and cherry. The stove room was in the mid to upper 70s with the single digit temps in CT over the last few days.
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