I have to say that I am impressed with this site, there is allot of great information and knowledgeable people. As someone new to wood burning I have found it is to sleep with some of the information that I have found through searches and otherwise here.
I do have a concern that I'm alittle lost on. The temp that should be good for my pre 1990 Resolute. I have found various opinions here on monitor the flue and stove temps. However, I am trying for now to keep things simple. The stove manual say to monitor the stoves to loading door with magnetic thermometer, and keep it between 350 and 600. I would keep it around 500 hundred in the horizontal draft mode, as this seems like it would efficient, but I have a hard time keeping it in the 400's with out occasionally going to the updraft mode. My wood is currently tarpped in the driveway. When it was delivered last week they said it had been split and seasoned indoors for the past year, so I don't think that is a problem.
However, what really concerned me was today I was burning in the horizontal mode and the top door temp read almost 500. I decided to take the magnetic thermometer and place it on the left side of the stove, as the coals seemed much brighter on that side were the primary air is. The thermometer read 700. Is this to hot, or is it normal for the sides to be hotter than other areas?
I was afraid that perhaps the griddle top was supposed to be the hottest, and I was actually overfiring without realizing because the normally unmonitored sides were over 600.
Thanks again.
I do have a concern that I'm alittle lost on. The temp that should be good for my pre 1990 Resolute. I have found various opinions here on monitor the flue and stove temps. However, I am trying for now to keep things simple. The stove manual say to monitor the stoves to loading door with magnetic thermometer, and keep it between 350 and 600. I would keep it around 500 hundred in the horizontal draft mode, as this seems like it would efficient, but I have a hard time keeping it in the 400's with out occasionally going to the updraft mode. My wood is currently tarpped in the driveway. When it was delivered last week they said it had been split and seasoned indoors for the past year, so I don't think that is a problem.
However, what really concerned me was today I was burning in the horizontal mode and the top door temp read almost 500. I decided to take the magnetic thermometer and place it on the left side of the stove, as the coals seemed much brighter on that side were the primary air is. The thermometer read 700. Is this to hot, or is it normal for the sides to be hotter than other areas?
I was afraid that perhaps the griddle top was supposed to be the hottest, and I was actually overfiring without realizing because the normally unmonitored sides were over 600.
Thanks again.
