Why dont' stoves have Temp Gauges built in ...Just wondering.

I am more interested in stack temp then stove temp.
Of course I have a freestanding stove.
Insert guys, where do you put the Temp Gauge?
On the front?

The remote temp gauge is a nice idea. My magnet thermometer on my flue pipe is okay for local viewing in my basement,
but if I'm upstairs in the kitchen, I would love to know how the flue temp is doing without having to go down into the basement all the time. I was wondering if that type of unit can be wireless. The temp sense/battery operated on the flue pipe and the receiver up stairs on my kitchen shelf displaying the temp just like an indoor/outdoor thermomoter.
-gary

My old VC Dutchwest Federal had one built in. It measured CAT temps.

My morso did not come with one, so I bought a cheap surface mount one and stuck it near the flue collar, I'll be adding a pipe thermometer when I get around to it.

Hang in there. Help is on the way

Do a Google search on SmartStove. www.inveninc.com

Dan

mayhem said:

My old VC Dutchwest Federal had one built in. It measured CAT temps.

My morso did not come with one, so I bought a cheap surface mount one and stuck it near the flue collar, I'll be adding a pipe thermometer when I get around to it.

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My stove does have that built in and I do use it however I don't have a digital readout with alarms blaring.. I also have a magnetic suface temp indicator on my stovepipe to monitor stack temps (bought it at a yard sale for 25 cents lol). Works just fine for me

Ray

WES999 said:

I have a digital temp sensor/ over/under temp alarm on my stove and couldn’t imagine not having one. I t makes operation so much easier, as it reacts much faster than a surface thermometer. It’s not wireless, but if the flue temp goes over the set point it has a fairly loud beeping alarm that will get your attention, a plus for me as the stove is in the basement and I am not always there to watch it.

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In your situation I can see where that would be very helpful..

Ray

Hmmmm, Blackbeard... I gotta disagree. I think there is a wide middle ground where most of us are. We don't want a dumb iron box with fire in it, and we don't want wires and sensors and circuit boards... we just want a reliable and repeatable measurement of how hot it is inside the stove. A bi-metal dial thermometer is perfect for this application, will work reliably for decades, and only add ten bucks to the bill-of-materials for the manufacturer. And legend has it that bimetal elements were developed by the guy who perfected the chronometer for marine navigation -- back in 18th-century England -- so we're not exactly talking modern hi-tech accessories here.

I think we don't see thermometers because manufacturers worry that the appearance -- the appearance of complication and arcane knowledge -- will scare off consumers in the showroom. When ironically the opposite is true: having that single fire-temperature data point actually makes it much easier to fire the stove, until after some years one develops a "sixth sense" about judging fire appearance versus heat output. (The same dumbing-down instinct has gradually driven all useful gauges off of car dashboards over the past several decades.)

Eddy