Stove Alarm

I have to admit, I thought of the same thing. But not for 250? more worried about the 800 plus range!

Ravenvalor said:

Greetings Fellow Hearthlings,

I have a Woodstock Fireview and was wondering if any one knows of an alarm that will give an audible signal when the stove top reaches 250 degrees?

Thank You,
Jim

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For those not familiar with the Fireview, 250 degrees is the recommended stove top temp to engage the combustor. I don't find it too annoying to wait for 250, but I would be interested in monitoring flue temperature. It can climb quick if you are firing up a new load and you are not watching. An alarm would come in handy.

I'd love to have one that alarm for both over fire, and alarm when we need to feed wood again. I think I've seen someone made a prototype here but can't remember which thread.

Cheers.....Som

Come on guys..invent it..you know ,I would buy one.
Loud over heat alarm would be a great safety thing.
A diff sound for temp low would also be handy.
Don't some smoke alarms set off from heat as well as smoke?

Get a kitchen timer and set it for the time it usually takes you to get to 250. Not as accurate, but will work well.

whistling tea kettle might work with small amount of water. Monitoring the first run should give u an idea

Apparently there is not an off the shelf stove temp alarm, so I built my own. Here is an earlier post with pics and a video about the stove alarm I built.

https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/21198/

I have two monitor/alarms on my Regency, one for flue temp and one for stove top temp.
I also have one on the Fisher in the basement to measure flue temp.

I burn quite a bit of pallet wood, if you are not careful you can over fire. With the monitors/alarms
there is little chance the stove or flue getting too hot.

While the cost is considerably more than a simple magnetic thermometer (of questionable accuracy),
It is nice to be able to see from across the room just what temperature of the flue and stove top are, and not have to worry over firing. It is also great if you do something dumb like leave the door open too long when starting a fire. :red:

WES999 said:

It is nice to be able to see from across the room just what temperature of the flue and stove top are, and not have to worry over firing. It is also great if you do something dumb like leave the door open too long when starting a fire.

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WES999, I'd love to build a system like you have. My stove is in the basement and I end up just staying down there to monitor things. That can take as little as 5 minutes to as long as 20, depending on the state of the fire when I go down to check.

Where did you get that thermocouple probe? I bought one but it doesn't have metal shielded lead wires and it's only rated to 1295ºF. I'm afraid I might accidentally fry it if I just left it in the flue pipe. What temp range is yours rated for?

I think the TC you have will be fine. The one I have I think is only rated to 750 °F, haven't had any problems running it up to about 1000 °F .

The wire braid on the leads is nice to have but not a big deal if you don't have it.

Here is one Ebay rated to 1800 °F , great price also $9.00, they have other temp measurement items also.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mineral-Insulat...300?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a5f7ea844

I was toying with the idea of hooking my alarm up to one these:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Wireless-Person...398?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2eb09b6456

Price is cheap enough.

Imagine that, your stove can page you when she gets hot

Buy a complete unit from Wes. You won't be sorry.

kenny chaos said:

Buy a complete unit from Wes. You won't be sorry.

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Wes, are you selling them for real?

I'd suggest a PID Temperature controller. You can get them on ebay or many other online places. Auberins.com has a good selection. Their high temp K type thermocouple is good for up to 2300°F continuous, but is rather large in diameter at .46".

Most of these PID controllers have a couple alarms. They are designed to mount in a panel, so you'd have to get creative with a case and power supply.

pgmr said:

I'd suggest a PID Temperature controller. You can get them on ebay or many other online places. Auberins.com has a good selection. Their high temp K type thermocouple is good for up to 2300°F continuous, but is rather large in diameter at .46".

Most of these PID controllers have a couple alarms. They are designed to mount in a panel, so you'd have to get creative with a case and power supply.

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Actually the one in the pic on the right is an Auberins unit. It works fine but needs more components than the unit on the left. To have an alarm you must add a peizo buzzer and a relay and push button ( so you can silence it). The unit on the left has a built in internal alarm. A power supply is not needed, as the units are powered by 120VAC.

I have a Kiddie smoke alarm in the center of the stove room (installed before I burned wood) stove in the corner, 20x12 room about. When the stove pipe, single wall mag thermo, reaches 500 is sets the alarm off. Didn't plan it that way just happened. It gets your attention real quick when distracted while a reload is getting started. Might to low for some guys but I like it so I can catch things before they get crazy.

Found this on the web. Not sure anybody tried this out yet.

http://www.labplanet.com/control-co...ter-4015-total-range-digital-thermometer.html

ckarotka said:

I have a Kiddie smoke alarm in the center of the stove room (installed before I burned wood) stove in the corner, 20x12 room about. When the stove pipe, single wall mag thermo, reaches 500 is sets the alarm off. Didn't plan it that way just happened. It gets your attention real quick when distracted while a reload is getting started. Might to low for some guys but I like it so I can catch things before they get crazy.

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Big proponent of smoke detectors . . . but I would not count on a smoke detector to work like a heat detector 100% of the time . . . the two are very different critters. I mean to say, I am sure this is working for you which is great, but I wouldn't suggest to other members here that this would be a fool-proof and cheap way to install your own stove heat detector . . . which from reading your previous posts know was not your intent in posting this . . . rather you were just stating that this unintentional happenstance has worked out for you.

I have seen one for a cook stove at a friends house. It was digital. A wire ran from it that slipped in the door to a probe that was stuck in the best prime rib I ever had. It had a beeper that rang out when the temp was right. Check out a cooking supply store. It may work on a wood stove with a little inventive thinking. The wire and probe can take a lot of heat.

firefighterjake said:

ckarotka said:

I have a Kiddie smoke alarm in the center of the stove room (installed before I burned wood) stove in the corner, 20x12 room about. When the stove pipe, single wall mag thermo, reaches 500 is sets the alarm off. Didn't plan it that way just happened. It gets your attention real quick when distracted while a reload is getting started. Might to low for some guys but I like it so I can catch things before they get crazy.

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Big proponent of smoke detectors . . . but I would not count on a smoke detector to work like a heat detector 100% of the time . . . the two are very different critters. I mean to say, I am sure this is working for you which is great, but I wouldn't suggest to other members here that this would be a fool-proof and cheap way to install your own stove heat detector . . . which from reading your previous posts know was not your intent in posting this . . . rather you were just stating that this unintentional happenstance has worked out for you.

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I should have said that, thanks Jake. I defiantly don't rely on it, but it has saved me a few times. I like the idea of the alarm, but this year with my size stove and good fuel, I can get things rockin and then set under 1/2 hour. Any longer I and would think about an alarm with three kids to distract me all the time.

The other day I loaded the stove then smelled the baby as she walked by!! So I went to clean her up,,,,,,,,well took longer than I thought and came back to one ripping fire

Wish my stove had a temperature alarm. If the temperature got up to 700 degrees the alarm would sound and let me know to attend to the stove. There have ben a couple of nights I could have used it.

It's a learning process . . . in time you will learn how to load the stove and adjust the air . . . and then you will know how to set up the stove and rest easy knowing what the stove will do and how it will perform . . . but for the record, at least one member here has set up a few temp monitoring systems with alarms . . . I just can't remember who the member was and if it was just for his flue or for the stove as well.

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