The meaning of CTC

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CTC or Clearance to Canine is a metric measurement of distance expressed in "paws" and it varies exponentially depending on stove temperature.
In the following example a Quadra Fire 4100I has a CTC of about 4 @ 300 degrees F. At 350 degrees F that distance is increased to over 100.

Unfortunately I had the surround off for some clean up and maintenance - so I included a pic with surround just so you can see the stove in its true form.
 

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Looks like one happy pooch. My little one likes it too.
 

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It stands for clearance to cats in my house. Two of them get within one paw of the stove, from underneath!!! Crazy animals. In fact one of em is parked dead center in front of the stove right now watching Caveman TV. That's ma boy!
 
I bet if you cleaned the glass the pooch wouldn't get so close.
 
I worry that my cat's tail will catch fire and then he will run around setting my drapes and furniture on fire. He gets so close that his tail touches the glass. I measure CTC in whiskers.
 
LLigetfa said:
I bet if you cleaned the glass the pooch wouldn't get so close.
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They do look a little sooty in the pictures, but they really only have some of the white haze on them - just a function of the flash I think.
 
LLigetfa said:
I worry that my cat's tail will catch fire and then he will run around setting my drapes and furniture on fire. He gets so close that his tail touches the glass. I measure CTC in whiskers.
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Cat clearances are measured as CTF (Clearance To Feline), not to be confused with the infamous Wood To Feline measurement. :)
 

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She, Maiden - after the British Heavy Metal band Iron Maiden, is we think: lab, Sheppard, basset hound - and now that I looked up pictures of Corrgies, we're adding that to the list! Thanks.
 
BeGreen said:
LLigetfa said:
I worry that my cat's tail will catch fire and then he will run around setting my drapes and furniture on fire. He gets so close that his tail touches the glass. I measure CTC in whiskers.
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Cat clearances are measured as CTF (Clearance To Feline), not to be confused with the infamous Wood To Feline measurement. :)
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I have a couple cats that do the same as your cat . . . using the hearth as a "pillow" . . . one other just lays off to the side of the hearth and one is typically found right behind the woodstove.
 
Hope they aren't white cats. Our cat has nice charcoal smudges when he does this if we don't keep the hearth cleaned up.
 
BeGreen said:
Hope they aren't white cats. Our cat has nice charcoal smudges when he does this if we don't keep the hearth cleaned up.
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Actually one is black, one is orange . . . our female Manx however is the one who sits behind the stove on the hearth and she is white . . . she stays pretty clean though . . . not quite as messy back there.
 
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