Hearthstone Manchester temperature

[Skipjack]

This is my first season burning my Hearthstone Manchester and wondering where on the stove is the most accurate place to get a temperature reading since the Manchester has a convection top?
I currently have a magnet thermometer on the stove pipe outlet.
Should I install a probe in the pipe?
Also the manual doesn't really say what temperature is considered as an overfire but after reading other posts I am assuming I should keep the temp below 500 degrees.

 

[pen]

If you have single wall stove pipe, a magnetic thermometer (especially if it's made by condar) will do just fine.

If you have double wall stove pipe, then you'll need to go the probe thermometer route.

pen

 

[begreen]

The Manchester has a convective lid over the stove top so temps on it will be much lower than the actual stove top temp.

 

[Three stove operator]

Did you install the stove pipe coming out the top, or back or the stove? I have my pipe coming out the back. This way I have the metal cooking top to put a pot on, and when I am not using the cooking surface, I have the stove top thermometer on it. I feel this gives a very direct reading of the stove temperature.