Hey guys,
When researching wood stove temperature questions pertaining to what temperature is ok and when you have crossed the line into an over fire situation I seem to mainly only find info on free standing stoves and not inserts. I would assume one would be the same as the next but I got a bit scared the other night so I want to see if I was just over reacting.
The stove is a 2 week old Drolet Escape 1800i insert as some of you already know from some other threads of mine.
The other night I loaded the stove before bed. I loaded N/S and packed it for the longest burn possible. I left primary air open to get the wood good and charred and took a quick shower in the meantime. Came back and closed primary down to 1/2. About 15 mins later I bumped it down to a 1/4 open and went to bed. At this time my Rutland thermometer on the left side of the stove body was reading about 425. The curing paint smell has been gone for a week or so. Well I was in bed and had not fell asleep and I started smelling that paint smell so I assumed the stove was hot. I got up to check and the rutland was reading 550. I checked this with my IR and it was pretty much on the money believe it or not. The middle of the stove top was reading in the 600s with the IR. I sat there a bit and the rutland was then reading 575.
I figured this was ok and man was it throwing the heat. I was wanting to go to bed and the temp was still climbing almost reading 600. So I opened the air up and let it cool down a bit and then knocked it back down to a 1/4.
Did I over react and should have just left it alone? My fear was that I would go back to bed and it would keep climbing to temps that were to hot. If I would have been staying up I would have left it alone and just kept a check on it.
I can't find anything in my Drolet manual about what temp it should not be ran past. The rutland starts reading Overfire at 600.
When researching wood stove temperature questions pertaining to what temperature is ok and when you have crossed the line into an over fire situation I seem to mainly only find info on free standing stoves and not inserts. I would assume one would be the same as the next but I got a bit scared the other night so I want to see if I was just over reacting.
The stove is a 2 week old Drolet Escape 1800i insert as some of you already know from some other threads of mine.
The other night I loaded the stove before bed. I loaded N/S and packed it for the longest burn possible. I left primary air open to get the wood good and charred and took a quick shower in the meantime. Came back and closed primary down to 1/2. About 15 mins later I bumped it down to a 1/4 open and went to bed. At this time my Rutland thermometer on the left side of the stove body was reading about 425. The curing paint smell has been gone for a week or so. Well I was in bed and had not fell asleep and I started smelling that paint smell so I assumed the stove was hot. I got up to check and the rutland was reading 550. I checked this with my IR and it was pretty much on the money believe it or not. The middle of the stove top was reading in the 600s with the IR. I sat there a bit and the rutland was then reading 575.
I figured this was ok and man was it throwing the heat. I was wanting to go to bed and the temp was still climbing almost reading 600. So I opened the air up and let it cool down a bit and then knocked it back down to a 1/4.
Did I over react and should have just left it alone? My fear was that I would go back to bed and it would keep climbing to temps that were to hot. If I would have been staying up I would have left it alone and just kept a check on it.
I can't find anything in my Drolet manual about what temp it should not be ran past. The rutland starts reading Overfire at 600.
