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oldspark
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No problem, single wall, 450 to 500 temp is basicly both as the magnetic is only 30 to 50 degrees off the IR, the internal gas temp is close to double the surface temp of single wall pipe which was just discussed on one of the overfireing posts. My fires are too small for the stove top to climb after I start to close the air back, once again not monitoring flue temps on start up or reload is asking for trouble.madison said:madison said:oldspark said:Just this morning I had a stack temp of 450 to 500 stack (surface) while the stove top was 400, you are telling me this is not normal? I was told to double the surface mount compared to a probe type.
Sparky,
I came on this late, and please, I am only trying to learn and help, but "upon further review" of this thread, I have a couple of ?'s
Is your "stack" single wall, dbl wall, or class a ? And when you state (quoted above) that the STACK surface temp is 450-500 is this the IR or magnetic or probe temp? And since you have an IR (not that it cannot have its own source of errors) how does your IR compare to the magnetic, if that is the other type of temp probe?
Your other statement which I did not quote, is that "someone" told you to double the surface temp to get the internal temp? Surface temp of what, single wall, dbl wall, class a? IMHO that is possibly the source of the error.
Spark, honest questions without an attempt of "attitude" on my part, just curious if you could answer any of the questions quoted above and in my previous posts....
thanks