Refresher question

[zr2yz125]

I started burning late in the season last year, and I cannot remember the correct flue temp range to stay within. I thought it was 600-800°F, but after having the first burn of shoulder season last nite, I remembered that I forgot what the temps should be.

I have a digital thermocouple in the center of the pipe right where the pipe meets the top of the stove. I remember last season getting it up to 1000° in order to get the secondary to light off before closing it down.

So yesterday I hit 1000° and started dialing it down. It quickly settled in around 650° and made for a nice evening.

I'm gonna miss summer....
...but wood burning makes me miss summer a lot less!

 

[firefighterjake]

I try to keep my temps (probe style thermometer) in the 500-650 degree F range . . . the thermometer shows the "safe" range to be 400-900 degrees F . . . but I figure the thermometer may not be spot on accurate and so I run it about halfway.

With internal temps I'm thinking 100 degrees F is a bit high . . . 650 degrees F is perfect . . . at least for me.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

600-800 does sound reasonable. I would not want to exceed 1000 even though it would be okay for a short time.