I'm going to install my 1st insert this weekend. Do a lot of you boil water on the stove top? Is moisture a problem? Or some way for the fairer sex add perfume to us and our dogs?
EatenByLimestone said:Many of us put a pot on the stove for humidity, but IME it doesn't do much. I think a dedicated humidifier will do more.
I have made a pot bubble, but never a rolling boil.
You're on your own with the perfume.
Matt
agartner said:EatenByLimestone said:Many of us put a pot on the stove for humidity, but IME it doesn't do much. I think a dedicated humidifier will do more.
I have made a pot bubble, but never a rolling boil.
You're on your own with the perfume.
Matt
I use a stove top boiler - one of those cast iron teapots - fill it twice a day. Near my stove, on the mantle, I have a digital gadget that reads temp, pressure, and relative humidity, along with a grossly inaccurate weather forecast for the next 24 hours. Before I added the teapot, I averaged 20% RH. With the teapot I now run anywhere from 20 to 29% RH. I also have a humidifier on our "main" living level, the stove is in a finished basement, but that's been running all along, so I feel I do get a measurable difference in RH.
Mr. Kelly said:agartner said:EatenByLimestone said:Many of us put a pot on the stove for humidity, but IME it doesn't do much. I think a dedicated humidifier will do more.
I have made a pot bubble, but never a rolling boil.
You're on your own with the perfume.
Matt
I use a stove top boiler - one of those cast iron teapots - fill it twice a day. Near my stove, on the mantle, I have a digital gadget that reads temp, pressure, and relative humidity, along with a grossly inaccurate weather forecast for the next 24 hours. Before I added the teapot, I averaged 20% RH. With the teapot I now run anywhere from 20 to 29% RH. I also have a humidifier on our "main" living level, the stove is in a finished basement, but that's been running all along, so I feel I do get a measurable difference in RH.
Do you guys put the pot directly on the stove, or on a tivet? My fear is that a pot right on steel or iron will pull the pain off or cause rust. Any truth there?
Battenkiller said:...No rust, but some very interesting looking mineral deposits after a while...
fossil said:Battenkiller said:...No rust, but some very interesting looking mineral deposits after a while...
Take some pics. If you can convince folks that you can see some certain image(s) in those deposits, then that stove is worth a fortune on eBay. Even more if they can be made to appear to weep or bleed. %-P Rick
nojo said:I've got mine on a 6x6 porcelain tile. Works well.
I have noticed no damage to my cast iron kettle from boiling it dry, just a bunch of white, rusty crud that discolors the water as some of it goes back into suspension upon refilling. It is a good idea to wear gloves when putting water into a hot cast kettle. It can flash off enough steam/water vapor to make things downright uncomfortable for a few seconds to whoever might be holding the handle.Mr. Kelly said:Any ill effects if you leave a pot on the stove after all the water has vaporized? If you leave a teapot on a kitchen hot burner after the water is gone you usually end up with a blackened charbroiled piece of junk metal. Does this happen on stoves too? I suspect so!
Mr. Kelly said:Any ill effects if you leave a pot on the stove after all the water has vaporized? If you leave a teapot on a kitchen hot burner after the water is gone you usually end up with a blackened charbroiled piece of junk metal. Does this happen on stoves too? I suspect so!
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