Where Do You Measure Temp?

[F4jock]

So I went out and bought a Kintrex. Where should I be measuring temp on my Harman Accentra insert?

 

[mepellet]

If that is a noon contact ir temp gun, you won't be measuring air temp. Many folks start saying, "i'm getting 450 degree out of my room discharge." Hahaha

 

[bcarton]

I have the cheaper Ryobi version. On the stove, I just shoot the laser into the the heat exchanger tubes, but I'm not sure how useful that info is. What I found is useful, or at least informative, is to walk around the house and measure room temp, right next to where all my unused electric heat thermostats are. That lets me know when to turn the old Dial-a-Fire knob up or down, and it's also helped me figure out the best places to put a couple of small fans to help with convection flow.

 

[F4jock]

Appreciate the feedback. Merry Christmas!

 

[teddyturnpickle]

I point mine at the top of my burn pot through the glass. I know im getting the temp of the glass surface, but it's a good indicator. You have to make sure you shoot from the same place and hit the same spot everytime, the temp will very from just moving a few inches. I know how hot it should be on every setting, comes in handy when testing new pellets, what burns cooler and what burns hotter, etc.

 

[F4jock]

I point mine at the top of my burn pot through the glass. I know im getting the temp of the glass surface, but it's a good indicator. You have to make sure you shoot from the same place and hit the same spot everytime, the temp will very from just moving a few inches. I know how hot it should be on every setting, comes in handy when testing new pellets, what burns cooler and what burns hotter, etc.

Curious. What temp do you get?

 

[teddyturnpickle]

Depends on the setting. The setting I use when it is in the 30's outside I get a reading of about 310-316. When its in the 20's 390-400ish, teens and high single digits, 519-525 and so on. That's using Greenway pellets, varies with different grade pellets.

 

[peirhead]

On the Castile the front door cover partially blocks the convection air outputs....I have a couple of spots I measure from on it...being black cast iron in the direct air path and not physically connected to the firebox I am pretty sure my IR readings accurately reflect the air temp coming off the stove.....(which typically is around 200F) However I found so much variation in readings depending on where it is in a burn cycle (i.e.since the last drop of pellets) how much live coals are in the burn pot, how much time its been since a cleaning etc. that trying to track the temps really is not very useful.....it order to be able to measure the difference between pellets for instance I'd have to compare measurements under the same circumstances which is pretty hard to achieve....so far the most consistent results is: clean the stove...run the stove for an hour, then measure (2 or 3 locations) every 5 minutes for another hour, then average the results.

 

[IHATEPROPANE]

If that is a noon contact ir temp gun, you won't be measuring air temp. Many folks start saying, "i'm getting 450 degree out of my room discharge." Hahaha

How hot is your max room air discharge? I can get close to 400 air temp as measure by a thermocouple.

 

[mepellet]

I haven't measured. All I know is that it is damn hot at anything at setting 4 or higher (stove temp).

 

[IHATEPROPANE]

I haven't measured. All I know is that it is damn hot at anything at setting 4 or higher (stove temp).

Yeah, that measurement was taken at max run for only a half hour. You cannot even walk within 6 feet of it lol. I normally run on 1 with air temps in the 140's. Alwausbrun blower on high. Of course none of this really matters except to those that have the exact same stove.

 

[Randy Fischer]

I clamp an oven thermometer right at the air outlet. My IR gun reads 250ish right there on the metal, oven temp reading is more like 175 to 125. I am surprised at the temp swing within the space of an hour.