How is the flue temp monitored? I got my first burn in last night. I have Jotul C450. I was unable to get my
faceplate on, So I can see my flue where it enters the insert. I burned some cut up redwood 2x6 decking, got a full box going pretty good. My flue was glowing orange where it enters the insert. I had the air turned to half way, and lowered it to 1/4 and the glowing faded. I need to get the insert pulled out of the fireplace cavity another 6 inches to enable surround to be installed. The surround looks nice, but it still heats the house well without it. Maybe someday I'll figure out how to get it pulled out more to get it in. With the surround I would not have seen the flue glowing. The piece that was glowing casn be seen in the center above the insert. There is not a gap between flue and insert, that's just the lighting in the pic. The flue is tightly inserted into the insert.
faceplate on, So I can see my flue where it enters the insert. I burned some cut up redwood 2x6 decking, got a full box going pretty good. My flue was glowing orange where it enters the insert. I had the air turned to half way, and lowered it to 1/4 and the glowing faded. I need to get the insert pulled out of the fireplace cavity another 6 inches to enable surround to be installed. The surround looks nice, but it still heats the house well without it. Maybe someday I'll figure out how to get it pulled out more to get it in. With the surround I would not have seen the flue glowing. The piece that was glowing casn be seen in the center above the insert. There is not a gap between flue and insert, that's just the lighting in the pic. The flue is tightly inserted into the insert.