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Hello. I have an energy king 480ek and am curious as to what a good burn temp is? Do you measure the temp on the door, directly above it, or above the sliding baffle handle? Thanks.
I put my thermometer on the pipe next to the wall. I try to keep it above 250 as any less it turns into creasote range. Ideal would be 250-500. If you walk outside while your burning and the smoke is clear you are in the good range and not producing creasote.
I run a probe type thermometer into the flue about 12-18" from the outlet of the furnace. I like to keep it over 250F and under 625F. Under 250F is ok if your just down to coals at the end of the burn. Search for a Tel-tru replacement thermometer for the "big green egg".
Thanks for your replies. I have a hard time keeping my flue temps that hot without having high draft issues. I have to use a baro dampener and if not my manometer will read well over 1. Would having an 8" chimney system on it have anything to do with it?
I use a probe (BBQ Thermometer) about 15" or so from collar.
The highest temps I have seen is when it was very cold out and was loading on hot coals with the computer set to absolute max burn and they reached 466° before the computer went to pilot mode. This was a temporary (maybe 5 minutes) max though and as soon as the computer went to pilot they started to fall and sat around the 400° area. Again, this is with the furnace running balls out.
Under normal heating conditions, which it spends 90% of the time at, my flue temps range from 270° to low 300's. When on pilot they will sit at high 200's or so. When changing from pilot to opening the damper to maintain the computer temp setpoint (happens early in the burn when starting a fire or later in the burn), they will range from the 270 - low 300's. During this scenario when the computer opens the damper they will trend up to low 300's until the computer goes back to pilot then they will fall to the higher 200's. Rinse and repeat until things settle in and then the damper will remain closed and flue temps will remain high 200's to low 300's.
I use a probe (BBQ Thermometer) about 15" or so from collar.
The highest temps I have seen is when it was very cold out and was loading on hot coals with the computer set to absolute max burn and they reached 466° before the computer went to pilot mode. This was a temporary (maybe 5 minutes) max though and as soon as the computer went to pilot they started to fall and sat around the 400° area. Again, this is with the furnace running balls out.
Under normal heating conditions, which it spends 90% of the time at, my flue temps range from 270° to low 300's. When on pilot they will sit at high 200's or so. When changing from pilot to opening the damper to maintain the computer temp setpoint (happens early in the burn when starting a fire or later in the burn), they will range from the 270 - low 300's. During this scenario when the computer opens the damper they will trend up to low 300's until the computer goes back to pilot then they will fall to the higher 200's. Rinse and repeat until things settle in and then the damper will remain closed and flue temps will too.
Just for a bit more info, I have a probe beside a magnetic. The magnetic reads around 100c less than the probe when I am at pretty well full burn. (I don't have a furnace - just a thermometer comparison)
Thanks maple. Are you using a BBQ thermometer? My impression was that internal flue temperatures would be too high for these probes and that they would only be suitable for surface mounting?
I'm also just using a tight fitting hole in the stove pipe for mine. I'm measuring internal flue temps and my BBQ thermo is good for 578° or some goofy number.
Depends what burner you have...most don't run hot enough to damage anything normally...IIRC, my Maverick ET732 BBQ thermometer reads some random number (max) like JR said, 574 maybe...but they say the probe itself can withstand 700 and some degrees...
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