Overfiring

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deborita3

deborita3

Burning Hunk
Oct 25, 2018
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New York
What temperature is considered over firing? IMG_20181117_201145608.jpgThis is the temp of my stove right now. The thermometer is located on top of the stove above the door. Is this the right place to put it?
 
deborita3 said:
Honestly I don't know. The guy who cleaned my chimney gave it to me. I am new to woodstoves
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Yes that is a stovepipe Thermometer. Either put it on the stovepipe 12-18" up from collar or disregard the colored sections and just pay attention to temperature number.

And if relying just on the number then you're good up to 700
 
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MAD MARK said:
Yes that is a stovepipe Thermometer. Either put it on the stovepipe 12-18" up from collar or disregard the colored sections and just pay attention to temperature number.

I have an insert so I can't put it on the stove pipe. I thought once I was in the red at 500 I was over firing. If I can go to 700 without causing any problems to the stove or liner that would be great as it will definitely help keep the house warmer
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This is a stove top thermometer. I got it on Amazon. Put it on the hottest part of your stove, the hottest part on mine is near the chimney. Just took that pic, had a good fire going and looked at it, saw it was a little hot so I turned the air back a bit. Best option is a probe thermometer that goes into the chimney, especially if you are using double wall pipe
 

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This is a stove top thermometer. I got it on Amazon. Put it on the hottest part of your stove, the hottest part on mine is near the chimney. Just took that pic, had a good fire going and looked at it, saw it was a little hot so I turned the air back a bit. Best option is a probe thermometer that goes into the chimney, especially if you are using double wall pipe
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I am new to all of this so I am not familiar with what I double wall pipe is and can I use a probe thermometer into the chimney with a quadra 3100i?
 
If that spot is for sure the hottest on the stove face, being an insert keep it there and just read the numbers. No colors, no words. Just numbers.

Safe to go to 650. Gice yourself some room for overfire.
 
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Not sure if you can tell by my pic, but you can see like an inner chimney inside the outer larger section. Basically you have a 6 inch chimney pipe where your flue gasses flow through and then you have a larger 7 inch pipe around that which insulates the 6 inch pipe
 

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Wrong thermo for where you're reading.
 
Yeah mine specifically says "stovetop" and that's where she sits. The Ventis with the big V under it says nothing.
 
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I call 550 to 600 cruising heaven on hearth.
 
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deborita there are stove top thermometers and stove pipe thermometers. Both read temperature but have different painted ranges on them. You can use the thermometer you have for stove top reading but you will have to ignore the painted ranges and just go by the temperature reading.

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Looks like your wood is good after all if that's your stove top temp, enjoy the heat.
 
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Not sure if you can tell by my pic, but you can see like an inner chimney inside the outer larger section. Basically you have a 6 inch chimney pipe where your flue gasses flow through and then you have a larger 7 inch pipe around that which insulates the 6
begreen said:
deborita there are stove top thermometers and stove pipe thermometers. Both read temperature but have different painted ranges on them. You can use the thermometer you have for stove top reading but you will have to ignore the painted ranges and just go by the temperature reading.

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All this time I was going by the painted range. When it hit 500 I thought it was over firing and did everything to cool it down when all this time I had really good heat. I learned something. LOL. I appreciate all the help from everyone. My living room and dining room was at 80 degrees today and the hallway 67. Was nice and comfortable!
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weatherguy said:
Looks like your wood is good after all if that's your stove top temp, enjoy the heat.
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We have been uncovering it on sunny days and letting it dry more. We bought a moisture meter as well. Some of the wood is below 20%. The last delivery we got that was really wet ,we are going to use next year.
 
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