Excavator
Feeling the Heat
With my seasoned wood and strong draft I don't see much smoke if any at all at 1000. If I run hotter than 1200 she will slowly climb up to 1700 and then come back down but I hate when that happenes
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Reckless
Feeling the Heat
Gotcha. I can turn it down at 1050ish and she will cruise right in the 13-1400 range. All my wood is 15% range.
RandyBoBandy
Minister of Fire
Anyone experiencing "glitchy" At100 performance? My alarm that I have set for 900 doesn't always go off. AH1 is set at 900 and AL1 is set at 800. AH2 is set at 1550 and AL2 1300 but this alarm has never gone off. Wondering if I am doing something wrong or if I just ended up with a lemon. I do like the thermo and would love it if both alarms worked consistently.
Ok I got my AT100 up and running this morning. So far its looking good. I had to switch the probe type to K in the setup menu and set the alarms but all else is good.
Whats the deal about silencing alarms. I pushed the > key but it didn't work... I got so annoyed I turned off the low limit for now and just have a high at 1600 until I get the hang of it.
Whats the deal about silencing alarms. I pushed the > key but it didn't work... I got so annoyed I turned off the low limit for now and just have a high at 1600 until I get the hang of it.
I started shutting down t 900 cat temp, full closed by 1100, now its at 1280 and still slowly climbing.
4 split load, very dry hardwood, about 30F outside.
4 split load, very dry hardwood, about 30F outside.
Ok it stopped climbing at 1300 then backed down. I opened the air to 1/8 and we are now cruising 400 griddle 1230 cat.
I like it.
I like it.
Reckless
Feeling the Heat
> key should work to silence unless your numbers are backwards.....
Response to earlier post
My alarms always go off when they are supposed to
AH1 1050 AL1 900
AH2 1560 AL2 1500
From all the recent thermometer talk it seems like that's the answer to what I'm about to ask, but I'm hoping for an easier solution... I'm running a winter warm small insert and currently I open the door, shoot the hood on my firback with the temp gun and if it is 1000+ I shut the damper to engage the cat. Anyone have an idea of where I can take a reading on the outside? I've played around with readings on different spots, but nothing seems as consistent as taking the reading from the inside.
Excavator
Feeling the Heat
I thought that was how you make it a high limit alarm, have AL lower than AH ??
RandyBoBandy
Minister of Fire
Correct. My AL1 is set at 800 AH1 is set at 900. When my thermo is operating correctly the alarm sounds at 900. Push > button and it is temporarily turned off. Once temps fall below 800 the alarm is suppose to be "reset" and ready to sound again once we climb back up past 900. For some reason my alarm doesn't always sound again after a reload.
Ok I figured it out... I was changing the settings while hot and it would not let me silence the alarm until I quit out of setting mode.
On reload I lost track and the stovetop got to 600 before I closed it down. Even being shut down completely before 1000 cat its into the slow steady climb mode and is now @ 1450 and still rising. Took 2 hours to get to this point though so Im hoping it peaks before breaking 1600
On reload I lost track and the stovetop got to 600 before I closed it down. Even being shut down completely before 1000 cat its into the slow steady climb mode and is now @ 1450 and still rising. Took 2 hours to get to this point though so Im hoping it peaks before breaking 1600
Reckless
Feeling the Heat
My sounds again on every reload. Maybe try replugging at each reload if all else fails?
Does anyone ever empty their ash pan? I stopped using it and just shovel out the bottom of the fire box once in a while.
RandyBoBandy
Minister of Fire
I have noticed if I unplug the unit from time to time it will work better however my second alarm has never sounded. I will have to see if Auber is willing to warranty it out. I feel you should be able to leave it plugged in at all times and both alarms should work every time.
Reckless
Feeling the Heat
Mines been plugged in 24/7 for weeks so yea try to swap it.
Excavator
Feeling the Heat
Jharkin - In regards to your temps slowly creeping up, I have tries several attempts of after cat hits 900 - 1100 and if I play with air control right at 1000 it seems to make big difference. At 900 and cutting air down to half it can stall, at 1000 it might or might not stall but anything above 1100 and it will creep slowly up above 1600 or 1700 but then come back down slowly
Yes, I dump it daily.
Turned out yesterdays run peaked at 1452.
I put in the last load yesterday at 9pm. Full (but not packed) load and a lot of coals and using the auber was able to shut the damper much earlier than usual and know it was lighting off. The gauge temp was rising so I closed the air to half really early around 800 then at 900 started shutting down and had it full closed by 1000. The load was not even fully charred at that point but this is very dry 3 year hardwood. I think this point really helped it burn slower and not overwhelm the cat. Overnight temps in the high 20s.
I reset the max to let it record and based on what I found this morning it peaked out at 1280F around 1am. Its nice to be able to go to sleep knowing that if it got near overfire the alarm would wake me.
I can see why you guys like this thing so much.
Excavator
Feeling the Heat
you guys checking the record time it hit max temp, I believe the auber max seconds is 9999 which is 2.7 hours.
Am I missing something here
Am I missing something here
Reckless
Feeling the Heat
So I broken the screw on my primary air control a little while back. Tried to drill and tap it while on the stove [face palm] ended up cutting off the screw shank, threading the arm and using a coupler. Not too bad imo. They wanted $40 for a new one........
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Reckless
Feeling the Heat
How was the glass in the morning?
When you guys load up are you filling it from lower fireback to andirons and up? I tend to make a triangle with most of the wood on the glass side leaving the throat fully open with no wood near it. Usually 5-6 larger pieces 2 smaller is what I consider a full load.
Charles1981
Minister of Fire
I took the andirons out and load the stove to the top of the griddle just about every time. That is how I get to 9-10 hours between reloads on my encore. I usually stuff it full in the morning (6-7am) Put in a smaller-ish load around (3-4pm) and then stuff it to the gills at around 10pm once more.
black.
I didn't take out my andirons but I use a similar routine. I've filled it to within 1/4 in of the griddle many times.
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Im learning some interesting things with this thing. It was interesting to see the end of cycle... Last night we had been out all afternoon and got home close to 7pm. Stove was down to just a couple coals and about 250f so I had to use some kindling to get her going again. Anyay got a burn, filled it most of the way up and had a full load going by 7:30. Shut it down at 900 and it cruised through the evening around 1250-1350.
I had the luck yo be reading by the stove around 10:45 to witness the end of the catalytic burn. It was still sitting there at 1280ish and I heard a thump of the load setting. Suddenly the cat temp shot up to 1350.. And then started dropping like a rock. By 11:15 it was under 1000 and falling and the load was obviously down to coals.
So that was about 3/4 load (but no coal bed to start with) and I got just over 3 hr catalytic burn. the nigh before when I really packed it at 8 and had a good coal bed it ran more like 5 hrs before the cat peaked.
I had the luck yo be reading by the stove around 10:45 to witness the end of the catalytic burn. It was still sitting there at 1280ish and I heard a thump of the load setting. Suddenly the cat temp shot up to 1350.. And then started dropping like a rock. By 11:15 it was under 1000 and falling and the load was obviously down to coals.
So that was about 3/4 load (but no coal bed to start with) and I got just over 3 hr catalytic burn. the nigh before when I really packed it at 8 and had a good coal bed it ran more like 5 hrs before the cat peaked.
Well, shutting it down at 900 is not the miracle cure.. for me at least.
So this afternoon I put in 3 split on a bit coal load around 2:30. Got 'er up to temp, shut the damper at around 450 stovetop and had the air fully closed by 1000 cat temp.
An hour later the cat is at 1450 and still climbing.
So this afternoon I put in 3 split on a bit coal load around 2:30. Got 'er up to temp, shut the damper at around 450 stovetop and had the air fully closed by 1000 cat temp.
An hour later the cat is at 1450 and still climbing.
Reckless
Feeling the Heat
Sorry guys I'm on vaca in 90 deg weather so the encore is currently resting [emoji41] stay warm brothers.
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