I noticed that my quadrafire yosemite has a top plate that comes off the other day. I pulled it off today an noticed that the firebox is actually steel and not cast iron. I have a double wall stove pipe so I put my temp gauge on the stove top. It made me think am I heating my stove way hotter than I think or is measuring it from the top of the cast iron plate correct.
Am I overfiring without realizing? Quadrafire Yosemite
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Woody5506
Minister of Fire
get a probe thermometer for your double wall pipe. I have a cast iron jacketed stove with swing out trivets which expose the actual steel stove top, and that's where I keep my stove top thermometer.
I had a runaway fire one time that got to 800°. Normally it cruises around 550°. I'm gunna order myself up a probe thermometer today.
You got to 800 on the cast jacket???? Yeah that is a severe overfire for sure
Woody5506
Minister of Fire
Yeah if that's on your cast iron jacket that's pretty nuts, real stove top temp at that point would be well over 1000.
