Catalyst Thermometer Calibration

[chadhamre]

My brand new catalyst thermometer for my Princess 29 insert is showing strange temperatures. Is it faulty?

At room temperature it the indicator looks like this:

At operating temperature it reads off the charts, or is my stove running WAY to hot?

 

[DonTee]

With a new stove/cat the cat temp can be really high. If you had a Condar gauge instead of the stock BK gauge that reading would still be in the normal operating range most likely.

 

[Dieselhead]

While mine looks slightly different than yours, that first “tick” mark is where mine sits when it’s stone cold. I agree with dons post above, more than likely after a few weeks will settle in to the 12-300 range on the cat gage.

 

[Highbeam]

It’s pretty close to perfect. I wouldn’t mess with the calibration.

 

[stoveliker]

The cat will loose its wild juvenile behavior after a cord thru the stove. This is common. Nothing to worry about.