This is our first wood stove, my fiance and I are a little scared of the creosote "burn you and your whole house down" possibility. I'm from Alabama so I have no knowledge of wood stoves and everyone online has different stoves so it's hard to find answers. Might ramble a bit, sorry lol
It's a Vermont Castings Defiant 2-in-1. I'm confused where I should put the magnetic thermostat, about 18" up on the pipe or directly on the stove's griddle? Here's my current situation:
-I put the thermostat on the pipe and let it get to 450F+ degrees. Box is full, good burn, no smoke out chimney.
-I pull the left lever to activate catalytic mode.
-I leave the right lever (air control) fully open.
Less than a minute & the pipe temp drops to between 200-250F. This puts it in the range of "creosote" on the thermostat. The fire can be RIPPING but once I activate cat mode the flames die to almost nothing, like a smoldering appearance, and it's just bright red logs/coals with a little flame and the pipe temp drops 200 degrees.
I just tried something after being in cat mode, I moved the thermostat from the pipe to the griddle, turned the air control past half way and the stove top temp is sitting at 500F while the pipe is 150-200F. No flames really, just glowing red.
Is it ok for the pipe to be at a really low degree when cat mode is activated? I just thought a low temp pipe meant more creosote.
Pic of our stove and hearth:
(broken image removed)
It's a Vermont Castings Defiant 2-in-1. I'm confused where I should put the magnetic thermostat, about 18" up on the pipe or directly on the stove's griddle? Here's my current situation:
-I put the thermostat on the pipe and let it get to 450F+ degrees. Box is full, good burn, no smoke out chimney.
-I pull the left lever to activate catalytic mode.
-I leave the right lever (air control) fully open.
Less than a minute & the pipe temp drops to between 200-250F. This puts it in the range of "creosote" on the thermostat. The fire can be RIPPING but once I activate cat mode the flames die to almost nothing, like a smoldering appearance, and it's just bright red logs/coals with a little flame and the pipe temp drops 200 degrees.
I just tried something after being in cat mode, I moved the thermostat from the pipe to the griddle, turned the air control past half way and the stove top temp is sitting at 500F while the pipe is 150-200F. No flames really, just glowing red.
Is it ok for the pipe to be at a really low degree when cat mode is activated? I just thought a low temp pipe meant more creosote.
Pic of our stove and hearth:
(broken image removed)