Where does everyone keep their flue pipe temperature when it’s really cold out? Pre EPA and newer wood burning stoves
Flue pipe temperature
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Ours cruises at 300-400° several feet up the pipe with a magnetic thermometer. Colder temps increase the draft and that makes more heat. We reload when the temp drops below 300°.
I feel like anything over 400° is just wasting heat up the pipe. Some stoves are better at recovering heat than others.
Ours cruises at 300-400° several feet up the pipe with a magnetic thermometer. Colder temps increase the draft and that makes more heat. We reload when the temp drops below 300°.
I feel like anything over 400° is just wasting heat up the pipe. Some stoves are better at recovering heat than others.
True that. To compare, it's necessary to define whether the temperature is surface on single-wall stove pipe or probe on double-wall stove pipe. 300-400º single wall temps are about 600-800º internal.
