Jotul which corner?

[potter]

Just wanted to do a poll of Oslo and Castine regulars about which corner you measure temps on. I know it's not a life or death issue but thought it would be interesting to hear. I find a noticeable difference front to back, side to side. Currently use right front.

 

[jeff in pa]

Both!

Right rear and left rear corners. I guess I'm obsessive..



I've seen 300 degree differences particularly on start up when the side door is open.

JD in PA

 

[potter]

yeah, I've used an IR gun and found quite a bit of difference- part of what motivated the question.

 

[adrpga498]

Politically, I'm right of center. Oooops wrong forum, but yes right side here

 

[Later]

The F400 manual says to measure the temp at the corner of the top. The illustration shows the thermometer placement at the middle of either side edge. I'm puzzled.

 

[kork]

I just go with the right rear and don't give it another thought.
Hank

 

[stoveguy13]

makes no real diffrence if the the stove is heating well for you and youre not over firing it 900 plus i would not worry to much.

 

[potter]

makes no real diffrence if the the stove is heating well for you and youre not over firing it 900 plus i would not worry to much.

Not worried, just curious about other Osloites thoughts. Tweaking.

 

[ansehnlich1]

My rutland is on the right rear corner.

I've maxed out at close to 700 degrees, but more often see 600 to 650 degrees before throttling down, never been over 700.

 

[begreen]

Try both right and left sides. That actually helped me track down a air leak on the F3 due to a crooked top install. One side was significantly cooler than the other. Once I got the top on straight, she burned much better. If both sides read equally the stove is running well.

 

[potter]

On my F3 and F400 I tried both right and left sides. That actually helped me track down a air leak on the F3 due to a crooked top install. If both sides read equally the stove is running well.

Front or back, BG?

 

[Eric Miller]

I have mine on the front right corner. It seems to work well there.

 

[begreen]

On my F3 and F400 I tried both right and left sides. That actually helped me track down a air leak on the F3 due to a crooked top install. If both sides read equally the stove is running well.

Front or back, BG?

It's all relative. I prefer the back to keep it out of the way of the pot of water I put on the stove.

 

[firefighterjake]

As you no doubt know (and I think you know based on reading your other posts Potter) the manual suggests using any one of the four corners so I am guessing you are asking this just to see where folks are placing their thermometers vs. having any serious concerns about placement or temps . . . and you've done the same as me and used the IR thermometer on each of the four corners and noticed the temp difference . . . scary isn't it how we Oslo owners tend to do the same things.

As for me I started out in the left rear corner, but shifted it over to the right rear corner since I noticed this corner tends to be the hottest one for me . . . probably due to the fact that when I reload the stove sometimes I tend to push the wood in and that in turn pushes the hot coals/ash to that corner and over time this tends to make the wood rise higher in that corner (which brings the wood and coals that much closer to the top of the stove compared to the wood/coals not being as high in the other three corners).

 

[cgeiger]

I oscillate between the front right corner and the back right corner. Since I tend to crack the side door while getting a good char, the left side corners run a bit cooler than the right side. At the end of the day, I don't sweat it - as long as I'm warm, the secondaries are firing and I'm getting a good long burn - I'm not too worried about the temp. It's all relative to your therm anyway

 

[potter]

As you no doubt know (and I think you know based on reading your other posts Potter) the manual suggests using any one of the four corners so I am guessing you are asking this just to see where folks are placing their thermometers vs. having any serious concerns about placement or temps . . . and you've done the same as me and used the IR thermometer on each of the four corners and noticed the temp difference . . . scary isn't it how we Oslo owners tend to do the same things.

As for me I started out in the left rear corner, but shifted it over to the right rear corner since I noticed this corner tends to be the hottest one for me . . . probably due to the fact that when I reload the stove sometimes I tend to push the wood in and that in turn pushes the hot coals/ash to that corner and over time this tends to make the wood rise higher in that corner (which brings the wood and coals that much closer to the top of the stove compared to the wood/coals not being as high in the other three corners).

Yes, just curious. More conscious of temps right now as I'm trying to change my pattern of using the stove. Was spending alot of time in the house due to injury and then some renovation. Endulged keeping the house at @70 all the time. Now I'm going to studio during the day. Basically fire at 5-6am in the morning, add some wood at 5pm to rewarm house, and before bed. House really doesn't lose much temp during day. Using alot less wood, although I still think I'll have done this year with a little more than 4 cord. At 150 a cord here that's a fraction of my former propane bill- and we're much more comfortable.
The only downside is I tend to obsess on things, so probably spend too much time around the stove. I'm sure this will change over time.

 

[potter]

Just a quick addendum. Propane truck just came- 17 gallons. :lol: