Lopi Answer where to put the Stove top thermometer?

[HDRock]

I took a thermometer with me, To my daughters to teach her how to run her stove And Ended up putting it on top in the middle turning it around backwards and And Scooted it up under the lip as far as I could and still see the needle, but I don't think It will actually read the high temp on the stove top.
What do you think?
Where do you Lopi answer owners put yours?

 

[Big Dan]

she's better of learning to read the fire then obsessing over a thermometer. but to answer your question I probably put it on the stove top.

 

[HDRock]

she's better of learning to read the fire then obsessing over a thermometer. but to answer your question I probably put it on the stove top.

Obviously you don't know the style of the lopi answer Stove top

 

[dafattkidd]

I used to have a Napoleon 1101 insert. I had a similar problem. I ended up putting the thermometer on the face of the insert in the upper left hand corner. Not sure it was the most accurate place to get a temp reading, but with the limited area for thermometer placement it was the best I had.

 

[HDRock]

FYI

 

[Big Dan]

FYI
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Yup.

 

[tekguy]

what about one of the auber's stove pipe pyrometers? less than $80 delivered and has high and low alarms
http://www.auberins.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=17&products_id=292

 

[eclecticcottage]

Does the manual say? I never checked to see if ours did, I just put it in the middle and back a bit so the air from the blower wasn't going right across it. Does she have a blower, and it is like the Republic where the air blows out from under the lip? It might be a situation where an IR gun would work better, if you could shoot it under the lip but still on the top....

Reading the fire is defiantely an important aspect, but watching top temps is also helpful for reloads and knowing when your stove is getting ready to try to overfire, lol. I don't know about the Answer, but the 1750/endeavor/liberty all like to run hot so it's all about learning to balance the stove's natural tendancy to run up to 700/750 and hang out there and making sure it's not trying to creep past that! In one way having the thermo makes that a bit more nerve racking at first, in another, it helps you see it's just going to 750 and not above so it's just doing what it does and that it'll settle back to 650ish to cruise in a little bit.

 

[DBoon]

I have a Lopi Answer. I put my thermometer on the lower top section a few inches back from the front lip but not underneath the outer top section. You don't want to put it on the outer top as that is too cool to register the right temperature given that there is air moving beneath that and the inner top section.

With dry hard rock maple, I'll read 550 to 600 sustained burn, 600 to 650 for half load of hickory and half hard rock maple, and 550 for full load of black cherry. Hope this helps.

 

[HDRock]

Does the manual say? I never checked to see if ours did, I just put it in the middle and back a bit so the air from the blower wasn't going right across it. Does she have a blower, and it is like the Republic where the air blows out from under the lip? It might be a situation where an IR gun would work better, if you could shoot it under the lip but still on the top....

Reading the fire is defiantely an important aspect, but watching top temps is also helpful for reloads and knowing when your stove is getting ready to try to overfire, lol. I don't know about the Answer, but the 1750/endeavor/liberty all like to run hot so it's all about learning to balance the stove's natural tendancy to run up to 700/750 and hang out there and making sure it's not trying to creep past that! In one way having the thermo makes that a bit more nerve racking at first, in another, it helps you see it's just going to 750 and not above so it's just doing what it does and that it'll settle back to 650ish to cruise in a little bit.

I know you have the same stove I do but the answer is Different, There is only about three and a half inches of stove top sticking out In front of the top cowel thing, It is not designed for cooking at all, The stovetop itself is mostly covered by the top cowel
Edit :no my daughters stove doesn't have a blower

 

[HDRock]

I have a Lopi Answer. I put my thermometer on the lower top section a few inches back from the front lip but not underneath the outer top section. You don't want to put it on the outer top as that is too cool to register the right temperature given that there is air moving beneath that and the inner top section.

With dry hard rock maple, I'll read 550 to 600 sustained burn, 600 to 650 for half load of hickory and half hard rock maple, and 550 for full load of black cherry. Hope this helps.

I realize the outer top is not the place to put the thermometer That's why I'm asking this question.
Most stoves register the hottest point somewhere around the middle, but That's not possible with the answer, so I think I have it in about the best place it could be For that stove

 

[HDRock]

what about one of the auber's stove pipe pyrometers? less than $80 delivered and has high and low alarms
http://www.auberins.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=17&products_id=292

I have looked at that and know exactly what you're talking about, and I have been thinking about getting that myself, but For my daughter's stove that is not going to be an option

 

[eclecticcottage]

I know you have the same stove I do but the answer is Different, There is only about three and a half inches of stove top sticking out In front of the top cowel thing, It is not designed for cooking at all, The stovetop itself is mostly covered by the top cowel
Edit :no my daughters stove doesn't have a blower

Oh yeah, I know, we looked at the Answer as well. I was saying I wasn't sure if the manual said where to put one because I didn't look at ours, just put it where it looked like it should go, where on the Answer, there's not an obvious place to put it. I'd say to ask the dealer but if yours is anything like ours, they would be clueless. You could try emailing Travis Industries.

 

[DBoon]

I realize the outer top is not the place to put the thermometer That's why I'm asking this question. Most stoves register the hottest point somewhere around the middle, but That's not possible with the answer, so I think I have it in about the best place it could be For that stove

Right - I wasn't trying to tell you to put it on the top On the top of the stove, there is the upper and lower sections with the air gap in between, as you described earlier. The lower section extends further and bends down over the front of the stove. Put the thermometer on that lower section back a bit but no so far back that it is in the air gap section.