I got my laser thermometer today from sears. (see thread below for more info.)
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/3483/
So far I really like it. The down side is I can't check my wood stove yet because it's about 78 degrees outside now and thunderstorms in the area.
I don't think it's ever going to get cold here in Tenn.
I did a few preliminary test with the laser on my kitchen stove and learned a few important things that could help me boil water in the future.....yes I still need to boil some water on my wood stove. :cheese:
I turned the eye (older coil type) on medium and within a minute it was 300 degrees on the large outer ring........and 500 degrees from there all the way in the smallest coil. This was interesting and the coils stayed about that temp. for the next 5 minutes.
I put a pan of water on the eye and within about 3 minutes it was steaming. I never did get it to a boil because I knew it would in a matter of a couple minutes or less.
This laser works great, it will read temps. almost instantly, from the floor of my kitchen (68d) to the stove eye (500d).........that is pretty cool if you ask me.
I can't wait to try it on my wood stove, I plan to make a chart (yes a chart) %-P showing my stove in close to the hottest range I feel safe to operate it and then on down to just starting with kindling. I plan to use 3 or 4 test spots to check, and this will be noted so anyone can operate my stove and just shoot this laser to see how close they are to operating in the correct range.
Of course there will be a grey area, but it will be fun just to see where it all runs and so on. I can check.....heck even my wife can check from the sofa and make sure it's all going well. During this making of the chart, I plan to note what temps. my pipe and everything else is running around my stove.........even the walls.
This way, a person could check a wall quickly and tell if it's too hot, again all this will be taken with a grain or more of salt and done mostly for fun. The real stove operation will be strictly business, as always.
This laser is on sale at sears until saturday night I think for about $49.99 bucks, was $79.99
Robbie
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/3483/
So far I really like it. The down side is I can't check my wood stove yet because it's about 78 degrees outside now and thunderstorms in the area.
I don't think it's ever going to get cold here in Tenn.
I did a few preliminary test with the laser on my kitchen stove and learned a few important things that could help me boil water in the future.....yes I still need to boil some water on my wood stove. :cheese:
I turned the eye (older coil type) on medium and within a minute it was 300 degrees on the large outer ring........and 500 degrees from there all the way in the smallest coil. This was interesting and the coils stayed about that temp. for the next 5 minutes.
I put a pan of water on the eye and within about 3 minutes it was steaming. I never did get it to a boil because I knew it would in a matter of a couple minutes or less.
This laser works great, it will read temps. almost instantly, from the floor of my kitchen (68d) to the stove eye (500d).........that is pretty cool if you ask me.
I can't wait to try it on my wood stove, I plan to make a chart (yes a chart) %-P showing my stove in close to the hottest range I feel safe to operate it and then on down to just starting with kindling. I plan to use 3 or 4 test spots to check, and this will be noted so anyone can operate my stove and just shoot this laser to see how close they are to operating in the correct range.
Of course there will be a grey area, but it will be fun just to see where it all runs and so on. I can check.....heck even my wife can check from the sofa and make sure it's all going well. During this making of the chart, I plan to note what temps. my pipe and everything else is running around my stove.........even the walls.
This way, a person could check a wall quickly and tell if it's too hot, again all this will be taken with a grain or more of salt and done mostly for fun. The real stove operation will be strictly business, as always.
This laser is on sale at sears until saturday night I think for about $49.99 bucks, was $79.99
Robbie
