For Christmas I ended up with a few dollars with which I purchased a silly little item that I didn't think I would ever want.
A magnetic thermometer for the stove pipe. Because we have double wall pipe I am using it on the stove top.
To get a sense of how things are shaping up with the temperatures I have not done anything different than we were doing previously.
Interestingly enough we are seeing the needle hit close to 700 when I normally close the draft down on our little Jasper Drolet. When we turn down the draft we see it idle along between 400 and 500. The stove is a simple welded unit with a draft above the door. As a non-EPA stove it has a simple baffle inside with no secondaries.
The really interesting thing is how long this little stove can hold coals. We load the stove before bed between 1030 and 11 at night. Every morning between 6 and seven the stove is still warm to the touch and a quick stir of the coals with some small splits and she is back up to 5-650 in a few minutes.
I have no idea what the stove top temps are supposed to be running at but it is showing no ill effects of the temps.
A magnetic thermometer for the stove pipe. Because we have double wall pipe I am using it on the stove top.
To get a sense of how things are shaping up with the temperatures I have not done anything different than we were doing previously.
Interestingly enough we are seeing the needle hit close to 700 when I normally close the draft down on our little Jasper Drolet. When we turn down the draft we see it idle along between 400 and 500. The stove is a simple welded unit with a draft above the door. As a non-EPA stove it has a simple baffle inside with no secondaries.
The really interesting thing is how long this little stove can hold coals. We load the stove before bed between 1030 and 11 at night. Every morning between 6 and seven the stove is still warm to the touch and a quick stir of the coals with some small splits and she is back up to 5-650 in a few minutes.
I have no idea what the stove top temps are supposed to be running at but it is showing no ill effects of the temps.