Should anything glow red?

[MrLouie]

Quick question, I finally got my Lopi Freedom Bay installed (pictures of the install coming eventually) and am now burning it for the second time. During both burns the air tubes at the top of the insert have started to glow a dull red. There is no red glowing on the insert outer shell(I checked with the lights off), just these air tubes. Is this normal or do I have it too hot in there? My thermometer on top of the insert is cruising right around the 690° mark at the moment and the tubes are still dull red. Thanks in advance.

 

[SlyFerret]

looks like you're getting it a little hot.

Do you a handheld IR thermometer? Or are you just using one of those magnetic coil-spring thermometers? The coil spring ones aren't terribly accurate, so it's tough to know exactly how hot you're really getting it.

Most of the steel non-cat stoves will cruise lower than that. My 30-NC cruises between 500 and 550. Sometimes it'll get to 600 after a reload, but I try not to get much above that.

-SF

 

[murphyslaw1978]

My air tubes glow red every time I burn. I thought it was normal for my HE fireplace (lennox montecito).

 

[oconnor]

Air tubes glow often - the outside should never glow. You are likely running at the high normal end of temps.

 

[MrLouie]

It's a spring loaded Rutland that I got from Tractor Supply. No IR thermometer but it is on my wish list.