Should I insulate my liner?

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Agreed. I have the Auber AW-TMB-Deluxe wifi monitor which sent the alarm to my phone at 1am as the temps crossed 1650. Of course I touched the stove controls trying to stop it which only got it going more and eventually topped out at 1740 with the pipe glowing red. Lesson now learned from woodsplitter67, don't touch it. That black section in the pic is a section of black pipe loosely wrapped around so you don't see the stainless pipe coming down.

My old stove, high is high, low is low, off is off. With the Encore, low can go ballistic and there is no off. That's why I don't trust it.
That pic is scary as 💩. Did you send a camera through the liner after?
 
Agreed. I have the Auber AW-TMB-Deluxe wifi monitor which sent the alarm to my phone at 1am as the temps crossed 1650. Of course I touched the stove controls trying to stop it which only got it going more and eventually topped out at 1740 with the pipe glowing red. Lesson now learned from woodsplitter67, don't touch it. That black section in the pic is a section of black pipe loosely wrapped around so you don't see the stainless pipe coming down.

My old stove, high is high, low is low, off is off. With the Encore, low can go ballistic and there is no off. That's why I don't trust it
I may have said this before on the other thread.... When the cat goes ballistic and nothing else seems to work, I have a flat plate and a magnet to completely shut off the secondary air inlet. It will eventually bring the cat temps down, but sometimes it takes 20 - 30 min.
 
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I use a 6 inch corrugated flex liner up a masonry chimney. Its about 18-20ft. Burn 4 cords a winter as my primary heat. This will be winter number 4 with the stove. Encore 2040 Cat-C

I clean once mid season and once at the end. I get about 2 pints in the stove when done.
 
I use a 6 inch corrugated flex liner up a masonry chimney. Its about 18-20ft. Burn 4 cords a winter as my primary heat. This will be winter number 4 with the stove. Encore 2040 Cat-C

I clean once mid season and once at the end. I get about 2 pints in the stove when done.
That's better. Is this an interior or exterior wall chimey? Is the liner insulated?
 
I use a 6 inch corrugated flex liner up a masonry chimney. Its about 18-20ft. Burn 4 cords a winter as my primary heat. This will be winter number 4 with the stove. Encore 2040 Cat-C

I clean once mid season and once at the end. I get about 2 pints in the stove when done.
Proof it can burn clean! And safe
 
I use a 6 inch corrugated flex liner up a masonry chimney. Its about 18-20ft. Burn 4 cords a winter as my primary heat. This will be winter number 4 with the stove. Encore 2040 Cat-C

I clean once mid season and once at the end. I get about 2 pints in the stove when done.
John, that's really interesting. The one obvious difference from my setup is 6" liner vs 8" liner. Your exhaust velocity is ~75% faster than mine at 8", might explain things.

Do you ever have any draft issues on warm days? Have you ever measured the draft?

Oil bill here is 200 gal / year, just for hot water. Working on getting rid of that too.....