Thermometer

[wallpaper79]

I was wondering what you insert guys use for a thermometer. I burned my last year a little and did not use a thermometer. This winter I plan on using my inser 24/7 and would feel more comfortable with a thermometer in place.

Cheers

 

[bbeals]

I use an IR thermometer, as there is no good place to mount one on the 550. Works great and the wife likes the looks, as it is usually out of sight when not in use. ;-)

 

[Corey]

The Rutland stove top thermometer has been brought up quit a few times as a cheap 'ballpark guess' thermometer - though the zones listed seem to be a bit conservative and even the accuracy of the thermometer is sometimes questionable.

IR guns are always popular and relatively cheap if found on sale - just be sure to account for the emittance of a surface. Most of the cheapies are calibrated for about .95 which is a pretty good approximation of most surfaces including black stoves. But if you start pointing it at a polished or bare stainless liner, brass fittings, glazed porcelain or enameled surfaces, etc you could be off (low) by several hundred degrees. A few also run stack thermometers - with a probe actually inserted in the flue gas. But anything you choose is more of a guide to see how the stove reacts to your inputs than trying to make the stove run at exactly XXX degrees F.

 

[newstove]

Here is what I use:

https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/37114/

There is a pic down near the bottom of the thread.

I have the thermocouple attached to the outside of the liner about 18" above the stove. So I am reading the temperature of the outside of the liner - I didn't use it as a probe.