What model Auber/probes do i buy for catalyst ?
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Was the stove purchased without a catalyst or is this a backup spare? If it was purchased without one, get the VC cat for the full 6 yr warranty. The performance package (0003406) comes with the analog probe thermometer. If you want to do a digital probe, you will need to know the length of the analog probe to match that length. See if the dealer has one in stock that you can measure.
VC also recomends a stove top themometer. Condar makes a decent one.
VC also recomends a stove top themometer. Condar makes a decent one.
You'll want a K type thermocouple rated for at least 2000 degrees F. I think the one I bought from Auber said it was for heat treatment or something like that. There are a few different ones that will work. I forget what lengths they have but if it's too long it will just stick out the back more. Mine is barely visible from the side so I don't mind.
Do make sure the tip of the probe is in the proper location directly below the cat. The stock probe holder on the VC stoves doesn't really work with the straight probes anyway so I just bent up a strip of metal to hold the probe and attached it to the rear heat shield with zip screws.
Do make sure the tip of the probe is in the proper location directly below the cat. The stock probe holder on the VC stoves doesn't really work with the straight probes anyway so I just bent up a strip of metal to hold the probe and attached it to the rear heat shield with zip screws.
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