When You Just Go "You Dumb Sh*t" ..

[Dix]

Flash back.... fan died on the PE, awaiting on a new one from PE (special order, fan discontinued a few years ago <PE installed 10 years ago> Tom Oyen at the Chimney sweep is a saint!! PE will make me a fan & motor, I just have to be patient )

Any ways... no fan IN the insert, running a small fan across the front of the extended glass front to max heat output. And my newly learned ceiling fan info!

I can't see the temp coming up over 250F on the face front thermo, no matter what I do. Trust me, seasoned firewood ( I know my game at this stage ) and I'm looking at the PE doing it's after burn thing, with the gates of hell up top, and I'm like, WTH??? House is warm, dogs are cozy, etc.

Why won't the 4 year old Rutland thermo on the upper right front of the insert read like I think it should???? looks correct to me in the firebox???

Duh, pull out back up (at this stage of the game I got back up everything ) thermo (a Vulcan), and viola I'm cruisng where I should be

The moral of this story .... don't be a dumb sh*t, and not think

Murphy & Sam are very happy !

 

[Woody Stover]

Got a pic of the Rutland thermo? Those big ones are notorious for malfunctioning; Needle comes loose for one thing.

 

[weatherguy]

I check my therm every year and during the year. I dont want it to read 600 and the stove is 800.

 

[Dix]

Got a pic of the Rutland thermo? Those big ones are notorious for malfunctioning; Needle comes loose for one thing.

It's already in the garbage can, awaiting Mondays pick up, sorry !

 

[Woody Stover]

It's already in the garbage can, awaiting Mondays pick up, sorry !

Back in the day, that magnet would have stuck to the galvanized trash can and the Rutland would have haunted you forever!

 

[Dix]

Back in the day, that magnet would have stuck to the galvanized trash can and the Rutland would have haunted you forever!

You, Sir, are seriously dating yourself .

And I know exactly what you are talking about

 

[jatoxico]

Speaking of thermos I really should replace mine. Amazon time?

 

[Dix]

Walmart.com ..... trust me.

 

[Woody Stover]

You, Sir, are seriously dating yourself .
And I know exactly what you are talking about

The only galvanized left now is our ash buckets.

Speaking of thermos I really should replace mine. Amazon time?

You should be able to find a Condar in town...

 

[begreen]

It's already in the garbage can, awaiting Mondays pick up, sorry !

That's the best place for it.

 

[begreen]

Back in the day, that magnet would have stuck to the galvanized trash can and the Rutland would have haunted you forever!

We still have galvanized trash cans. Rats eat right through plastic cans.

 

[PaulOinMA]

We still have galvanized trash cans. Rats eat right through plastic cans.

begreen … I just learned that you have a BIG vole unique to the PNW: Townsend's vole.

https://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?9264895-I-need-rodent-help-(Emmett-s-specialty)

Here's info on the vole: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townsend's_vole.

I'm Cooper on there and think it's a vole. Someone else think's it's an immature muskrat.

Voles here COMPLETELY destroyed my lawn after two winters. The first wasn't so bad. A few years later, the second time, the lawn was pretty much gone!

 

[jatoxico]

Probably will go Condar but I do like the 180 degree sweep of the Rutland, makes for better reading in the insert vent. Someday someone will make one specifically for inserts that can more easily be read.

 

[David.Ervin]

What's with all the thermometer related posts lately? My brother in law has a thermo that says the stove is at 300º when it's stone cold hasn't had a fire in it for months. It's nice to look at it at a glance and know "oh, it's hot" or "hey, its about dead, time to reload". Otherwise I think they're just making up the numbers as they go.

 

[jatoxico]

What's with all the thermometer related posts lately? My brother in law has a thermo that says the stove is at 300º when it's stone cold hasn't had a fire in it for months. It's nice to look at it at a glance and know "oh, it's hot" or "hey, its about dead, time to reload". Otherwise I think they're just making up the numbers as they go.

Mine has always been in rough agreement with my IR thermo but yeah it's a relative thing and I don't care if I'm 50 deg off.

 

[Dix]

begreen … I just learned that you have a BIG vole unique to the PNW: Townsend's vole.

https://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?9264895-I-need-rodent-help-(Emmett-s-specialty)

Here's info on the vole: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townsend's_vole.

I'm Cooper on there and think it's a vole. Someone else think's it's an immature muskrat.

Voles here COMPLETELY destroyed my lawn after two winters. The first wasn't so bad. A few years later, the second time, the lawn was pretty much gone!

J, I will say that the Rutland was good for 2 years. And it cost me, like, $20

 

[jatoxico]

J, I will say that the Rutland was good for 2 years. And it cost me, like, $20

I think mine was a freebie that came with the purchase. That was back in 11'. Far as I know it's still "accurate". I'd check but the batteries in the IR are dead. So much for fancy tech.

 

[PaulOinMA]

… I'd check but the batteries in the IR are dead …

Funny timing. I just decided last night to check my insert with the freebie IR thermometer I received from Thermoworks when I bought a new BBQ smoker thermometer. Batteries were dead since it has been several years.

 

[Dix]

Update

Fan shipped from Tom yesterday

2 day shipping from WA to Long Island, we'll see

Going to be 50F the next 2 days

 

[Dix]

It's here

 

[Kevin Weis]

The only galvanized left now is our ash buckets.

You should be able to find a Condar in town...
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I have one of those. It is over 100 degrees off. It's going to find the garbage truck before too much longer.

 

[Woody Stover]

It's here

Great, you won't have to walk up to the ceiling to find some warmth.

 

[Dix]

Seems PE made one for me. Fan discontinued !

 

[begreen]

Seems PE made one for me. Fan discontinued !

What? Before installing take lots of pictures of it and try to get any identifying labels, in particular for the motor. Maybe see if you can order a spare motor directly now from Grainger, McMaster, etc..