I've always kept a magnetic thermometer on single wall flue to gauge my temperature.
With my new wood stove, my stove pipe is double wall, so this won't give me the correct temperature reading. I tried it on the side of the stove, but because of the air pocket created between layers of steel, it's still reading far too cool when this thing is rocking and rolling and clearly well within the burn zone (clear secondary burn in tubes, no smoke or smell emitting from chimney and it being 77 in the house)
I'm wondering where to put the magnetic thermometer to get the most accurate reading when I can't put it on the flue.
The stove top? The step? The front of the unit maybe if it'll fit? Any suggestions welcome.
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With my new wood stove, my stove pipe is double wall, so this won't give me the correct temperature reading. I tried it on the side of the stove, but because of the air pocket created between layers of steel, it's still reading far too cool when this thing is rocking and rolling and clearly well within the burn zone (clear secondary burn in tubes, no smoke or smell emitting from chimney and it being 77 in the house)
I'm wondering where to put the magnetic thermometer to get the most accurate reading when I can't put it on the flue.
The stove top? The step? The front of the unit maybe if it'll fit? Any suggestions welcome.
![[Hearth.com] Where do I put a magnetic thermometer when I have an insulated flue? [Hearth.com] Where do I put a magnetic thermometer when I have an insulated flue?](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/300/300229-6128c2339d717fefa358545c0a4355a6.jpg?hash=NE9L1mZQi-)
![[Hearth.com] Where do I put a magnetic thermometer when I have an insulated flue? [Hearth.com] Where do I put a magnetic thermometer when I have an insulated flue?](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/300/300230-8330d932a19480ff8b4268a14772900f.jpg?hash=PhxPuhhXkJ)
![[Hearth.com] Where do I put a magnetic thermometer when I have an insulated flue? [Hearth.com] Where do I put a magnetic thermometer when I have an insulated flue?](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/300/300231-58b26a1ba3bad8e9dfef7feeab8c5052.jpg?hash=KvZ76X_Urg)