where does the therometer go?

[wjlundyjr]

I have a hearthstone tribute, the manual says to put the therometer on the ceter of the center stone... BUT....

I had one heck of a fire going and the termo read barely 200- didnt seem right to me, so I moved to the cast next to the stove pipe and it shot up to 500+.

So what gives? Had this stove only about 10 days or so, just getting into some healthy burns and I dont want to over fire it.

Thanks,
John

 

[sapratt]

What kind of stove is it? I put my thermo by the flue collar and another on the stove pipe.
The one by the flue collar reads between 400 and 450. The thermo on the pipe reads between 300 and 400.

 

[wjlundyjr]

hearthstone tribute Soapstone, flue collar is where its at now, Im thinking thats my safest bet.
sorry about the typos, im into my 3rd brew. (and delirous from the heat)

 

[Andy99]

It should be on the top center soapstone.

 

[Todd]

I like two thermometers. Put one on the stove top and one on the pipe about 2' up. This way you will see where your heat is going. When burning with alot of air your stove pipe temps will climb high and when it's time to damper down it will drop and your stove temp should climb some or maintain. After some trial and error you will find the sweet spot.

 

[njkev]

At least you guys have manufacturers of your stoves that SPECIFY temperature and where to put the damn thermometer!!

 

[wjlundyjr]

With a healthy fire going Center stone reading is at 300, I'll move it over to the flu collar and it will jump up to 500+; Im going to pick up a 2nd therometer tonight so I can watch them both at the same time, but still Im confused as to which temp is my danger sign. (which location to take as gospel)

Or maybe im not giving the center stone the time to fully absorb the heat for it to get to temp, im sure that because the properties ofthe stone it has a longer buffer zone? Love the stove, but man the learning curve seem to be more then on the steel box I grew up with.

I have a friend with the same stove who uses the fill it and forget it procedure and thinks im over thinking the issue.

 

[LONDONDERRY]

With a healthy fire going Center stone reading is at 300, I'll move it over to the flu collar and it will jump up to 500+; Im going to pick up a 2nd therometer tonight so I can watch them both at the same time, but still Im confused as to which temp is my danger sign. (which location to take as gospel)

Or maybe im not giving the center stone the time to fully absorb the heat for it to get to temp, im sure that because the properties ofthe stone it has a longer buffer zone? Love the stove, but man the learning curve seem to be more then on the steel box I grew up with.

I have a friend with the same stove who uses the fill it and forget it procedure and thinks im over thinking the issue.

Personally I don't find the magnetic thermometers that acurrate. For $30 you can buy a temperature meter with a thermocouple acurrat within +/1 0.10 F from Harbour tool. Or if you want to spend a bit more a dual meter from Omega instruments. Below is the thread I posted on why I switched over to something more high tech. Again this is my opinion
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/27927/


Frank