Don’t forget his cat meter is turned 180*
It is! They drilled the hole too close to the flue on older princesses so the red needle doesn’t have clearance. This is a condar replacement meter with actual numbers. Lots of fun. If you don’t have numbers then all you know is whether the cat is active.
As expected with a functional cat, I have no problem getting to and holding cat temperatures in the 12-1400 range during the majority of the burn whether the thermostat is set to low or wherever. I do not flirt with the ragged edge of cat stall by trying to go too low. When you go to the cat manufacturer websites they tell you to hang in the 1200-1400 range.
To be fair, I am burning dry evergreens and other low/medium btu woods. Maybe the fuel helps keep cat temps up.