I noticed my walls were quite hot while running the 17-VL so last night I took some readings with my IR gun. With the stove at 580F the wall behind the stove was reading 132F and the wall to the side of the stove was all the way up to 193F! The room temp at the time was 79 and the stove had been running pretty much all day (obviously not at 580F all day). From what I have read, the "safe" limit is 115F above ambient. We were at 114F above ambient and our stove is installed 12.5" from the side wall and 8.75" from the rear and we are using doublewall pipe so we are above minimum clearances (11" to the side, 8" to the back). The wall is plaster covered in wallpaper.
This morning the numbers were much better. Stove at 520F, rear wall 96F, sidewall 129F and the room was 71F. So the hottest wall was only 58F above ambient.
I thought that since we installed it by the book and even with a bit extra clearance it would be totally safe, but that side wall temp was quite hot!
Should I be worried?
This morning the numbers were much better. Stove at 520F, rear wall 96F, sidewall 129F and the room was 71F. So the hottest wall was only 58F above ambient.
I thought that since we installed it by the book and even with a bit extra clearance it would be totally safe, but that side wall temp was quite hot!
Should I be worried?