Is it normal to have my thermostat covered in creosote? The part that goes down inside the stove is full of creosote. I washed it off and put it back in the hole.
Blaze king Princess thermostat
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Do you mean the thermometer? It gets pretty burned up looking, but it shouldn’t be covered in creosote. How’s the chimney? That thermometer is past the cat, and the hottest part of the system. Sounds like your cat is not working properly, or you are burning way too low too often.
Crap. Yes. Thermometer. I’m a little under the weather today and I guess my brain is not working. I am not sure the difference between pretty burned up looking and creosote. It was black. Looked like burned creosote.
I am burning at 1.5 now and only about 3 medium splits at a time. And only about 30% of the time. The cat seems to be working the best I can tell. It stays in the active zone for hours even at 1.5 with no active flame so I think it’s working
Mine gets stuff on it. It’s usually a nice tan color but there is junk on it. No need to keep it scraped clean.
I have a few BKs I clean that have actual creosote build up on the probe. Sticky gunky creosote. These few people are scared to let the thing breath. Typically an oversized stove for the space too. Every year I tell them to let er rip on occasion... they never do.
jetsam
Minister of Fire
Mine gets a little black crusty stuff on the probe. Check the calibration when you clean it and make sure it's not crazy. Using a photo off of Condar's website for reference, I figure that the start of the painted line on the BK thermostat is the room temperature point.
Thanks folks. I cleaned it good. The calibration seems right. The house was owned by some folks that didn’t know anything about wood stoves so I’m guessing it was not burned correctly. I’ll check it again after a month or so of burning and see if it’s still clean
It’s kind of like a spark plug. The color of that probe should be tan and not black or wet looking.
jetsam
Minister of Fire
I thought my new cat had something wrong with it last year because the calibration on that thermometer was way off. It is easy to adjust.
Ashful
Minister of Fire
You need to visit those customers over the winter, and show them how to run their stove. Stop in over the Christmas week holiday, you'll probably get free food and drink!
