Hey there everybody, I had some things I wanted to run by you all to see if you can help pin point what has been going on with my new stove. This is our first year burning with the Englander 30, and in the begining of the season our stove top temps never really went above 650, but now when I load the stove for the night or for the day before I leave for work I have seen tempatures as high as 750. I have a Condar "inferno" thermometer that is about 3" from the flue collar right before the step on top of my stove. I do not reload unless the unit is cooler then 275 degrees, and use the "zipper" method when I fill her up for the night. I usually put about 7 splits into the stove with the biggest ones on the bottom. I try to keep about a 2"-3" layer of ash in the stove at all times. I start shutting down the primary air as soon as I get a good fire going, usually around 325 or so or about 15 minuets into the burn. Other then the thermometer reading theres not any other indication (besides the heat) that the unit is over firing. Right now I have been burning mostly maple that has a moisture reading of around 18%. Once the stove temps get that high they tend to stay there for close to an hour even with the primary air shut completely down. I have looked at the door gasket very closely to see if maybe I had an air leak, but it doesn't seem to show any signs. This morning I put in less wood thinking maybe I was just putting in to much, and it still hit the 700 mark. I am going to go out this weekend to buy an IR thermometer to check to see if maybe my current thermometer is reading incorrectly. Anybody out there have a suggestion to whats going on or any ideas ?