Hello all I installed this little avalon insert the tail end of last season and didn't get much burn time under my belt. I'm looking in to a remote read out but not sure how to attach it to my liner yet. I currently get my temps on a exposed part of my flex line just after the appliance connection probly 4-6 inches off the back of the insert. On the high and the low what should I be looking for temp wise. I usually keep it between 250 and 400 measured at this point with a ir temp gun.
Flue temps
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It would depend on the stage of the burn. In the combustion (flame) stage over 250, but in the coaling stage if it is lower that would be ok. This is an estimate. What's more important is the internal flue gas temp. How much loss temp loss there is betwen the center of the flue and the surface of the appliance connector is a guess, especially that close to the flue collar.
How can I measure the internal temp. Its a 6" flex liner ? Also how bad is it to go to say 400 450. Thank you
If you follow the common belief that internal temperatures are double the skin temperature then 500 degrees on the surface is your redline. This corresponds to 1000 internal and is normally measured about 24” above the stove where it should have cooled in comparison to right at the appliance connection.
200-450 is the normal skin temperature range. Somewhere in the middle is safe and efficient.
200-450 is the normal skin temperature range. Somewhere in the middle is safe and efficient.
redktmrider
Burning Hunk
I use the Auber instruments thermometer and the 4 inch probe with my insert, makes things much easier. I installed the probe into the flex liner about 18 inches above the flue collar.
www.auberins.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=17&products_id=292
www.auberins.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=17&products_id=292
I didn't think holes were supposed to be drilled into flex liners. Doesn't that weaken them?
Actually the construction of the heavy liners would be hurt more by drilling a hole
And since it is single wall construction wouldn't it be better to simply clamp on the washer type probe?
Absolutely. On heavy wall a properly placed screw or rivet would be fine as well. Those don't hold in light wall though
So if I was going to order a auber meter for my thin wall flex liner what one would I need ? So I could safely attach to the liner
Surface readings are an approximation. What is the difference between a 1/8" hole for a screw and one for a probe in a heavy liner?
The 1/4" hole for the probe would be more than half the width of a segment on heavy wall liner. Most manufacturers say no more than 1/8".
And surface readings are not an approximation. Just a different value than an internal measurement.
The probe sensor is 1/8".
How much different? If it's a guess, it's an approximation, especially if the surface probe does not react as quickly as the flue probe which is instant.
No probs I have installed only required a 1/8" hole.
Surface temps are perfectly acceptable yes it may lag by a few seconds behind a probe but that really won't make a bit of difference. I have run both with my auber. And both work just fine.
The numbers will most likely be a bit off on an insert anyway because the sensor will probably not be 18" up from the stove. But any info will help once you figure out what works for your setup
