I don't know, once I see temps up in that 650 range my internal cat probe is pushing that 1600 limit and it makes me worry a bit about cat life and the stress it's putting on the cast iron parts around it. 500-600 is where I like to cruise.
Highbeam said:None of us should be running our stoves at or near the max temp regularly. If you do, then you need a bigger stove. Running anything at redline will reduce the life and increase odds of an early stove death. So if you need more than 500 degrees on a stone stove then you need to consider your situation before you end up busting something.
BrowningBAR said:Todd said:Nope, and I ran it pretty hard in the 500-600 range.
Which leads me to believe something aided in the warping of the part for the poster 'mtbon'.
Highbeam said:So if you need more than 500 degrees on a stone stove then you need to consider your situation
Dakotas Dad said:While we cruise around 450 most of the time, we kick up around 600 all the time. I wouldn't want the stove to cruise at +550 though.. not because I think for a moment it would hurt it, but because I like to be able to sit in the living room with clothes on.
On getting up to temp.. start of the season I wanted to do the whole, slow/low fire to dry out the stone.. thought "gee, I will just throw a whole SC in there and burn it up.." lol, hit 275...
mtbon said:Dakotas Dad said:While we cruise around 450 most of the time, we kick up around 600 all the time. I wouldn't want the stove to cruise at +550 though.. not because I think for a moment it would hurt it, but because I like to be able to sit in the living room with clothes on.
On getting up to temp.. start of the season I wanted to do the whole, slow/low fire to dry out the stone.. thought "gee, I will just throw a whole SC in there and burn it up.." lol, hit 275...
Thanks Dakotas Dad, I have read many of your posts while researching this.
What does your airwash plate look like? When you put a straight edge on it, any bowing? I need to know if this is typical like Hearthstone says.
mtbon said:Thanks Dakotas Dad, I have read many of your posts while researching this.
What does your airwash plate look like? When you put a straight edge on it, any bowing? I need to know if this is typical like Hearthstone says.
Just be sure to check you liner for build up and check to make sure you do not have smoke coming from your chimney/pipe. If you have a weaker draft, or if you wood supply isn't good, or some other variable, you will end up with a smokey mess.
Because of the damper cooling the pipe and leading to creosote?
There are a lot of reasons why the damper could create a problem. But, yes, this could be one of them. If I was maintaining 450+ degree stove top temps the chimney was smokeless and everything was right in the world. If I happened to hit a less dry patch in my wood supply and the stove wasn't taking off, I would leave the damper open more often.
My opinion is that the damper isn't used to limit your stove top temps. It is to limit the amount of heat going up the pipe since the Heritage tend to do this more often. Buy limiting the amount of heat escaping the firebox it is easier to achieve warmer stove top temps.
I forget, are you using a damper? If not, you might want to give it a try and see what the results are.I have been disappointed with how much heat is sent up the stack of my heritage. Once I started mon itoring theis with an actual flue temp probe meter, I realized that the flue temp is much easier to push into unsafe areas than the stove top temp. We seldom even look at the stove top temp now.
I forget, are you using a damper? If not, you might want to give it a try and see what the results are.
Funny. No damper but I tried to install one in my double wall simpson pipe and it turns out that the appliance adapter with a damper in it does not fit the collar. I would have to hack my double wall pipe and try to rig something that is not approved by Simpson.
With a damper, I believe that I could get better control.
I saved the damper section and will instlal it with my next stove if it is possible.
It should, as that is what I use as well. I am interested in Highbeams response to see what the difference is.I'm using double wall. Is a damper an option with this set-up? I sure hope so.
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