Just purchased a Regency F3100 Woodstove after 25 years of burning a Reverso smoke dragon. I only ever used a flue pipe thermometer on the old stove and ran the stove at an average of about 450-500 degrees (as per the flue pipe thermometer). I will be purchasing a stove top thermometer for the Regency in order to get a better idea of actual running temperature, but since I have no previous comparison I was wondering what higher-end temperature would be safe to run the stove at (I like to burn hot as the stove is the primary heat source in a 3 storey 2500 sq ft and the stove is in the basement).
The Regency manual does not allude to any specifc max/overfire temperature but states that if any part glows you know you're overfiring. I've never had any issues with overfiring or at least to the extent of having stove parts glow but then again I've never had any experience with EPA stoves so I'm not sure what to expect.
So I guess to make a long story short my question is what/is there a temperature that I can consistently burn at in the high end range and what tempurature would constitute approaching overfire in said stove.
The Regency manual does not allude to any specifc max/overfire temperature but states that if any part glows you know you're overfiring. I've never had any issues with overfiring or at least to the extent of having stove parts glow but then again I've never had any experience with EPA stoves so I'm not sure what to expect.
So I guess to make a long story short my question is what/is there a temperature that I can consistently burn at in the high end range and what tempurature would constitute approaching overfire in said stove.