My Blaze King cat thermometer pegs
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Check your owners manual, at room temperature the indicator should be in a certain position. On my older BK there is a nut on the back that I loosen to move the needle to where it should be sitting at room temperature.
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Yes I have. It varies a lot though during a burn, during a season, wood species, air setting, etc.
Hard to draw conclusion.
Hard to draw conclusion.
You can look in through the glass and see the cat, right? How brightly was it glowing? Can you see the individual cells?
I've seen the cat in the Buck 91 glow very bright orange. I thought "Much more and that thing will be turning yellow!"
The cat probe was over 1400. I've read in a few places that cat damage can result if 1500 is exceeded for a length of time.
Were you burning a softer wood and a lot of the load was gassing at once? I wouldn't think you would be burning big loads at this time of year, but maybe you are?
They say new cats are hyperactive for a time but I haven't really noticed a dramatic effect, certainly not for more than for a few loads.
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Yes, the initial hyperactive phase can be at or above 1500.
That is probably why it'll settle down...
Once it's settled, best to avoid too high temps to keep the (Ru and Pd) atoms active rather than clustered.
My cat's phase lasted half a season.
That is probably why it'll settle down...
Once it's settled, best to avoid too high temps to keep the (Ru and Pd) atoms active rather than clustered.
My cat's phase lasted half a season.
Glowing bright, can see all cells perfectly,i only burn wood at 18% to 20% in this case cherry ,half a load.You can look in through the glass and see the cat, right? How brightly was it glowing? Can you see the individual cells?
I've seen the cat in the Buck 91 glow very bright orange. I thought "Much more and that thing will be turning yellow!"
The cat probe was over 1400. I've read in a few places that cat damage can result if 1500 is exceeded for a length of time.
Were you burning a softer wood and a lot of the load was gassing at once? I wouldn't think you would be burning big loads at this time of year, but maybe you are?
They say new cats are hyperactive for a time but I haven't really noticed a dramatic effect, certainly not for more than for a few loads.
Ru...I had to look that one up. 😏
Half a season in the hyperactive phase, huh? Maybe that's more noticeable on the BKs, but I'm unsure why that would be.
My Keystone and Fireview cats settled in pretty quickly, steel or ceramic.
If you can see the cells, then it isn't super-bright orange in my book. It might not be all that hot, although the meter seems to indicate that. You're rich, spring for a meter with numbers. Better yet, get a thermocouple and probe, it isn't all that much more money. 😉
Is that a steel or ceramic cat?
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Not sure if my cat is different from yours; BK is developing (Ashful had a third generation new version that test)
I agree that stove design shouldn't matter much in the teenage wildness of cats...
Indeed, if my cat is very active, it's one emitting chunk and cells are not visible any longer.
I've done the thermocouple thing. Problem was to get it working without shorting out to the tube from the stove holding the probe, and to close the hole so no air leaks in right behind the cat.
I used some inorganic fiber sleeving but it was not ideal.
I agree that stove design shouldn't matter much in the teenage wildness of cats...
Indeed, if my cat is very active, it's one emitting chunk and cells are not visible any longer.
I've done the thermocouple thing. Problem was to get it working without shorting out to the tube from the stove holding the probe, and to close the hole so no air leaks in right behind the cat.
I used some inorganic fiber sleeving but it was not ideal.
Todd gave me the AT100 and thermocouple/probe setup and I just stuffed it in the cat meter hole in the back of the Keystone, which is in a cast iron part of the frame. I didn't have any problems with it shorting out. I didn't worry about a little air leaking in there since the hole is right next to the flue exit.
Okay. I had a good bare wire thermocouple with a junction all exposed.
I was concerned about cold air as the probe is within an inch from the back side of the cat in my stove (and the wire+sleeve didn't fill the hole). If the gas flow is low (BK black box mode...) I could imagine "cold spreading" onto the backside of the cat.
But that's design specific, of course.
I was concerned about cold air as the probe is within an inch from the back side of the cat in my stove (and the wire+sleeve didn't fill the hole). If the gas flow is low (BK black box mode...) I could imagine "cold spreading" onto the backside of the cat.
But that's design specific, of course.
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