Pacific Energy Summit Insert, Condar surface thermometer installed right hand corner above the door. Question: Is this reading the true temperature of the stove?
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Hog reported this morning that's what he is seeing. The assumption is that the stovetop is a bit hotter. Maybe try closing down the air a little sooner, say around 450°F?
For comparison, our T6 (a Summit at heart), often runs up to 650-700 on the stove top during peak secondary burning with a good load of wood. If I gave it more air it would head to the 750-800 range easily, but I don't go there.
For comparison, our T6 (a Summit at heart), often runs up to 650-700 on the stove top during peak secondary burning with a good load of wood. If I gave it more air it would head to the 750-800 range easily, but I don't go there.
Is what your asking is that an accurate place to measure temp on an insert? I find myself doubting the thermometer readings of my insert because its really hard find a place to put it.
I love seeing that number....thats when I totally shut down the air and let her rip. Woodburnin paradise for me. I keep my thermometer on top of the stove in the center of the firebox.
get and IR thermometer to check. My stovetop thermometer, after 2 seasons, reads ~75 degrees on the cool side.
Mine has been staying about the 750 mark and I was told anything below 900 was tolerable. Still learning how to control the beast myself!
Measuring at the same location and comparing is great, but I would suggest comparing the thermometer to at least one other measurement device as the icescrapper suggests. Another option for this would be to place the Condar on a pizza stone in an oven for a couple of hrs at a various temps... Keeping in mind that oven thermostats are often not very accurate.
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