well i went to usstove.com live chat.
Corey : Question
i have a model 2015 wood stove. it has to flue exits at the back. i left the firebrick in place works fine.
stacy : The 2015 should only have one flue which comes out of the top.
Corey : i ment on the baffle burn tubes.
stacy : Okay, what is the question about that?
Corey : can the air flow up and around the bafle instead of straight up.
stacy : It wil be able to as long as your flue is drafting properly.
Corey : so there is no stress done by it flowing like that
stacy : Those units are tested with the baffles, tubes, and insulation blamkets in the top. So no it shouldn’t stress the unit or anything as long as your chimney is creating the proper draft.
Corey : i monitor flue and stove top temps what is the proper stove top temp for secondary combustion. well the ideal temp for that.
stacy : The flue temp needs to stay around 350. That is measuring about 1 ft off the top of the unit.
Corey : okay. but what about the stove top.
stacy : The stove can get sveral hunreds of degrees….but that isn’t what creates the draft. The chimney does so as long as the flue stays at 350 it shoudl be fine.
Corey : i think i see what your saying. i have been hearing that a good stove top temps is 400 to 600.
stacy : Yea the firebox of the unit can reach temps like that. What you need to look at is that fluwe temp though. Anything over 350 by that flue means the unit is getting to hot.
stacy : When that flue drops below 300 - 350 degress that means it is cooling off and could stop drafting good or create creosote.
Corey : oh see. now in the manual it says that the flue should be between 275-500. nothing on stovetop temp.
stacy : Yea the manual isn’t going to tell you anything on the stove top temp. Any wood unit operates based off what the flue is doing. Without that temp on the flue the unit will not burn or exhaust at all properly.
Corey : i see the point now so i monitor both but keep a eye on the flue. so is my stovetop range good though
stacy : Yea your stove top should be heating just right as long as your flue stays around that temp.
Corey : so what is the overfire temp for stove and flue.
stacy : If your flue starts rising over 350 monitor it. If it ever starts getting 450 or higher then your stove is getting to hot.
Corey : okay thank you so much for the help.
stacy : Your welcome
Corey : Question
i have a model 2015 wood stove. it has to flue exits at the back. i left the firebrick in place works fine.
stacy : The 2015 should only have one flue which comes out of the top.
Corey : i ment on the baffle burn tubes.
stacy : Okay, what is the question about that?
Corey : can the air flow up and around the bafle instead of straight up.
stacy : It wil be able to as long as your flue is drafting properly.
Corey : so there is no stress done by it flowing like that
stacy : Those units are tested with the baffles, tubes, and insulation blamkets in the top. So no it shouldn’t stress the unit or anything as long as your chimney is creating the proper draft.
Corey : i monitor flue and stove top temps what is the proper stove top temp for secondary combustion. well the ideal temp for that.
stacy : The flue temp needs to stay around 350. That is measuring about 1 ft off the top of the unit.
Corey : okay. but what about the stove top.
stacy : The stove can get sveral hunreds of degrees….but that isn’t what creates the draft. The chimney does so as long as the flue stays at 350 it shoudl be fine.
Corey : i think i see what your saying. i have been hearing that a good stove top temps is 400 to 600.
stacy : Yea the firebox of the unit can reach temps like that. What you need to look at is that fluwe temp though. Anything over 350 by that flue means the unit is getting to hot.
stacy : When that flue drops below 300 - 350 degress that means it is cooling off and could stop drafting good or create creosote.
Corey : oh see. now in the manual it says that the flue should be between 275-500. nothing on stovetop temp.
stacy : Yea the manual isn’t going to tell you anything on the stove top temp. Any wood unit operates based off what the flue is doing. Without that temp on the flue the unit will not burn or exhaust at all properly.
Corey : i see the point now so i monitor both but keep a eye on the flue. so is my stovetop range good though
stacy : Yea your stove top should be heating just right as long as your flue stays around that temp.
Corey : so what is the overfire temp for stove and flue.
stacy : If your flue starts rising over 350 monitor it. If it ever starts getting 450 or higher then your stove is getting to hot.
Corey : okay thank you so much for the help.
stacy : Your welcome