Why dont' stoves have Temp Gauges built in ...Just wondering.

[Wolves-Lower]

I am more interested in stack temp then stove temp.
Of course I have a freestanding stove.
Insert guys, where do you put the Temp Gauge?
On the front?

 

[begreen]

Its obvious to me, that they do not include thermos for a good reason.
If they did, it would have to be high quality, and then there would be no excuse of blaming the user of over firing to weasel out of warranty issues.
As it is, most will simply say, "You over fired it", warranty null. Pretty much same reason most won't define what temp is over firing.

Oh ye cynics. Methinks the argument for overfiring is usually in the evidence of warped grates and/or obvious greying of the metal.

FWIW, our original VC Resolute came with a thermometer and instructions on where to locate it. It was a SandHill model. I kept it when I sold the stove. Still have it over 25 yrs later. Nice touch. I think high-end stove companies could benefit from this approach. The stove also included two basic tools for tending the stove. Getting a decent quality thermo made at a reasonable cost might be a challenge these days, but Condar is probably up to it. They claim to have made my thermo for SandHill.

 

[Garyvol]

The remote temp gauge is a nice idea. My magnet thermometer on my flue pipe is okay for local viewing in my basement,
but if I'm upstairs in the kitchen, I would love to know how the flue temp is doing without having to go down into the basement all the time. I was wondering if that type of unit can be wireless. The temp sense/battery operated on the flue pipe and the receiver up stairs on my kitchen shelf displaying the temp just like an indoor/outdoor thermomoter.
-gary

 

[mayhem]

My old VC Dutchwest Federal had one built in. It measured CAT temps.

My morso did not come with one, so I bought a cheap surface mount one and stuck it near the flue collar, I'll be adding a pipe thermometer when I get around to it.

 

[ControlFreak]

Hang in there. Help is on the way

Do a Google search on SmartStove. www.inveninc.com

Dan

 

[raybonz]

My old VC Dutchwest Federal had one built in. It measured CAT temps.

My morso did not come with one, so I bought a cheap surface mount one and stuck it near the flue collar, I'll be adding a pipe thermometer when I get around to it.

My stove does have that built in and I do use it however I don't have a digital readout with alarms blaring.. I also have a magnetic suface temp indicator on my stovepipe to monitor stack temps (bought it at a yard sale for 25 cents lol). Works just fine for me

Ray

 

[raybonz]

I have a digital temp sensor/ over/under temp alarm on my stove and couldn’t imagine not having one. I t makes operation so much easier, as it reacts much faster than a surface thermometer. It’s not wireless, but if the flue temp goes over the set point it has a fairly loud beeping alarm that will get your attention, a plus for me as the stove is in the basement and I am not always there to watch it.

In your situation I can see where that would be very helpful..

Ray

 

[Blkbeard]

This is an interesting topic. Clearly there are two sides. One side says: Dont mess with my stove. the other says: Give me all the newest technology available to make things more efficient and safter. Maybe a site Moderator / Admin could Put up a Voting Poll for a few weeks to see how things look at the polls.

 

[EddyKilowatt]

Hmmmm, Blackbeard... I gotta disagree. I think there is a wide middle ground where most of us are. We don't want a dumb iron box with fire in it, and we don't want wires and sensors and circuit boards... we just want a reliable and repeatable measurement of how hot it is inside the stove. A bi-metal dial thermometer is perfect for this application, will work reliably for decades, and only add ten bucks to the bill-of-materials for the manufacturer. And legend has it that bimetal elements were developed by the guy who perfected the chronometer for marine navigation -- back in 18th-century England -- so we're not exactly talking modern hi-tech accessories here.

I think we don't see thermometers because manufacturers worry that the appearance -- the appearance of complication and arcane knowledge -- will scare off consumers in the showroom. When ironically the opposite is true: having that single fire-temperature data point actually makes it much easier to fire the stove, until after some years one develops a "sixth sense" about judging fire appearance versus heat output. (The same dumbing-down instinct has gradually driven all useful gauges off of car dashboards over the past several decades.)

Eddy