Stove Pipe Escutcheon Wood Burning Stove Optimum Flue Temperature

If your stove is burning too hot it means you are using more fuel than necessary.

Wood floors cleaner propane stove pilot light. I maxed out the thermal camera at 680f. If i want a higher stove top temperature i still close the bypass which stabilizes my flue temperature and dont shut the air down as much. When over 900 degrees it is time to stop stoking the fire and turn down the damper.

Over 900 degrees f. I took some thermal images of my stove last night when it was 12f out so i hader crankin good. The surface readings will be about 30 50 cooler than the actual flue gas temps.

The st 101 will show you the optimum burn. Between 400 and 900 degrees f. You can buy thermometers to read the temperature of your stove but the important factor is how it operates.

When reading a stove pipe surface or probe thermometer the optimal temperature range is 230 to 475 degrees fahrenheit. That is why the range scales on a stove pipe thermometer start saying overfire or too hot starting around 500f. Had a 500f flue temperature after loading it for the night and before i throttled down the flue dampener which promptly brough it down another hundred.

The morso stove pipe thermometer is attached to the flue pipe with a magnet and is used to measure the temperature of the smoke in the flue pipe right above the stove. When reading from a stove top thermometer youll want to see the arm remaining in the 400 to 650 degrees fahrenheit range. Most modern wood burning stoves range from 375 650 degrees fahrenheit.

If you owned an old pot belly stove they have been known to burn even higher producing heat to 200000 btus. There are thermometers designed to find out the stove temperature. I have an externally mounted flue pipe alarm set at 350.

Attaches via a strong magnet. Temperature readings in these optimal ranges indicate that the fuel is burning efficiently. At that temperature i can close the bypass set the air to a predetermined location and get the burns i want.

That is to say burning the wood will produce largely heat water vapor and carbon dioxide. At this temperature the wood is burning and converting almost completely and. Single wall pipe will cool down the gases more rapidly so you want to stay for surface temps you want to read about 18 above the stove.

A hot fire can prematurely corrode and degrade the metal flue pipe and the wood stove. When the stove is at an optimal temperature the combustion of the wood is more complete. The majority of modern wood burning stoves give a heat ranging from 375 degrees to 650 degrees fahrenheit.

If your stove isnt burning hot enough there is a higher chance of developing tar build up in your flue. When ensuring an optimal combustion you save on wood and you avoid accumulation of soot in both the flue and stove.