Optimum coal temp?
Posted: Mon. Mar. 08, 2021 8:53 pm
Hello,
Sorry for all the questions. Is there an optimum temp that a coal stove should be run at? My Hitzer 30-95 has been averaging around the high 300s. My draft control is set to 7 which is halfway. Manometer has been consistently reading .05. I have a manual damper set at about the 1 o'clock position. When the ashes are deep after around 10 hours of burning it is in the low 300s or high 200s.
As long as it continues to burn is that fine? I am using an IR thermometer to take the temp by aiming it at the glass in the door. It is maintaining my basement at a comfortable temp, I would not want it any hotter.
I bought one of those magnetic thermometers but it is not very accurate. I have it stuck to the side of my stove and it reads 50 degrees colder than the IR thermometer. According to the magnet the side is 150, the IR tells me the side is 208, and the glass door is currently 290.
Thanks for any replies.
Sorry for all the questions. Is there an optimum temp that a coal stove should be run at? My Hitzer 30-95 has been averaging around the high 300s. My draft control is set to 7 which is halfway. Manometer has been consistently reading .05. I have a manual damper set at about the 1 o'clock position. When the ashes are deep after around 10 hours of burning it is in the low 300s or high 200s.
As long as it continues to burn is that fine? I am using an IR thermometer to take the temp by aiming it at the glass in the door. It is maintaining my basement at a comfortable temp, I would not want it any hotter.
I bought one of those magnetic thermometers but it is not very accurate. I have it stuck to the side of my stove and it reads 50 degrees colder than the IR thermometer. According to the magnet the side is 150, the IR tells me the side is 208, and the glass door is currently 290.
Thanks for any replies.