Are flue pipe thermometers useful?

suki1964

Swipe wrote: »

Either I believe but you only need to worry about low temps when burning wood. Smokeless burns are much more consistent. To over fire with smokeless you'd have to draw the coals that hot that they'd be glowing white hot.

Phew

I was getting all worried I was doing something wrong then cos if they got that hot Id have to go sit in the garden naked lololo

Ive put my oven thermometer on there which isnt going to be very accurate but its sitting at a steady 220 which is hotter then Im cooking my chicken at and is keeping the room at a steady 26oC so Im happy enough

suki1964

welda wrote: »

Try Amazon.com. One there at $80 USD = £51 GBP. I'd imagine there may be a shipping charge, you would have to go through process to check out?

Cheers....................

Those of us who got the fans from amazon last year not only got free shipping but the tax or customs charge whatever was refunded as well

werdnareklaw

welda wrote: »

Sorry, I should have explained, buy via Amazon US website, as said, other members in here have done the same, no probs with customs either, no doubt they will reply with first hand info?

Got it, thanks!! Will have a look.

smcqis

Let say you have bunged your stove up with fuel and it says its underfiring how do you increase its output? opening the air vent?

bernithebiker

smcqis wrote: »

Let say you have bunged your stove up with fuel and it says its underfiring how do you increase its output? opening the air vent?

Yes. Or even leave the door slightly ajar.

And if that doesn't get it going then you will need to give it some encouragement, like a firelighter or gas torch.

smcqis

My fire burns well as there is a good red glow of the coal but it only hets the room to 18-19 degrees, i was hoping for 25 degrees but not getting anywhere close to this, even if its on for 10 hours

suki1964

are you actually putting in enough fuel?

Not really a cheeky question as there have been peeps posting expecting to be sat in their undies on six lumps of coal or 1 log

Swipe

smcqis wrote: »

My fire burns well as there is a good red glow of the coal but it only hets the room to 18-19 degrees, i was hoping for 25 degrees but not getting anywhere close to this, even if its on for 10 hours

How big is your room? I have a 5KW which I had in my old house but now in a 21sq metre room and it can only get to 21C if I burn it like crazy when it's below 0C outside. Instead I just half fill it and supplement it with 10 mins of bursts every hour with other heating (my air con unit) instead of wasting lots of fuel.

highrisklowreturn

You're burning poor coal. Buy household.

grahamc2003

smcqis wrote: »

My fire burns well as there is a good red glow of the coal but it only hets the room to 18-19 degrees, i was hoping for 25 degrees but not getting anywhere close to this, even if its on for 10 hours

What flue pipe temperature are you running at? (Can't help having a little laugh at that question!).

iirc, yours is a Little Wenlock, which should be chucking out 5kW, which is enough to warm an averaged sized room to what you want, assuming there's not too many draughts. Mine often gets to 23C (too hot for me) - does take a few hours though from typically around 13/14C when around 4 or 5 outside. - a large room with high ceilings, new cavity wall insulation and, thankfully, no vent.