High Temperature Alarm?

So I went ahead and got an Auber Instruments alarm with a flue temp probe. Is there any place specific that it should be mounted. I would love to take out a screw in a connection and use that instead of drilling more holes. I have a picture with my set up. I was thinking of putting it at the top of the tee where it connects to the SS coupling. Somewhere here I read something about 18" above the tee. Not only can I not get up there, but I would hate to drill holes in the SS liner. The coupling and the T are much thicker and would hold a screw better. Thoughts?

 

Looks like a good spot to me.

What is that stove?

 

It's a WS Absolute Steel. Without the wings.

 

18 inches is a general rule for above your stove top, In that setup I think 18 inches above the tee would actually be too far.
I think the spot you were talking about would be just fine.
Mine is single wall pipe and holds the screws just fine.
You still have to drill some holes you need 3 holes
Don't forget to take it out when you clean your pipes,
That's going to be a lot better than looking behind there at the magnet mount

 

Thank you HDRock. I'm glad I read this thread before making a purchase.

 

No prob
You get er hooked up yet ?

 

Not yet. I wanted to make sure I'm mounting it in the right place. Don't feel like plugging holes. So I think I'll mount it up as far as I can without getting into the liner. I guess the 18" rule is so that ambient stove heat doesn't skew the readings?

 

The part I like is the alarm to alert in case we forget to close the draft up after establishing a fire upon reloading.

 

Yep

Yeah I hit 900 on the pipe 2-3 times , alarm saved me
Is your pipe single wall ? Looks like it

 

Yea, single wall.

 

Can you show me how you got the thing to actually text you when the high temp alarm is triggered???

 

Manufacturer - StoveDroid Wood Stove Monitor/Alarm

 

Bummer no Apple App yet.

 

Now theres a way around this since all you need is an app that alerts you that can be syncronized with the device that is looking to alert you.

 

Not quite what i was looking for and auberist has these assembled and encased for a fraction of the price.

 

I picked up the auber flue temp probe and the second wireless controller last fall and have to say it worked awesome. Especially like the high temp alarm, saved my butt a few times.

 

Saved my butt a few times too

 

Brian, I opened this thread and read this carefully. Then you posted another comment about this perspective would be good informing those who are newer to burning.
Let me tell you this: it works. I’ve left the door open a hair and air wide open to get the wood going but not as long as you posted. It strikes enough fear into me about it. What I have done is gone over a temp but not because I left the air open, closed it all off in fact but found the gasket to be at fault. Fixed now. Say if I am loading over very hot coals (1/4 of the load is left), I try not to leave the air open as the wood catches pretty quickly. (Within 5 mins).

This is indeed informative and sound as an experience. What I wish to grab from this is that how many times has someone’s non-epa stove fired as hot as yours?? Figures like this may run the gamut and no true harm came from it as long as they did something to stop it or slow it down. I’m keeping in mind that you have an Oak leaf as well.

I’m not saying anyone should over do the fire but if the case happens, it sounds that it would likely require an incredible amount of heat to get a wood stove failure/ breakage.