I have the thermometer to the right of the flue collar. I feel like my stove is always coming close to the over fire line when it doesn't seem like the stove should really be that hot. At the same spot that my thermometer is showing 700, my IR gun is showing 500. I was thinking maybe the thermometer is calibrated for determining the inside of the stove? Or maybe my IR gun is off. Whats it like for you guys with an IS?
On either side of the flue collar for me anyway is the hottest point of the stove. I put my STT on the front panel between the center burner and the left burner (as your looking at the stove) I usually have STT around 350 ish while my cat probe is rough 1000-1200 Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk
As Matt said chances are high it’s your spring thermometer that’s off. Even an accurate one can go haywire without a moments notice. Does yours read 150-200 degrees with a cold stove? Have a thermometer in the house to monitor room temp? Shoot it with your IR. Mine is usually within two degrees.
I think my Woodstock-supplied stove-top thermometer just pooped out. The last several loads have registered nearly 900 on the dial (way into the "overfire" range), but the IR gun shows 650 max. This is measured at the top of the front of the stove, which on my IS is the hottest surface temp. When the front thermo registers 800 or so, the highest stove top temp I can get with IR is a little over 500. I'm about ready to just use the Condar probe thermo (over the cat) and call it good. The surface thermo just seems too far off to be useful.
Fairly certain my woodstock supplied magnetic one took a dive as well. It keeps getting stuck at like 600. Even on a cold stove Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk
