7 Reasons Why Every Woodstove Owner
Needs a Condar Thermometer
1. Safety – Tell at a glance if your fire is burning too hot, creating potential chimney fire hazard. Or too cool, with incomplete combustion, which causes smoldering woodsmoke to condense as hazardous creosote.
2. Extends Life of Catalytic Combustors – Excessive smoke or heat will degrade a catalytic combustor. Without a thermometer, you're merely guessing at conditions in your firebox. A small investment in a stovepipe thermometer can pay handsome dividends, by guarding against premature replacement of expensive combustors.
3. Less Frequent Chimney Cleaning – Creosote, the bane of stovepipes, builds rapidly when stoves burn at consistently low temperatures, especially in airtight stoves. Stovepipes on non-catalytic stoves should always be equipped with thermometers, to enable the owner to avoid operating conditions conducive to creosote build-up, necessitating frequent cleaning of the flue.
4. Longer-Lasting Fires – When woodstoves burn too hot, flue gases rush up the chimney and valuable heating energy is lost forever. An inefficient fire leads to unnecessary wood/fuel reloading.
5. Saves Money – Over time, your thermometer will prevent needless expenses on catalytic combustors, chimney cleaning, and wood/fuel. It will teach you how to operate your stove at highest efficiency, minimum effort, and lowest total cost.
6. Conserves Wood Resources – If for no other reason, you should monitor your stove's combustion in order to avoid unnecessary waste of fuel. An efficient fire helps conserve America's wood resources.
7. Environmental Air Quality – To burn smart is to burn clean. The woodstove owner who burns efficiently contributes to our common goal reducing air pollution. The importance of thermometers is even greater for older woodstoves, in order to control smoke emissions. However, any stove can benefit from achieving optimum efficiency.
|
