Stack temp

[red maples]

mine is that low because the base stack is 4-5 high (forgot the exact height) so its about 3-4 ft higher than it should be. and I didn't have it ripping full yet no reason to waste wood boiling water!!! and internal is alot higher than exterior.

[3rdgen.maple]

I yet to see a base stack on a manufactured rig that isn't 4 to 5 foot high Red. That is the norm. I have never bothered checking stack temps on mine. Bottom line is, it is what it is and boils like crazy. Red you just wait until you get your first 100 gallons of sap. You are gonna put half in it and once it gets ripping good you are gonna have to shut it down. Ahhhhhh I remeber it like it was yesterday. " I got a hundred + gallons and Im gonna boil for a few hours to sweeten the pans. An hour goes by and I was like that is it Im done already, sort of bitter sweet. I wanna keep going but happy it boils so fast.

[KenWP]

The directions for my thermometer I use for the house stove says to have it 18 inchs above the top of the heat chamber. Seems to let me know what's what so far. When I first started heating last year useing it the first thing I did was adjust the automatic draft controls to get the stack temp higher. it's no wonder the former owner had soot problems.

[red maples]

OH yeah 3rd gen I can't wait baby. I might make a plexiglass splash guard though when I was boiling water it was splashing a little on the oposite side of the float box on the flue pan not much but just enough to make a mess and I don't want anyone to get splashed!!!

on the woodstove its like the directions say my temp gage is 18" from the top of the stove. but for the evap it is really just going to be a monitor for me to "try" to maintain temps as consistant as posible!!!