I posted this data under the General Technical Discussion forum and thought it important enough to post here -- sorry if you see this as excessive but several posters in the Technical Questions forum have indicated serious melting issues and concern for unexpected fire situations.
here's the original post link for some background info -- viewtopic.php?f=5&t=444
N.B. I used an IR temperature sensor device for measuring temps.
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I was able to get some time on the boat today so I used it to take some temp measurements related to the Wallas stove operation.
Ambient temperature outside was 75ºF.
I started the stove with the knob temperature setting at its highest position and left it this way for 30 minutes before taking temperature readings.
1. Temp of the left stove was over 500ºF and so was the righthand side. The IR temp sensor would readily display "Hi". 😉
2. The shielded exhaust pipe under the stove was displayed as 250ºF.
3. Temperature of the gases coming out of the stove's hull exhaust port was fluctuating between 270ºF and 310ºF.
I then closed the stove's lid and left it in cabin heating mode for 15 minutes.
1. Temperature of the counter top surface immediately in front of stove where the air blows out was 210ºF
I would say that with these temperatures people need to be careful and take special care with anything close to the stove's hull exhaust port.
I also noted that during the first 5 minutes of starting the stove there was a fairly strong 'fuel burning' smell when standing in the cockpit area presumably coming from the outside stove's exhaust gases. After the 5 minutes the smell abruptly vanished.
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here's the original post link for some background info -- viewtopic.php?f=5&t=444
N.B. I used an IR temperature sensor device for measuring temps.
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I was able to get some time on the boat today so I used it to take some temp measurements related to the Wallas stove operation.
Ambient temperature outside was 75ºF.
I started the stove with the knob temperature setting at its highest position and left it this way for 30 minutes before taking temperature readings.
1. Temp of the left stove was over 500ºF and so was the righthand side. The IR temp sensor would readily display "Hi". 😉
2. The shielded exhaust pipe under the stove was displayed as 250ºF.
3. Temperature of the gases coming out of the stove's hull exhaust port was fluctuating between 270ºF and 310ºF.
I then closed the stove's lid and left it in cabin heating mode for 15 minutes.
1. Temperature of the counter top surface immediately in front of stove where the air blows out was 210ºF
I would say that with these temperatures people need to be careful and take special care with anything close to the stove's hull exhaust port.
I also noted that during the first 5 minutes of starting the stove there was a fairly strong 'fuel burning' smell when standing in the cockpit area presumably coming from the outside stove's exhaust gases. After the 5 minutes the smell abruptly vanished.
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