EXCITING EASY TO READ GRAPHICS. ChimGard® Energy Meter (3-4) Woodstove Thermometer. Durable genuine porcelain enamel with yellow & orange zones clearly indicated on brown case -- shows safe flue temperatures at a glance. CALIBRATED FOR FLUEPIPES

by Condar

Product Features

• Durable genuine porcelain enamel.
• Shows safe flue temperatures at a glance.
• Temperatures up to 900° Fahrenheit (500 Centigrade).
• Rugged steel case for long life.
• The top-quality thermometer for stove or stovepipe.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000IZTA4O
• Item model number: 3-4
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,706 in Home & Kitchen (See Top 100 in Home & Kitchen)
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Product Description

If you're using a woodstove, you need to know what's going on inside your chimney. If you're burning too cold, you could be coating your chimney with creosote, sending massive amounts of particulate matter into the atmosphere, and losing quite a bit of heat from your wood. If you're burning too hot, you could be wasting energy, damaging your catalytic combustor or even chancing a chimney fire. It's important that you know exactly what's happening, so you can burn efficiently, stay comfortable, and most importantly, stay SAFE. Condar patented surface thermometers are bimetal instruments that attach magnetically to your stove or flue pipe. They indicate the surface temperature, and by extension the temperature of the flue gasses. They're instrumental in fine tuning your burning habits for maximum safety and efficiency. The ChimGard 3-4 Thermometer is the most popular surface thermometer for use on single-walled stove pipe. Colored "zones" on the enamelled steel face indicate safe burning temperatures, letting you know what's going on. A cool-touch metal bail allows you to move the magnetic thermometer wherever you wish on the pipe, or you may use the safety screw (included) to insure the thermometer stays exactly where you want it, with no chance of slipping off the pipe.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Does the trick!, November 27, 2011

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D. Pearman (Portland, OR, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: EXCITING EASY TO READ GRAPHICS. ChimGard® Energy Meter (3-4) Woodstove Thermometer. Durable genuine porcelain enamel with yellow & orange zones clearly indicated on brown case -- shows safe flue temperatures at a glance. CALIBRATED FOR FLUEPIPES

We purchased a home with a wood stove and took some time this year to give it some love. After doing some research, I discovered that it is recommended to have a thermometer on the chimney, which we haven't had in the 3 years of living here. Received this in the mail quickly, and it looks exactly like the picture. Our stove is completely black, and I wasn't sure I wanted something so colorful, but it's great because we can see the temperature is ok without having to look too closely at it. Price is comparable to other sites. We haven't installed the screw because our chimney doesn't get too hot so it stays put.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Goes up. Goes down., October 16, 2009

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Freckles "freckles" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: EXCITING EASY TO READ GRAPHICS. ChimGard® Energy Meter (3-4) Woodstove Thermometer. Durable genuine porcelain enamel with yellow & orange zones clearly indicated on brown case -- shows safe flue temperatures at a glance. CALIBRATED FOR FLUEPIPES

Works well. I assume its reading is representative of the temperatures. Color is not too bright and offensive. Looks good on black stove. You sometimes have to tap it to get it to give current temperature as it occasionally gets a bit hung up on its way up. Not the end of the world.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars How Exciting?, December 22, 2011

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Justin Shore - See all my reviews

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This review is from: EXCITING EASY TO READ GRAPHICS. ChimGard® Energy Meter (3-4) Woodstove Thermometer. Durable genuine porcelain enamel with yellow & orange zones clearly indicated on brown case -- shows safe flue temperatures at a glance. CALIBRATED FOR FLUEPIPES

I don't know exactly how exciting the graphics can be, but this does the job. I had intended on buying one of these for the top of my wood burning stove, but I accidentally bought the chimney version by accident. I just set it on top of my stove, and it works pretty good. I can't believe my stove actually gets as hot as it does. The only issue I have is that the gauge sometimes gets stuck when cooling off around 150 degrees. Just touch the needle with your finger, and it frees up.