Has anyone done this? I'm talking about monitoring the exterior of the top plate, which goes over 700F easily. I currently have a thermo switch with a K-type thermocouple that turns the fan from low to high at a certain temperature, but would like to monitor the temperature.
Sounds like you need an IR temp sensor for this or a thermocouple that can handle that. Not exactly sure why you would want to monitor the top plate since unless the house is burning down, you will not be going at temps high enough to cause damage to the stove.
I to use a small temp sensor inside a duct to know when to start/stop a fan to bring heat to the first floor. The duct is directly connected to the back of the stove via a port from the manufacturer, as heat rises inside the duct, I can detect the rise and start the fan at the best temperature (10 degrees higher than the upstairs temperature). When the first flor gets to a temperature of 24 degrees, it turns the fan off.
As I said, I use a thermocouple thermo switch now to turn the fan on to high. It gives very good temperature readings, just not remote. When I say top plate, I mean the top steel plate of the firebox-that is, there's only 1/4" or so of steel between sensor and fire. Here's what I have now:
Yup, exactly what I understood, but monitoring the top plate to decide when to start a fan is kind of overkill, so unless you find a way to couple an IR temp sensor or that thermocouple to an arduino and then to HE, you will have to go another (easier) route like I did.
I found just about nothing on line, except for @iharyadi 's video:
1 Like
I make Environment Sensor that has analog input expansion pin that you can plugged in AD8495 module. AD8495 module is a module that convert a K-Type probe to analog signal.
If you need help to make one, feel free to reach out. I will be happy to help you with it. I also have DTH for it in my github.
1 Like
