C'Mon Get Cold Out So I Can Light You up!
- Coal_Trickle
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Had her running for a week then got to warm, I'm dying to burn!
Anyone in the same situation?
Anyone in the same situation?
I've been burning, albeit at minimum setting, for about 3 weeks now. I'm getting about 7000BTUs at minimum setting, and its just enough to bring the house up to 73-74 during all this rain. Keeps the house nice and dry too.Coal_Trickle wrote:Had her running for a week then got to warm, I'm dying to burn!
Anyone in the same situation?
- gitrdonecoal
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- Location: Elba, NY
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cant wait either. got anxious one day and threw coal on instead of wood. house got to 77 or 78
I'll repeat what I've been saying in alot of my recent posts about Pea Coal. I started using it for the first time last spring because I read how it will burn slower. My stove will idle down so much and not go out you can put you hand on top of it for a while. But when you turn up the air intake it will throw out lot's of heat. I thought I'd burn it just Fall and Spring but I think I'll burn it all winter if it will work out. I don't get any jams no matter how hard I shake. Ask anybody here with a Harman if they get jams with nut coal. Some folks here made a stop so they won't shake it much to prevent jams..
If your stoves will take Pea try some.
Cheers
If your stoves will take Pea try some.
Cheers
I have been fired up and out 3 times because of the warm weather.. am knida new so started early... am getting the hang of it but looks like tomorrow it may go out again
House has been a toasty 75- 80 degrees... am gonna try to keep it going tomorrrow but not sure if I can.. if I set it to low it goes out on me...
House has been a toasty 75- 80 degrees... am gonna try to keep it going tomorrrow but not sure if I can.. if I set it to low it goes out on me...
- Body Hammer
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- Location: Knox County Maine
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Petit Godin oval
I've had three fires and just had to let it out. I may try several bags of pea like captcaper does. Want to see if it works as well for me. I have a choice of Blaschak or Kimmels here. Any preference?
At this point, I think the oil-fired boiler is probably more economical. My domestic water is on it anyway. But I can't wait to get serious!
Charlie
At this point, I think the oil-fired boiler is probably more economical. My domestic water is on it anyway. But I can't wait to get serious!
Charlie
Thats right! Good thing my FP has glass doors, or the smoke would be rolling into the room. Its really a challenge to get the draft started in this weather.dtzackus wrote: Even too warm to get a wood fire going...
- Coal_Trickle
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I think Im going to try a bag of Pea. I think the next few days may get down to the 30's So im'a gona lite up Can't take it anymore.
I was having some issues with Jams and such being a first timer and got some great advice here so I want to try it out before we hit freezing.
I promise I wont swing them big ass greats open so wide on my Gibraltar this time!
I was having some issues with Jams and such being a first timer and got some great advice here so I want to try it out before we hit freezing.
I promise I wont swing them big ass greats open so wide on my Gibraltar this time!
- lowfog01
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- Location: Springfield, VA
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Mark II & Mark I
- Coal Size/Type: nut/pea
I'm right with you! Just when I think the temps have started their downward march, forecasts like tomorrow's come along and send it back to the mid 70s. I'm really bummed! My husband says, "mid Nov" and he is right. No sense pushing it because the cold will be here soon enough. Lisa
PS - the pea does work well for me when I'm idling the stove. That's what got me the 36 hour burn last winter.
PS - the pea does work well for me when I'm idling the stove. That's what got me the 36 hour burn last winter.
- SMITTY
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- Coal Size/Type: Rice / Blaschak anthracite
- Other Heating: Oil fired Burnham boiler
I'm trying to hold off as long as possible. Last year, I went through 5.25 tons in 3 months with my new Harman Mark III (which replaced the Mark I), which I didn't expect. So by the first week of March, I was out of coal & we froze. We got so used to the house being no less than 65*, it was tough to get use to the oil heat set at 58* -- had already spent enough on coal & oil for the year.
My HW coils are still sitting in the box waiting for that first day. If I light now, it will be too warm in the house - gotta wait until temps are solidly in the 20's or teens, with highs no higher than 40* for the day in order to make the best use of the stove. We were already burning at this time last year, & the coils got my boiler temp up to 264* at one point! Just wasn't enough demand for heat!
My HW coils are still sitting in the box waiting for that first day. If I light now, it will be too warm in the house - gotta wait until temps are solidly in the 20's or teens, with highs no higher than 40* for the day in order to make the best use of the stove. We were already burning at this time last year, & the coils got my boiler temp up to 264* at one point! Just wasn't enough demand for heat!
- EasyRay
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- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Harman TLC 2000
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I've been burning since Oct. 12. My stove is in a finished basement and it keeps the dampness out. On warm days we open the windows. Hitting about 110 degrees on the stove pipe and about 180 on the stove itself. The nice part about keeping it going is just increasing the air intake when it gets colder.
I also think you use more coal on restarts. I've been using my coal stoves like this for 30+ years and I've averaged about 3 ton a season. Besides the fact I HATE start ups.
This has been my 4th season using this stove. The first year using this stone it got very warm in December for a few days so I shut it down just to see what the ash buildup would be inside. Almost none to speak of.I was sorry I shut it down.
So as long as you can keep a draft and you don't mind using the windowstats and are to lazy (like me) to restart. Light em all up November 1st.
I also think you use more coal on restarts. I've been using my coal stoves like this for 30+ years and I've averaged about 3 ton a season. Besides the fact I HATE start ups.
This has been my 4th season using this stove. The first year using this stone it got very warm in December for a few days so I shut it down just to see what the ash buildup would be inside. Almost none to speak of.I was sorry I shut it down.
So as long as you can keep a draft and you don't mind using the windowstats and are to lazy (like me) to restart. Light em all up November 1st.
- Coal_Trickle
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Ok 30's at night 50's during day! Lighting her up!