What's Your Totals...
- Freddy
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- Joined: Fri. Apr. 11, 2008 2:54 pm
- Location: Orrington, Maine
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Axeman Anderson 130 (pea)
- Coal Size/Type: Pea size, Superior, deep mined
I'm going to guess 3/4 ton since the second week in Oct. I can only guess as I can't see in my bin yet. Last year in weather like this I was burning about 35 to 40 pounds a day.
- Black_And_Blue
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- Joined: Sun. Dec. 21, 2008 12:09 pm
- Location: a rock and a hard place
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: Alaska 140
Pulled up my #2 oil use spread sheet started in 2004.
Oct-2004 was paying 1.72 gallon.
May-2008 peak of 4.09 gallon............went shopping for a coal stove!
Oil at $1.63 per gallon is my break even point per BTU, so I'm happy to burn at the earliest opportunity.
Oct-2004 was paying 1.72 gallon.
May-2008 peak of 4.09 gallon............went shopping for a coal stove!
Oil at $1.63 per gallon is my break even point per BTU, so I'm happy to burn at the earliest opportunity.
- mozz
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- Joined: Mon. Sep. 17, 2007 5:27 pm
- Location: Wayne county PA.
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Axeman Anderson 1982 AA-130 Steam
Been burning little over 1 year straight so I can't say how much since Oct! Got 6 ton delivered $160/ton in the summer and the bin is about full level now, was over flowing a lot. I don't seem to be running much except the timer, maybe in the morning it kicks on a bit. Thermostat is set at 70, upstairs is 2-3 degrees colder. Taking out 1 full ash can a week. I do go down the basement once a day to be sure all is ok, fire is burning, manometer reading ok, belts are still there and look to see if anything that moves needs oiling. I swear, the only day I skipped checking up on it last year, I had problems, baro was stuck or something.
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- Joined: Wed. Feb. 04, 2009 7:13 am
- Location: Fair Haven, VT
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Hybrid Axeman Anderson 130
- Baseburners & Antiques: Sparkle #12
- Coal Size/Type: Pea, Buckwheat, Nut
- Other Heating: LP Hot air. WA TX for coal use.
Been burning about 75#/day heating the house to a balmy 75°F and the garage taking the residual heat from the boiler. Was under my house the other night and it must have been at least 80°F down there. That's why my floors are staying warm I guess.
Compared to you guys it's a lot of coal. Just got my manometer yesterday so I'll get that hooked up tonight and check the draft.
Mind you this is running 140°F back and forth to my house 24/7 so now I'm rethinking my plan on that. I may just buy a timer for the boiler, a strap on aquastat for the water line and set it up to only circulate upon T-stat call.
Hmmm..from $8.50/day to $5.00/day sure would make a large difference over the course of a winter. Then again it's really nice to have warm floors like normal houses do and it's hard to believe how constant that heat is from having spent my entire life with FHA heat.
Compared to you guys it's a lot of coal. Just got my manometer yesterday so I'll get that hooked up tonight and check the draft.
Mind you this is running 140°F back and forth to my house 24/7 so now I'm rethinking my plan on that. I may just buy a timer for the boiler, a strap on aquastat for the water line and set it up to only circulate upon T-stat call.
Hmmm..from $8.50/day to $5.00/day sure would make a large difference over the course of a winter. Then again it's really nice to have warm floors like normal houses do and it's hard to believe how constant that heat is from having spent my entire life with FHA heat.
- Black_And_Blue
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- Joined: Sun. Dec. 21, 2008 12:09 pm
- Location: a rock and a hard place
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: Alaska 140
1320 lbs for November.
2 shuts downs due to electrical interruption (last one was a tree that fell on a power line and caught on fire up the road).
Need to get a on the ball and make the battery backup connections.
2 shuts downs due to electrical interruption (last one was a tree that fell on a power line and caught on fire up the road).
Need to get a on the ball and make the battery backup connections.
- SMITTY
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- Posts: 12520
- Joined: Sun. Dec. 11, 2005 12:43 pm
- Location: West-Central Mass
- Stoker Coal Boiler: EFM 520 Highboy
- Coal Size/Type: Rice / Blaschak anthracite
- Other Heating: Oil fired Burnham boiler
I've been up & running since last Saturday at 19:00hrs. So far I've gone through 8.5 40lb. bags of Blashak. VERY happy with that -- last winter I was burning nearly 2 50lb bags per day!
I think the Kimmels I got last year was crappy quality. Using alot less this year, & have longer burn times to boot.
I think the Kimmels I got last year was crappy quality. Using alot less this year, & have longer burn times to boot.
- gaw
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- Posts: 4437
- Joined: Fri. Jan. 26, 2007 2:51 am
- Location: Parts Unknown
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Keystoker KA-6
- Coal Size/Type: Rice from Schuylkill County
Total estimated amount used since July 1st is 3,344 lbs. July, August, and September was for hot water, a little heat in October and more heat through November. The burning has increased significantly lately.
- sterling40man
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- Joined: Sat. May. 03, 2008 11:52 am
- Location: Northern Maine
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Keystoker K6
5,200 lbs since Oct 9.
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- Joined: Fri. Jan. 26, 2007 9:55 pm
- Location: Birdsboro PA.
- Stoker Coal Boiler: EFM 350
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Furnace: reading allegheny stoker
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: alaska kodiak stoker 1986. 1987 triburner, 1987 crane diamond
- Coal Size/Type: rice
up to 8,500 lbs since mid october
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- Joined: Mon. Oct. 19, 2009 10:41 pm
- Location: Pittsburgh, PA
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Hitzer 30-95
yinzer way outta my league
- Black_And_Blue
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- Joined: Sun. Dec. 21, 2008 12:09 pm
- Location: a rock and a hard place
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: Alaska 140
6400 lbs as of today.
160 bags
160 bags
- no74falcon
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- Joined: Fri. Jan. 01, 2010 9:39 pm
- Location: Erieville, N.Y.
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: 2) Leisure Line Pioneers, 1) Keystoker
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: 1) Hitzer 82FA, 1) Newmac WG100
Almost half a ton. But that is only because I had planned on burning wood. Next year, I hope it's different. I hope to burn mostly coal while burning a little bit of wood... We'll see.
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