Pounds per day used?

Single digits for 2 days, burned about 200# in 48 hours. My buddy said his gas furnace is running almost continuously, that made me feel better

I just added up my total from last evening through this evening and I used #100

December usage:

Coal used: Bituminous Nut 2640#

Ash: 315#

Ash%: 11.9%

Degree Days: 1002

# Used/degree day: 2.64#

I used nearly the same amount per degree day as in November which was 2.6# per degree day.

Ash in November was 13.6% and in December it was 11.9%.

All coal and ash weighed in and out on the same scale for accuracy.

I can almost load by weight and weather forecast and be pretty close on the usage.

I think the amount per day is too inaccurate because of the swings in temperature from

day to day are too great.I use http://www.weatherunderground.com for my figures of the closest

city to my location for my degree day figures.


BigBarney

i burned 2900 lbs of buckwheat in 19 days......about 153 lbs a day

I have a leisure Line Pioneer running flat out since mid Nov. Not being very scientific or precise, I am burning about 60-70lbs per day. Stove is in basement of of 1790 4000sf colonial. Neither ideally situated or sized for what I am asking
of it, it has cut my oil use 60%. This stove is now my friend.

using80onds a day in the firechief burning a blend of stove and nut.
Mixing 120 ponds of blashak to 300 pounds kimmells stove coal. Still have not burned any oil yet this year.

lincolnmania wrote:i burned 2900 lbs of buckwheat in 19 days......about 153 lbs a day

Bout the same here.

I burned 70 lbs in a 24hour period 13.0 daytime high and 3.0 degree low overnight. 73 degrees inside a 1400 sq ft house.

I am running a Biasi Wood/Coal boiler paralleled to my Crown Freeport oil fired with hydro-air heat and indirect fired water heater. It is my first year burning coal and I am loving it. Once I got comfortable with my coal burning skills, I disconnected the oil burner and have not burned any oil since Christmas. I started out with a ton of Centralia on 12/22 and just used it up today 1/17. The weather has been fairly cold this year. I get my domestic hot water from the same system so I am saving on my heat and hot water. I am burning about 70 lbs a day to heat 2200 sq ft and heat domestic water. I built the house in 2000 and it is pretty tight but locked in on oil in August (MISTAKE!!! 4.39/gallon). So I guess 10.64/day is not bad for heat and hot water. I know I would burn more than 2 1/2 gallons of oil per day so I am ahead in the game.

I'm averaging about 58 lbs per day for the month 950 sq ft home

So far, this first week of running the new efm steam boiler, I'm loading up 160 pounds a day! At this rate, I'll be out of coal in about 6 months and I bought extra. I have my fingers crossed that this usage is only due to the cold snap we are having.

I was surprised when after seeing this thread and doing the math, that I've been burning right at 70 lbs/day since jan 1st. This after the wicked cold we've had lately.

I had guessed that I was using 2 bags/day

from Oct 20th thru Drc 31, I averaged 55 lbs/day

started out with 4 tons, willl need more unless AlGore brings back global warming

Just had the wife fill the stove a couple of hours ago. With last nights -20 temps I burned 111 pounds in 24 hours.

I've been using right around 75#'s every 24hrs. Outside temp doesn't seem to matter much. If I crank up the stove, it will easily burn 100#'s, but won't last long. I like keep the heat steady for at least 12 hrs.

Started burning off & on in October, then steady by end of November. As of right now, I've burned 3.25 tons. I used to use 3.75 tons for the entire season with the Mark I, but we had some pretty cold rooms & quite a bit of oil usage. Now the entire house from basement to second floor is 65* - 70*. Not sure of my exact square footage......realtor had one measurement (1400) & bank got another (1800), so I'll say 1,600 sq.ft.(not including basement) poorly insulated & drafty 150 yr. old house. It's looking like I may be short 1.5 tons this year, judging by my usage (first season with Mark III). Bought 5 tons this season & had 1/4 ton left over from last season, so it's looking like I'll need 6.5 tons to make it thru next season.

....And this is keeping the oil burner on too! If I were to shut the oil off, I'd probably use 7.5 - 8 tons!

I figure I've been burning a bag to a bag + 1/2 (40-60 lbs) through the cold snap.