How much coal have you used so far?

How much coal have you used so far?

PostBy: leowis1 On: Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:19 pm

I have a 520 stoker. I've used probably 4 tons so far. My daytime t-stat is set at 67. Night time is 64. I fired up the boiler on Oct. 15. I have an old victorian built in 1884 with no insulation. Please let me know how you guys are doing?
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Re: How much coal have you used so far?

PostBy: Blackdiamonddoug On: Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:29 pm

5 tons started burning in dec AA260 100 year old painted lady victorian 5000 plus square feet very little insulation 7 zones all set at 70
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Re: How much coal have you used so far?

PostBy: ken On: Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:22 pm

I'm almost done with last years 4.3 tons. Maybe nother week left.
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Re: How much coal have you used so far?

PostBy: av8r On: Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:29 pm

You guys are gonna hate me....I burn about 20 pounds a day in my LL Hearth heating my 1700 sq ft ranch. 70-72 whenever the wife is home, setback to 67 from 10PM to 4AM.
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Re: How much coal have you used so far?

PostBy: tsb On: Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:37 pm

Av8r,
That's about right. I burn 40 lbs and heat about twice the area.
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Re: How much coal have you used so far?

PostBy: paulsferg On: Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:41 pm

running a 520 highboy,heating 1300sq. ft plus basement,started nov.1,used baout 2.5 tons so far.keep it a toasty 73.
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Re: How much coal have you used so far?

PostBy: cArNaGe On: Thu Jan 14, 2010 12:17 am

About 4 tons.. Heating a little under 4000 sq feet. Old Victorian built in 1895
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Re: How much coal have you used so far?

PostBy: brckwlt On: Thu Jan 14, 2010 1:16 am

7.75 tons since oct. 2nd 2009, heating 3,000 sq ft in a poorly insulated house with old windows
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Re: How much coal have you used so far?

PostBy: smokeyCityTeacher On: Thu Jan 14, 2010 1:50 am

leowis1 wrote:I have a 520 stoker. I've used probably 4 tons so far. My daytime t-stat is set at 67. Night time is 64. I fired up the boiler on Oct. 15. I have an old victorian built in 1884 with no insulation. Please let me know how you guys are doing?


1880 triple bricktorian. Heating basement with wood only but heating 2nd floor with wood and coal used 3/4 ton so far.
This probably does not count since I burn both wood and coal.
Burn wood all day then coal overnight. In morning dump wood onto hot coal coals. At night dump coal on top of wood coals.
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Re: How much coal have you used so far?

PostBy: Yanche On: Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:31 am

About 2 tons. Heating 2200 sq. ft. well insulated split level with most windows argon filled double pane glass. I re-plumbed my two boilers into a true primary secondary piping system last summer. This eliminated my thermal siphoning heat loss problem. It's made a significant reduction in my coal consumption.
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Re: How much coal have you used so far?

PostBy: bksaun On: Thu Jan 14, 2010 11:50 am

67 bags =2680lbs Heating 1500 Sq ft old house fairly well insulated.

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Re: How much coal have you used so far?

PostBy: jim d On: Thu Jan 14, 2010 4:48 pm

2 1/2 ton 2400 sq foot metal shop w/ 20'roof radient in floor home made boiler w/ twin stokers ran both for about 2weeks just 1 now it's in the 20s&teens
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Re: How much coal have you used so far?

PostBy: KLook On: Thu Jan 14, 2010 6:36 pm

Heating about 2500 sq. ft. since Sept. 20th. Used about 120 50# bags or 3 ton. Hope to reduce that next year by installing recirc loop and maybe a 40 gal. storage tank in the recirc loop. Using about 65#'s a day in Jan. and it has been cold.

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Re: How much coal have you used so far?

PostBy: lincolnmania On: Thu Jan 14, 2010 6:47 pm

6 tons so far between the efm af150 and the alaska stoker.....about 4,000 sf
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Re: How much coal have you used so far?

PostBy: MTWD On: Thu Jan 14, 2010 9:10 pm

About 2 ton. Heating 3000 sq ft,. Well insulated house with a AA 130 68 day time, 63 night time
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