Rice Coal in the Hitzer 503

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Post by jcbcoal » Fri. Feb. 19, 2010 3:05 pm

Anyone burning rice coal in the Hitzer 503 ? I burned about 3 tons of nut so far this year (first year burning coal) and need to get another load this weekend and was thinking of trying rice coal. Any thoughts on comparing the burn/heat output or use would be great.
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Post by newbiecoal » Fri. Feb. 19, 2010 3:07 pm

I tried that will poor results. Clogged up the stove and killed the fire. I ended up having to shut her down and clean her out. My buddy also gave me 200lbs of buckwheat, but I mixed it with nut. That wasn't the best either but didn't kill the fire. I wouldn't burn anything smaller than pea.

 
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Post by cntbill » Fri. Feb. 19, 2010 3:54 pm

I picked up a load of pea that a person got by mistake as he had a stoker. So I ended up with a bunch of rice mixed with the pea. When I put that mixture in the stove seemed to smother the fire a bit and a lot of it just fell through the grates. Something you need to think about as I don't know what the size of your grates are, and being a hand fire pea would probable be the smallest that you should use.

 
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Post by CapeCoaler » Fri. Feb. 19, 2010 4:04 pm

Pea is the smallest size that would work...


 
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Post by jcbcoal » Fri. Feb. 19, 2010 4:19 pm

CapeCoaler wrote:Pea is the smallest size that would work...
CapeCoaler-
Have you tried pea in the 503?

 
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Post by JIMTORL » Fri. Feb. 19, 2010 4:40 pm

Been there :oops:
Done that :oops:
Don't waste your time. :)
Not unless you want to do a clean out this week end :mad:
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Post by Jim503RI » Fri. Feb. 19, 2010 5:59 pm

I use nut in my 503, and add a little pea mix or pea on top in the fall and spring. Pea burns longer. Not as hot. More controlled burn. Control the ash, let it breath.

 
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Post by CapeCoaler » Sat. Feb. 20, 2010 1:06 pm

Spring and fall the 'rents burn Pea...
Then a mix of Nut and Pea as it gets colder...
Then straight Nut...
27 foot chimney with a 6" insulated liner...
In the winter the flue damper is pushed all the way in...
We have a very good draft...
The damper is pulled open a bit for the Pea...
The Pea lets the stove just simmer at 175* during the day then open it up at night...


 
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Post by jcbcoal » Sun. Feb. 21, 2010 11:45 am

Thanks everyone for the information! No rice coal for me ! I picked up some pea size and I picked up a couple of bags of stove coal and added a bucket last night to the Hitzer. The stove coal worked well. Lots of heat. Anyone have and experience using stove coal in the 503 ?

 
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Post by CapeCoaler » Sun. Feb. 21, 2010 4:18 pm

Never tried but the hopper may not like the bigger size of Stove...
It may get stuck in the narrow bottom...
Call Hitzer...
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Post by baldeagle » Thu. Feb. 25, 2010 7:59 pm

jbcoal - aas per other posts pea is OK for Fall/Spring - - - I burned up a couple of odd bags of Rrice mixed in with Pea
last year by pouring about a 1/4 of a scuttle of rice on top of Nut when the stove was filled to bottom of hopper - but
wouldn't say to do it on purpose. Best, baldeagle

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