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Post by JB Sparks » Wed. Sep. 29, 2010 4:12 am

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Post by I'm On Fire » Mon. Oct. 04, 2010 1:35 pm

Man, it's 46° and I want to fire up the Chubby, it's probably still too early even though it is supposed to be in the 40s and 50s this week.

There is definitely something wrong with me as I hate the cold and winter and am never this excited about the heating season.

 
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Post by VigIIPeaBurner » Mon. Oct. 04, 2010 3:25 pm

I'm On Fire wrote:Man, it's 46° and I want to fire up the Chubby, it's probably still too early even though it is supposed to be in the 40s and 50s this week.

There is definitely something wrong with me as I hate the cold and winter and am never this excited about the heating season.
DO IT!! High 40's and low 50's, perfect together! Keep the fire low and regulate with window stats. :)

 
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Post by JB Sparks » Mon. Oct. 04, 2010 3:43 pm

VigIIPeaBurner wrote:DO IT!!
Ditto the DO IT!!

I have been firing up my Chubby with wood just to take the morning chill out of the shop. Using my new manometer and mag.temp.gage I got for this stove I was able to make a load of kindling last about three hours, never did that before. Left the mpd open and used supply air to control it. Stove temp was about 500* with .05 draft. I thought that was pretty kwel.

 
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Post by I'm On Fire » Mon. Oct. 04, 2010 5:40 pm

Yeah, it never broke 50° today and temps don't look like they are going to be above 55° until Wednesday where it'll be 61°. So hopefully I can get a three day coal fire going. I'll be sure to keep the mod open a bit and leave a window open.

My furnace has been on since Friday night and its been killing me. I refuse to place an order for oil cause I just want to burn coal. So I've been buying diesel 10 gallons at a time to tied me over until it gets colder and I can burn coal steadily.

 
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Post by JB Sparks » Mon. Oct. 04, 2010 6:16 pm

Last year I took out my 60 year old 275 gal. oil tank and installed a new 138 gal. tank. I put in a 100 gals. a year, which is just used for hot water through the summer. The extra room gained from the smaller tank lets me stor more coal in the boiler room. Works out great.

 
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Post by HanSoSlow » Tue. Oct. 05, 2010 11:44 am

It wont be long before I fire mine up for the very first time! Picked up a Harman sf-150, burned a few sticks in it just to test it out and am almost finished with the coal bin outside - should hold 2-3 ton at a time. I'm still 2 weeks away from getting a delivery though, so I might go and get a couple buckets just to test pea vs. nut before I get 2 t delivered.

Never burned coal before, so I have a lot to learn and quick if I want to stay warm.


 
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Post by ScubaSteve » Tue. Oct. 05, 2010 1:15 pm

I'll fire up the Vigilant II when nights dip into the low 40s. My house is insulated extremely well and as long as the days make it to the high 50s, the house stays pretty comfortable. Now I just need to go get some coal!!

 
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Post by VigIIPeaBurner » Tue. Oct. 05, 2010 5:53 pm

Yesterday my daughter was walking around with multiple blankets wrapped around her complaining that it was COLD :o It was only 62 in the house. I started the Vigilant up and in an hour had 40 Lbs of nut going which got the house up to 70 by bed times (~ 3,100 sq'). At five it was 73.4 so I didn't add anything. This afternoon I get "where's the fire? It's COLD in here~" It was 71 and the stove was out. :?

 
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Post by New Hope Engineer » Tue. Oct. 05, 2010 6:03 pm

i have had a fire in the stove since sunday morning.i am working off what is left of last years supply first before tappin into the load of pea coal for this season. 8-)

 
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Post by freetown fred » Tue. Oct. 05, 2010 6:50 pm

OK, that's it--I'm sick of this damp nasty stuff--this 200 yr old farm house seems to suck it right up--these old bones have been saying "hey you old fool, fire up the Hitzer" Just put a bag of self light charcoal & a few shovels full of my loveable NUT when the charcoal got good & red---I know,I'm an old sissy useing the self light :roll: ,but,it worked real well last yr & I'm a firm believer in "if it ain't broke don't fix it---comeing along w/ a nice bed of red with the blue dancing ladies putting on a nice show---I'll keep feeding her slow until I'm right up to door level & then fill the hopper---with the weird weather last spring,I finally,with fastcats help,got her to idle real low--soooo,if we have a turn for the better weather wise--I'm still set----come on old man winter you woodpecker :lol:

 
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Post by HanSoSlow » Fri. Oct. 08, 2010 2:22 pm

Just cleaned the chimney and will be picking up 2 bags of coal tonight Pea and Nut - I'm told to test them both before having 2 out of the 4 ton I expect to burn delivered.

What should I watch for when testing them?

This is my first coal burn.

 
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Post by freetown fred » Fri. Oct. 08, 2010 4:08 pm

what kind of stove?

 
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Post by captcaper » Sat. Oct. 09, 2010 3:05 am

I'm burning now for 5 days. It probably won't go out until spring. I'm using Pea with my Harman MKIII so it idles down so nice during the day to keep the house just right. I just bought 2 1/2 tons more of Pea to add to the 1 ton I already have. I will be getting some nut too for when it gets down near and below zero day and nights.

 
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Post by lowfog01 » Sat. Oct. 09, 2010 4:08 am

I am ready but I made the mistake of lighting the match too early last year and having to let the stove go out mid-way through Oct due to the warm weather. I didn't make it into the "one match" club last year because of that. I won't make the same mistake this year despite my kids begging me to "just do it" from under the blankets and with chattering teeth. They even went so far as to suggest "no one will ever know" and told me that we could always open the windows a little wider. :)

We actually have established a SOP for lighting the match. The inside daytime temperature must drop below 65* and stay there. The house is very tight so it will take us to mid NOV to meet that criteria with our normal weather. Until then we have the gas furnace set to come on if the night time indoor temps drops below 65* but it won't do that for a while either. 65* is the temperature the Federal government says is necessary in order to occupy a building; it's a good as any other number.

In the meantime, I'll just wait and plan our "match lighting ceremony". Everyone is invited! That should be around Thanksgiving so plan to stop in for some cider and Pumpkin pie if you're in the neighborhood. Lisa


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