Coal Trol Testing

We have been doing some summer testing on our stoves. I have found that with the coal trol turned to 4 on the min., we burn about 6oz. of coal per hr. We have turned the min to 3 and burnt just over 4oz per hr. That's a great savings. Burn 24 hrs. on 9lbs of coal. Naturally, the min will vary because of different coal. At our shop we can burn on 3 and hold a fire, at our retail store (different coal) we need the setting at 5 or we will loose the fire.
Jerry

Thanks for the info Jerry!!

I use four as the minimum, at three the fire will stay lit sometimes and go out others. the coal trol is a marvelous product in any regard.

I am running just one side of my hyfire 2 and i have it dialed in a 3 non-oiled coal from western pa. I live in central NY. Not that cold yet. this hfire matched up with the coal trol is AWESOME. Thanks Jer!

I keep my Hyfire I around min. 6 or 7 (8 when really cold). It seems to burn way back up the grate, I don't want to get a hopper fire or anything. I haven't gone below 6. max around 48.

That would work out to 35 to 40 dollars a month depending on coal cost in NY.
Would the supplied heat be enough to heat hot water through the summer months? I think with NYSEG electric it is costing over $50 a month for my 30 gallon tank.

My Alaska stove is set at 3 and I burn about the same amount as coal.

It's a wash for me, we don't use enough hot water to say so, I only have the tank on a Timer for 4 hours a day (electric) and it only runs $20-30/month. I don';t have any place to vent it, that is why it's not gas.

By the time I invest in the DHW Coil, pumps, Copper piping, valves, etc...I would probably have over $500, that 2-3 year payback, but I don't run the stove in the summer.....

If you install an 80 gal. fiberglas holding tank before you water heater, gas, oil, electric you can easily save 15$ or more a month for the rest of your life. I would guess the cost for material around 350 complete. Need plans, Just ask?
Stan

morrisfamily3098 wrote:I am running just one side of my hyfire 2 and i have it dialed in a 3 non-oiled coal from western pa. I live in central NY. Not that cold yet. this hfire matched up with the coal trol is AWESOME. Thanks Jer!

If you coal is mined from western PA that would be Bituminous coal Not Anthracite coal .
Only in NEPA will you find Anthracite being mined .Now is he a Anthracite dealer out in western pa if so he is getting it shipped in from NEPA . But if it is being mined out there then it is Bituminous coal /soft coal Not hard Anthracite coal.