Hitzer Insert...Unburned Coal

 
CapeCoaler
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Location: Cape Cod, MA
Stoker Coal Boiler: want AA130
Hand Fed Coal Stove: DS Machine BS#4, Harman MKII, Hitzer 503,...
Coal Size/Type: Pea/Nut/Stove

Post by CapeCoaler » Mon. Dec. 19, 2011 10:48 pm

Yep, You have the big version of the insert the 983...
Cover the entire firebox with coal and mound it up...
The reason the unburnt coal is there in the morning and the fire is out...
Is too much much air, not enough coal in the stove at night, too strong of a draft...


 
CapeCoaler
Member
Posts: 6515
Joined: Sun. Feb. 10, 2008 3:48 pm
Location: Cape Cod, MA
Stoker Coal Boiler: want AA130
Hand Fed Coal Stove: DS Machine BS#4, Harman MKII, Hitzer 503,...
Coal Size/Type: Pea/Nut/Stove

Post by CapeCoaler » Mon. Dec. 19, 2011 10:51 pm

Hitzer 983 Fire Too Hot.
Check this thread of some areas to check for air leakage...

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