Here Come the KINKERS!!!

 
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Post by dlj » Tue. Jan. 19, 2016 9:45 pm

LDPosse wrote:Any good clinkers with this latest cold snap?? I don't get many with the white ash DiRenzo I'm burning this year.
I'm impressed. I had forgotten about this thread from about 3 years ago... I haven't had any clinkers yet, knock on wood (or should that be coal?)... I was actually looking earlier tonight to see if I had any as I'm running both hot and with dusty coal... (I'm cleaning out the bottom of my coal bin.)

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Post by joeq » Sat. Feb. 18, 2017 7:02 pm

Thought I might add to this thread, seeing I now own a cylinder stove, round pot, that once in a while will pop out some clinkers.
Here we are, in the 2016/2017 season, and this is what I've acquired so far. Maybe not a world record, but my 1st try at raising these little suckers. Tough to get them past the open draw centers sometimes. I was hoping for a better showing in this thread, but don't really see a whole lot. Anyway,here's my collection.
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Post by Lightning » Sat. Feb. 18, 2017 7:33 pm

Joe! What are you doing to that stove to grow those things?

 
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Post by scalabro » Sat. Feb. 18, 2017 8:21 pm

Lee... he's burning Lehigh :D

No biggie with a center draw grate.....well, unless it was bigger than the open hole in the grate :shock:

Here's my 2016/2017 clinker collection so far ...

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Post by warminmn » Sat. Feb. 18, 2017 8:38 pm

Ive been throwing mine on a lava rock garden I have next to my house. For landscaping they arent bad but it will take another 20 years to have enough to cover the ground :lol:

How can you get ash out joe with those in there? Wow!

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Sat. Feb. 18, 2017 9:34 pm

warminmn wrote:Ive been throwing mine on a lava rock garden I have next to my house. For landscaping they arent bad but it will take another 20 years to have enough to cover the ground :lol:

How can you get ash out joe with those in there? Wow!
Never mind the ash, ... how is there any room for fresh coal ? :shock:

And, if they get any bigger, forget the shaker handle, reach for the jack hammer. :D

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Post by Lightning » Sat. Feb. 18, 2017 9:49 pm

Hey Scott, does the Lehigh coal tend to clinker more than other coals you've used?


 
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Post by joeq » Sun. Feb. 19, 2017 12:00 am

warminmn wrote: How can you get ash out joe with those in there? Wow!
It wasn't all at the same time. But the biggest one had to come out the top.
Sunny Boy wrote: Never mind the ash, ... how is there any room for fresh coal ? :shock:
And, if they get any bigger, forget the shaker handle, reach for the jack hammer. :D
Paul
Sometimes my ash pan looks like they were taken out that way. check this out. Pop corn anyone? :lol:
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This is what came out of my ash pan tonite, when I let the TSC nut go about 15-20 hrs un-attended. same picture. 1 with flash, 1 W/O. I couldn't save what little was left burning, tho I tried an hr or 2. (along with the Mrs.)
I finally threw in the towel, dumped what little was there, and started over with a wood fire, when the system was still hot. It took a couple hrs to get the pot refilled and cooking, but the temps today were in the 50s, and tonite still 45°. It wasn't too bad. It's Sat. nite. We rented a movie, and took our time. The timing was good.

 
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Post by oliver power » Sun. Feb. 19, 2017 4:14 am

Those are quite the clinkers........ I've had that look in the D.S. ash pan. That all changed after pulling the hopper. Actually, the D.S. is running quite well after pulling the hopper. I empty the powdered ash from the ash pan, shake it down, and dump about 20 pounds of coal through the hopper door openning.

 
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Post by Rob R. » Sun. Feb. 19, 2017 5:32 am

joeq wrote:Thought I might add to this thread, seeing I now own a cylinder stove, round pot, that once in a while will pop out some clinkers.
Here we are, in the 2016/2017 season, and this is what I've acquired so far. Maybe not a world record, but my 1st try at raising these little suckers. Tough to get them past the open draw centers sometimes. I was hoping for a better showing in this thread, but don't really see a whole lot. Anyway,here's my collection.
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Those look a lot more like rocks then any clinkers I have seen.

Are they heavy?

 
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Post by windyhill4.2 » Sun. Feb. 19, 2017 6:39 am

I am now almost thru my 3rd season of heating with coal,i don't recall seeing any KINKERS ??? should be KLINKERS ?

Am I doing something wrong ?? ;)

 
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Post by Fritzi » Sun. Feb. 19, 2017 6:58 am

windyhill4.2 wrote:I am now almost thru my 3rd season of heating with coal,i don't recall seeing any KINKERS ??? should be KLINKERS ?

Am I doing something wrong ?? ;)
If you are, I must be doing the same thing. ;-)

 
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Post by joeq » Sun. Feb. 19, 2017 7:15 am

Rob R. wrote: Those look a lot more like rocks then any clinkers I have seen.
Are they heavy?
Not heavy at all Rob. As a matter of fact, while I moved them around, I was afraid they would crumble into little pieces B4 I set them up for photos.
windyhill4.2 wrote:I am now almost thru my 3rd season of heating with coal,i don't recall seeing any KINKERS ??? should be KLINKERS ?
Am I doing something wrong ?? ;)
Fritzi wrote:
If you are, I must be doing the same thing. ;-)[/quote]

I believe I've heard it mentioned, this phenomenon only occurs in a round pot stove. When I owned my Surdiac, I never had any either. Also never experienced any bridging . Can it all be prevented? I think I remember someone mentioning clickers building while pot temperatures are excessively high, and also maybe the type/brand of coal is a factor? Still learning on this stuff.
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Post by windyhill4.2 » Sun. Feb. 19, 2017 7:18 am

Fritzi wrote:
windyhill4.2 wrote:I am now almost thru my 3rd season of heating with coal,i don't recall seeing any KINKERS ??? should be KLINKERS ?

Am I doing something wrong ?? ;)
If you are, I must be doing the same thing. ;-)
Good to know that I am not alone. :)

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Post by scalabro » Sun. Feb. 19, 2017 7:34 am

Lightning wrote:Hey Scott, does the Lehigh coal tend to clinker more than other coals you've used?
Yes it does Lee. It's mostly white ash with some reddish here and there. I heard folks say red ash is iron but the reddish clinkers I have, are not attracted to a magnet whatsoever. I tried to cut one in half on the bandsaw at work but it wiped the blade out immediately.

The LA coal is different than previous St. Nick I've used, it burns longer, hotter and has less ash. But it will clinker sometimes for sure. Good thing my stove has a large draw center grate :lol:


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