Clayton Coal Stove Coal Usage

RLB112 · Post by **RLB112** » Tue. Jan. 17, 2012 6:18 pm

clayton runs great, I only have one issue with it. it uses a $hit load of coal to heat nicely, I can burn 100lbs easily a day. in order to run it so it puts out heat you gotta run the stove at 500 deg+. when the stove is running at 500 deg. and the blower running it cools the stove down to 300 deg. which is about as low as you can run it and still put out heat. with the stove running at 250 with the blower running its not blowing very warm heat. this thing will use more coal than my hitzer at that rate. 100lbs of coal a day= 3000lbs a month 1.5 tons and thats to get the house to 73 or so deg. im convinced that im not heating my house cheaply. im kinda wondering if I should switch to wood. anyone run wood in a clayton?

Post by **coaledsweat** » Tue. Jan. 17, 2012 6:30 pm

Do you have a barometric damper on the stovepipe?

Post by **Lightning** » Tue. Jan. 17, 2012 6:47 pm

WHat model Clayton?

RLB112 · Post by **RLB112** » Tue. Jan. 17, 2012 7:17 pm

i do not run a baro. the model is the older one model 7.1 it looks just like the 1600s. fire box measures 30" by 20" I think. the stove was mint and never used much.

Post by **Rob R.** » Tue. Jan. 17, 2012 7:39 pm

Do you have a manual pipe damper?

RLB112 · Post by **RLB112** » Tue. Jan. 17, 2012 7:46 pm

ya I have a manual pipe damp. I run it 3/4 closed

Post by **coaledsweat** » Tue. Jan. 17, 2012 7:47 pm

RLB112 wrote:i do not run a baro.

Your coal is going up the chimney most likely.

michaelanthony · Post by **michaelanthony** » Tue. Jan. 17, 2012 8:08 pm

Before I did anything with a used, hand fired coal stove, I did 3 things as per forum, got a co detector, got a fields control model rc barometric damper, and last but not least, a manometer. Please search @ top right corner if in doubt. This was my starting point and this allowed me the tools to follow the advise from the folks on the forum. Every stove, furnace, boiler, chimney, and house is different and many are also simular so hang in there once those folks chime in, and it won't be long.

I'm On Fire · Post by **I'm On Fire** » Tue. Jan. 17, 2012 8:21 pm

Does the Clayton have a "V" shaped fire box that is long and narrow? If so it's like a Hotblast and they aren't very good at burning coal unless a few things are done to them first.

Sneaky edit:

Found the link I was looking for.

Successfully Burning Anthracite Coal in a Clayton Furnace

That link may have the answers you seek.

RLB112 · Post by **RLB112** » Tue. Jan. 17, 2012 8:38 pm

yes its shaped just like the hotblast. it burns coal great. you just have to run it hard to make good heat. it runs 200 deg. less with the blower runnin. im gonna try putting a smaller blower on it so it don't blow so hard, not that it blowes very hard.

Post by **coaledsweat** » Tue. Jan. 17, 2012 8:46 pm

Do yourself a favor and get a thermometer for your exhaust stack and a manometer to measure your draft. Your flying blind without them.

RLB112 · Post by **RLB112** » Tue. Jan. 17, 2012 8:51 pm

i run a thermometor on my stack and stove. stack temps are always low 150-200. I don't think im losing alota heat out the chimney. my blower only works on 1 speed so it may be going to fast so its cooling the air. not sure, the blower really doesnt go real fast. the blower speed seems perfect for my set up.

Post by **Lightning** » Tue. Jan. 17, 2012 9:33 pm

The blower isn't the problem partner. You can heat 500 cubic feet of air from 60 degrees to 100 degrees OR you can heat 1000 cubic feet of air from 60 degrees to 80 degrees. The overall BTU output don't change much by how much volume you get thru the furnace. Hotter with less air --- or warmer with more air.

I would also like to add that since air is moving that doesn't make it cooler. Air is at the same temperature if its 50 degrees and still or if its 50 degrees and moving at 50 MPH.

Coalfire · Post by **Coalfire** » Tue. Jan. 17, 2012 9:34 pm

Weren't you going through alot of coal with your hitzer? I don't remember your house but maybe you are still to small on your stove selection? Before your hitzer was upstairs, now this clayton is where? in the basement?

Eric

Post by **Rob R.** » Wed. Jan. 18, 2012 1:57 am

Maybe I'm thinking of someone else, but I thought I read somewhere that the Clayton was in the living or dining room. Late 1800's brick house with little/no insulation and lots of windows? 100 lbs per day might be as good as it gets with that kind of load.