Coal Bed Seems to Have Fused Together ??
- SCHEIB98
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I went to shake down my coal this morning and the whole bed seemed to have been fused together to the piont the whole bed moves together as one big peice of coal what would cause this?
- SCHEIB98
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I have an mpt it was closed stove temp was around 275 and pipe temp around 300. It was still burning good thismornig but like I said it was like the bed fused together into one. Could it be high metal content ?
What coal are you using?SCHEIB98 wrote:I went to shake down my coal this morning and the whole bed seemed to have been fused together to the piont the whole bed moves together as one big peice of coal what would cause this?
- Cap
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You have klinkers. Time to aggressively shake or shutdown & clean out. Take advantage of the warm air.
- 2001Sierra
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Red ash coal will fuse, especially at upper temps In a hand fed white ash coal is better I learned this the hard way, WAY before forum's such as this.
- SCHEIB98
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I got home tonight and I shook the hell out of it and clinkers it looks like all the smaller stuff fused together looked like it just melted into a blob but it is all cleaned out and running smooth again guess I will have to screen the smaller stuff out.