One match club : 2012-2013 season

Started burning on October 8th and still going strong. Nice and toasty here. This is my 6th season with this stove. I thought my last stove was easy to manage but this one is even easier. Except for 2 or 3 days this season, I've been on a steady once a day shake and load schedule. Life is good.

I'm still in, started the end of October

I'm out of the club for the first time in 6 years. If it matters, I had to go out of town for couple days during one of our many 50* plus days in DEC so I let it go out. No one was going to be home to watch the stove and I didn't want to lose the draft and come home to dead animals so it's the Multi-match club for me this year. Bummer, but there's always next year. Lisa

I'm still in - started Oct 1.

Almost lost the fire this morning when we lost power for 3 hours. I kept it alive by feeding coal manually.

PRengert wrote:I'm still in - started Oct 1.

Almost lost the fire this morning when we lost power for 3 hours. I kept it alive by feeding coal manually.

Tremendous! Great to hear that it didn't go out.

Still going from Oct 27th fire up. I did have a couple short 2 or 3 day test runs earlier with intentional shut downs.
Want to shut down one of these days to install a different baro damper and a draft guage. It sure won't be this week, with lows in the 9 -16 degree range!
hank2

I am still in the club. Even went away for a weekend. Chugging along...

LiftedAWDAstro wrote:Still in here. Fired the Koker on Oct 11th. Still purring along.

I was until yesterday when we shut it down for a thorough cleaning. I don't use matches so does it really count? I use a propane torch.

Dear stove Gods,

Could you do a brother a solid? How about a rookie season mulligan?

Waldo

No way neighbor, this ain't politics.

Fred,

Do ya think you might change your mind in the spring when your heart thaws a tad? Too, if this was politics I wouldnt have admitted the outfire ; can you say coverup? Have a good day neighbor

Waldo

Fred you really get grumpy toward the end of winter.

Hell George--end of, start of, during---WTF--it's just my happy spot .

Almost lost it. I have gotten to an area in my coal bin where it seems to be half lump coal and half black sand (fines). I am trying to burn it since I paid for it. A few days ago I got up in the morning to a weak looking fire. I shook it down good so it could breath, but the coal comming down from the hopper must have had to much of the fine crap in it. The fire contunued to barely glow down amongst the new coals. I opended the ash door wide open and it still would not spread or liven up. I shut the ash door than night before I went to bed, expecting the fire to be out in the morning. When I got up the house was cold but there was still a little warmth in the stove. Under closer inspection I could see a few dull red coals deep in the bed. I hated to loose my standing in the One Match Club so I came up with an idea that just might save my fire.

I opened the ash door all the way again, closed the draft on the back of the stove an placed a small box fan right up touching the front of the stove and aimed into the ash pit. I turned the fan on high. I kept my eye on the Carbon Monoxide detector. I'll be darned if that little bit of fire didn't start glowing brighter and then spread within minutes.

I am now scooping coal from around the edges of the pile where the big chunks hang out. If I can keep it going for the nest two or three weeks I will have made it into the OMC for the second time ever. Now what do I do with the big part of the pile of coal that has what appears to be about 50% fines and 50% chunks I am not too happy about this situation and will probably call my coal dealer and see if I can get some compensation for the useless fines in my pile and idealy but not likely get some help in gettin maybe 1000 pounds of fines out of my cellar

We are still in! decided to not do a mid season clean out.... I cant wait to see the pipe