Combustion Analyzer on a Coal Furnace?

has anyone looked at setting up combustion on a coal furnace?
what are the acceptable levels of co and o2?
what else can I look at? seems to be burning ok
im just curious how im doing
any input is welcome
thanks

Is your stove operating properly? Are you warm? Any CO detectors going off?

If your answers are: Yes, yes, no. Then you're doing fine. There's no reason toe spend $1600 on a combustion analyzer.

I have one for work.....
I am curious how I am doing....
I never realized it had a setting for coal
It showed 5000 ppm co in the flue
Which kinda scared me!
I have 3 low
Level co monitors..,..... All showing 0 ppm

Any hand-fired appliance is going to produce copious amounts of CO regardless of the fuel. There's nothing to be afraid of unless you're living in the chimney. Combustion analyzers are basically useless on hand-fired equipment. The setting for coal is only used for stokers with long firing cycles.

Any ideas of how to know its burning just right?

I have a barometric damper.....
So how much air should u give it?
Any indications?
I have nice blue flames

The most efficient coal burn is when you can burn the carbon monoxide on top the coal bed. They are the blue flames after the initial hydrocarbons are burned off. This is achieved with secondary combustion air (air fed in over the top of the coal bed). But remember, too much secondary air will also carry heat up and out the chimney so use it lightly.

While you have a good burn going, try adjusting your secondary air to see how the carbon monoxide count changes. Also remember that adding secondary air will bring down the count just by diluting the flue gases so it might be hard to tell if there is justifiable improvement.

That's my understanding of it all, at any rate lol.....