Poll: What Size of Anthracite Coal Do You Primarily Burn?
- lsayre
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My first guess is going to be that about 40% burn nut, 40% burn rice, and 5 to 10% burn pea, buck, and/or stove, but let the poll tell us the real story.
- freetown fred
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OK, I hit other which deserves an explanation---for 5 seasons I've burnt nothing but NUT--this season, fellow FORUM member fastcat, turned me onto a couple pails of NUT/STOVE mix--which is what I'm burning this season--I'm sold & that mix will continue to be my primary--thanx again George:)
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I like stove size. Surprisingly, it burned better in my little Harman Mark I than it does in my larger DS Machine. The problem is that it binds up at the bottom of the hopper and doesn't flow out properly into the firebox. Also because the hopper is narrower at the bottom than the top, stove can wedge together and refuse to drop into the firebox at all. The other problem with stove is that the bigger chunks keep it from packing together, so by my estimation a small firebox holds about 15 percent less by weight compared to nut; 15 percent less coal means 15 percent shorter burn time, which can be significant when you are off at work for the day. Instead of a comfortable 12 hours in the Harman, stove coal only gave me a comfortable 10 hours.
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- Keepaeyeonit
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I have tried pea in my Hitzer but it doesn't like it to good,I burn all nut now but would like to try stove or a mix of nut/stove but stove is not readily available by me. Keepaeyeonit
- joeq
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I've had the same dilemma trying nut in my pea stove. Even a 50/50 mix of nut/pea, clogs my hopper.rberq wrote: The problem is that it binds up at the bottom of the hopper and doesn't flow out properly into the firebox. Also because the hopper is narrower at the bottom than the top, stove can wedge together and refuse to drop into the firebox at all.
However, my hopper is distorted from the heat. Next season, I'm gunna improve this, and maybe try mixing again.
- mkline
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I burn all stove when I can get it ,but like Fred it's usually a mix of stove and nut.I can get a more complete burn with just burning stove,especially in my old Kodiak.I rarely have any unburt pieces in the ash,plus I seem to be able to control it better.
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- freetown fred
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Totally agree with mk, I've never had a problem with the NUT/STOVE mix going through my hopper. Just sayin:) PS--if anything, LONGER burn times
- Lightning
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It depends on the burn yer looking for. During warm weather the pea size is easier to burn low and slow and will keep a nice steady even burn that way. During cold weather the stove size is easier to burn hot and fast for good heat production.
- lsayre
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The poll question was phrased to avoid such confusion and complexity. The key word in the poll question is "primarily". if greater than 50% of the coal you burn for a year is nut, then I would figure that primarily you burn nut.Lightning wrote:It depends on the burn yer looking for. During warm weather the pea size is easier to burn low and slow and will keep a nice steady even burn that way. During cold weather the stove size is easier to burn hot and fast for good heat production.
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Must be a difference in stoves. I tried some pea this year when it was extra cold, and I found opening up the air inlet resulted in a very hot fire very fast -- I assumed it was due to more surface area relative to mass. My pea problem came with shaking down the ashes; I seemed to get more unburned coal in the ash pan, again due to the smaller pieces.Lightning wrote:It depends on the burn yer looking for. During warm weather the pea size is easier to burn low and slow and will keep a nice steady even burn that way. During cold weather the stove size is easier to burn hot and fast for good heat production.
Yes, I also found that to be true. But again with my stove, stove coal had the other problems. Nut seems to be the compromise that works.mkline wrote:I can get a more complete burn with just burning stove
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Ha! You're a Democrat after all! Trying to cut off debate and go right to a vote!lsayre wrote:The poll question was phrased to avoid such confusion and complexity. The key word in the poll question is "primarily".
- lsayre
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Occasionally Libertarians dance with the Democrats, and occasionally they dance with the Republicans, but mostly they dance with fellow Libertarians, or if none are to be found they dance alone. As an example, Rand Paul seems to be doing a lot of dancing alone these days.rberq wrote:Ha! You're a Democrat after all! Trying to cut off debate and go right to a vote!