Setting up for a 36 Hour Burn
- Lightning
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Yep home tomorrow evening. Here's the current vital stats...
250 over the door
156 on the pipe
-.03 pressure
Looking good. Almost 12 hours in so far..
And 72-74 in the house according to the dog sitter lol
250 over the door
156 on the pipe
-.03 pressure
Looking good. Almost 12 hours in so far..
And 72-74 in the house according to the dog sitter lol
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- oliver power
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Yes Sir. Learned that from my uncle. When he was in the army, the other guys liked when he tended the coal fires. Come morning, they still had a warm fire. When anyone else tended the fires, the fires would be out the following morning. Everyone was cold. He claims he never did tell his secret of covering the fire with ash. If I remember correctly, it was a good job to have. And that's why he never told anyone. It got him off duty early, or something like that. Apparently, others know of this little trick. I've seen it mentioned more than once on this forum.joeq wrote:Really? That helps extend burn times? I usually have all kinds of frosting. "Under" my coal bed. Usually in about 1 hr.
- dcrane
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Mr. Lightnings got solenoids, remotes & activation modules all over his house to do all kinda funky stuff when he's away... can you think of some of the things he might do?Carbon12 wrote:Gotta love high tech telemetry!
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[quote="dcrane"][quote="Carbon12"]Gotta love high tech telemetry![/quote]
Mr. Lightnings got solenoids, remotes & activation modules all over his house to do all kinda funky stuff when he's away... can you think of some of the things he might do? [/quote]....his dog is wearin' his clothes and drinkin' his booze, I just hope he is able to have fun being away from his baby...I think her name is Allison.
Mr. Lightnings got solenoids, remotes & activation modules all over his house to do all kinda funky stuff when he's away... can you think of some of the things he might do? [/quote]....his dog is wearin' his clothes and drinkin' his booze, I just hope he is able to have fun being away from his baby...I think her name is Allison.
- joeq
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I don't imagine this trick would work on a hopper fed stove.oliver power wrote: Yes Sir. Learned that from my uncle. When he was in the army, the other guys liked when he tended the coal fires. Come morning, they still had a warm fire. When anyone else tended the fires, the fires would be out the following morning. Everyone was cold. He claims he never did tell his secret of covering the fire with ash. If I remember correctly, it was a good job to have. And that's why he never told anyone. It got him off duty early, or something like that. Apparently, others know of this little trick. I've seen it mentioned more than once on this forum.
Hope you get home soon Lee. My outside temp is heading towards 0 again.
- oliver power
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You made me laugh joeq. Yes, you're correct!!! I've played with the ash topping, and it does work well. Last night, when I mentioned this little trick, I was tired. I actually said to myself, "How come I'm not doing the ash trick myself". Thought nothing else of it, till I read your reply. Then sat here, and chucked to myself. I HAVE A HOPPER!!! Lightning was talking layering his firepot. And if your going to layer the firepot, an ash topping will prolong the burn from taking off. Of course, as myself, Fred, and other members with hoppers know, if Lightning had a hopper, he wouldn't have to layer his fire pot.joeq wrote:I don't imagine this trick would work on a hopper fed stove.oliver power wrote: Yes Sir. Learned that from my uncle. When he was in the army, the other guys liked when he tended the coal fires. Come morning, they still had a warm fire. When anyone else tended the fires, the fires would be out the following morning. Everyone was cold. He claims he never did tell his secret of covering the fire with ash. If I remember correctly, it was a good job to have. And that's why he never told anyone. It got him off duty early, or something like that. Apparently, others know of this little trick. I've seen it mentioned more than once on this forum.
Hope you get home soon Lee. My outside temp is heading towards 0 again.
Oh Yeah......I found that putting a two inch or so layer of rice coal on top of the pea coal that I burn in the bucket a day will give me a 10 hour burn in that little guy. He barely holds a quarter of a bucket topped all the way off. I lite it off for hot water and to heat the house during the shoulder months and I was having to relite it every morning. I found ash worked but rice coal worked better because it was easier to get cranking in the morning with the topping of rice coal. Before going to bed I fill it with pea and let that catch and then top it with 2 inches of rice coal.oliver power wrote:Too late now but, a little tip when going away again. Do everything you did, AND, put a layer of ash over the top like frosting on a cake.
I would get up the next morning and I would have a nice little rice coal glow on the top. I would punch it once with a poker to collapse the dome, open the ash door, open the MPD and let it get livened back up then add some pea and we are good for the day.
Rev. Larry
New Beginning Church
Ashland Pa.
- joeq
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You know why, Lee? Your sitter has been partying with her friends, and they've been roasting marshmellows over your fire. And they keep poking it with their sticks. (You forgot to lock your loading door).Lightning wrote:At 24 hours now..
257 over the door
153 on the pipe
Draft good
73 in the house
Gonna make 36 hours easy I think...