Setting up for a 36 Hour Burn
- Lightning
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I'm taking the wife and kids to Splash Lagoon on Monday morning thru Tuesday evening. We have a house sitter spending the night to care for our dog but she won't be touching the furnace. I will be setting up for a completely hands off, low slow 36 hour burn to get thru it. I'll start preparing the furnace tonight by keeping the fuel bed shallow. Then tomorrow morning after a thorough shaking I'll load it to the gills with fine free nut size, burn off volatiles and set the primary for a low burn. I'll also leave some secondary air flow to insure good drafting thru the outside temp changes. I expect house temps will fall into the 60's but the house sitter will have an electric space heater for the living room if she needs it. I have my remote IP cam to monitor furnace and pipe temps along with draft pressure while we're gone.. If successful, this will be a huge triumph for the Clayton. Lets see if my strategic preparation can get her thru it. I'm excited!!
- Carbon12
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Good luck! If I was closer, I'd be happy to look after things,........including the house sitter Local Coed, about 21 no doubt???
- Carbon12
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I'm sure you will, but be sure to brief her on what to do if the CO klaxons start sounding. I'm mostly harmless and always call before I stop over. Plus the spousal unit would make life miserable if I ever did anything more than say howdy to little Miss Peggy Sue
- Lightning
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Its the morning before the trip. Last night I ran a shallow coal bed so I could get as much fresh in as possible. Did a thorough shake down, went inside and scoured the top side of the grate with my L shaped tool and shook again. No ash left. I had less than two inches of burning coal left. I'll have to build it up with two layers. Here's the first layer, about 30 pounds worth. Brings it to roughly 5-6 inches deep. I'll let that much ignite then add a full bucket, about 50 pounds.
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I was able to get another shovel full on top. For a total of nearly a 100 pounds including what was left after shake down..
On my 24 hour Burns I normally slice and poke the bottom side of the grates at 12 hours. This won't be the case for this Olympian burn... lol
On my 24 hour Burns I normally slice and poke the bottom side of the grates at 12 hours. This won't be the case for this Olympian burn... lol
- oliver power
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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.