From OWB to EFM520 Installed in Truck Box

 
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Post by cArNaGe » Wed. Mar. 18, 2015 6:24 pm

windyhill4.2 wrote: How do you get the baffle hung up again without being able to see in there when your arm is stuck in the hole ?
That's the hard part. It is a pain in the ass. Its a feel thing then look and see if its correct.


 
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Post by windyhill4.2 » Sun. Mar. 29, 2015 10:24 pm

Picked up 975# of Reading rice Friday p/m,the very dusty Blashack is almost all. We used buckets to dump this coal into the bin.Stoker is set back to 5 teeth/6 air for the dusty,lots of fines Blashack we are almost out of.

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Post by windyhill4.2 » Sun. Apr. 05, 2015 7:34 am

Rob R. wrote:Any sign of flyash at the top of the chimney or on the truck box?
Rob, I set up a ladder & found no sign of dust on the outside of the box or top of the stack.

 
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Post by McGiever » Sun. Apr. 05, 2015 10:19 pm

WH, Are you out of the Blaschak and into the Reading yet?

 
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Post by windyhill4.2 » Sun. Apr. 05, 2015 10:29 pm

We should be burning Reading overnite,i will have to check in on the air adjustment tomorrow,thanks for the reminder.

 
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Post by windyhill4.2 » Fri. Apr. 17, 2015 10:00 pm

Still burning Reading rice,just picked up 1 ton bulk on the F250 SD yesterday @ $220/ton at F & H Coal 2 miles from our place.. The Reading is not as dusty as the Blashack was & has less fines,it needs a bit less air too. From 10/10/2014 to 04/16/2015 we went thru 14.5 tons in the EFM = 186#/day + 5300# in our Crane handfed,so about 220# daily combining the both coal burners.I don't think that is too bad to heat 2 houses & the DHW + heat our repair shop.Been dumping 90#/day in for the last few days,that includes some heat in both houses overnite + heat in the shop overnite & most days till noon.My wife scooped the 1 ton of coal from our truck directly into the coal bin by herself in 30 minutes & then told me "THAT SURE BEATS HANDLING FIREWOOD" :D We are very happy :D & very pleased with how our heating with coal went this first yr, SO MUCH LESS WORK :junmp: I will refrain from wishing for the next heating season to start so we can start doing some serious heating again. We are still trying to forget the long,cold ,brutal winter that we just had,the next cold season will arrive too soon anyway. We are just :D that we had coal burners for this brutal winter instead of the labor intensive Outdoor Wood Monster we had b4. F250 8 foot bed loads of wood were selling for $180 this past winter,that is $180 for 1/2 cord :shock: YEP,we love coal !!!!!

 
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Post by Pacowy » Sat. Apr. 18, 2015 12:30 am

windyhill4.2 wrote:My wife scooped the 1 ton of coal from our truck directly into the coal bin by herself in 30 minutes
This reminds me of a famous quote from another David: "I was looking for coal and a guy was selling 2 tons for $20...He helped load it, which I appreciated; I would have hated to have to see my wife shovel two tons of coal." The Craigslist Crap Shoot

Seriously, congrats on the performance of your new system over this difficult winter.

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Post by windyhill4.2 » Sat. Apr. 18, 2015 7:26 am

My wife actually likes to unload the coal by herself,she knows that this allows me more precious energy for working in the shop & making $$ which in turn makes our lives easier.When one battles with energy drain from Lyme & under-productive kidneys,ways to minimize the results have to be taken to maximize the available energy for the maximum benefit.I have never been one to shy away from hard physical labor,my wife & children have taken steps over the last few years to keep me from the most physical work so I can still work & not be an energy drained vegetable much of the time. This is currently our very busy ,money making time of the yr.,i need to focus all my available energy towards work that will pay the bills & that includes buying more coal.I wish I could have all the energy back that we put out over the 8 yrs of keeping the OWB supplied with wood. Even tho this winter was the most brutal in our recent history,we were able to get thru it relatively easy with the ease of heating with coal.If we had enough $$ to purchase 10 - 15 tons & auger it into the bin,we would certainly do that,but we will do what we can to make it thru another day,another week,another yr.& be grateful for the many blessings that God has allowed us to enjoy.Our Crane 404 & our EFM520 project were an answer to our prayers & have been an ongoing blessing in our lives. Coal has certainly made life easier for us & makes the long,cold winter weather much more tolerable. :D

 
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Post by windyhill4.2 » Tue. May. 05, 2015 10:13 pm

:up: :clap: We fired this EFM up on Oct 10,2015,it has done a great job heating our DHW & our 3 buildings,tonite I added the least amount to the hopper yet . Only 40 # !!!!!!,that is for DHW for the 2 houses & just some very lite heating. I have the stoker set at 4 teeth/5 air, boiler water temp is set at 160*,burning Reading rice. Yes I still am tending this unit every day,i did forget to tend it on Sunday & had a big shock when I looked into the hopper Mon. nite. I couldn't figure out why I had to add 150# for 24 hrs when we have been adding 90#/day recently. Then I remembered that 150# was for 48 hrs.so actually 75#/day. Hopefully we can go even less than the 40#/24hrs,but even at that figure we will be very happy with our coal burning hot water heating boiler that currently is resting after a hard winter season,it is still on standby for heat calls when the a/m temps are chilly.

 
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Post by Hambden Bob » Wed. May. 06, 2015 6:13 am

Nice to hear an ongoing Happy Ending to a Heating Dilemma,Windy ! :up: You and The Mrs. stay with it,and make the most of Your Off-Season with Coal...... :yes:

 
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Post by windyhill4.2 » Fri. May. 08, 2015 10:07 pm

Thanks,HB. I added only 30# tonite !!!! I do not expect to see any less than this with the system we have & heating the DHW for 2 houses. I actually was not expecting to go under 40#,maybe we didn't use as much hot water ?? Now we want to start adding to the 1 ton currently in the bin & try to have the bin filled with about 15 ton b4 heating season begins.

 
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Post by franco b » Fri. May. 08, 2015 11:10 pm

With the big expense of the installation behind you it should be much easier to fill the coal bin this coming year. Good job.

 
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Post by blrman07 » Sat. May. 09, 2015 7:23 am

That sounds great. 15 ton for two houses, a shop, and DHW for two houses. Sounds like you got it dialed in....

 
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Post by Rob R. » Sat. May. 09, 2015 10:07 am

David, if all of you stick to a regular schedule for using hot water you could put the two circulators on a 24 hr timer. Shut them off from 10 pm to 5 am, or whatever works for you. Save some coal and electricity. :idea:

 
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Post by blrman07 » Sun. May. 10, 2015 9:12 am

Hmmmm if you put in the timer and tell everyone that in order to save on fuel DHW will not be available from 12 midnight to 5 AM, how much could you save a day? Is the DHW load that much?

But then again we are talking about 365 days worth of saving. The EFM goes to idle and stays there for 5 hours for 365 days. That's 1825 hours. That's 76 days of coal savings. Implement it during the summer hours and now you possibly got some savings for 150 hours a month.

But then again, who is taking a shower or a bath or doing laundry between midnight and 5 AM now? So if you put in a timer to shut down the pump during those hours your not really saving anything are you?

When we lived in Pottstown Pa we had an electric water heater on "saver rates." It was on a smart meter that only powered up between 6 AM and 9 PM. You simply learned to get showers early morning or early night. Slight adjustment, medium savings


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