For Those That Use or Have Used Bagged Coal

pity she didn't think to look in to see if it was still glowing at 12:15. if it was still warm when you got there i'd say it was most likely burning when she looked at the temp.

you might want to wait for the next good temp. drop to turn THAT stove up much. of course, you could get a small horse trough as a catch pan and roast a spring pig on a spit next to it

KingCoal wrote:pity she didn't think to look in to see if it was still glowing at 12:15. if it was still warm when you got there i'd say it was most likely burning when she looked at the temp.

you might want to wait for the next good temp. drop to turn THAT stove up much. of course, you could get a small horse trough as a catch pan and roast a spring pig on a spit next to it

The next burn I'll get a more accurate burn time from start to stop.

It looks like we'll be slowly warming back up so it may be a week or so before there's another fire......but I wouldn't mind a one or two day good cold snap to see what it's capable of. If it's like I think it'll be, maybe i'll cook a loaf of bread next to it and join the 'cookin' with coal' thread.

Pancho wrote:
The next burn I'll get a more accurate burn time from start to stop.

It looks like we'll be slowly warming back up so it may be a week or so before there's another fire......but I wouldn't mind a one or two day good cold snap to see what it's capable of. If it's like I think it'll be, maybe i'll cook a loaf of bread next to it and join the 'cookin' with coal' thread.

There ya go !

Paul

Keep in mind, when adjusting or trying new things with your coal stove, forget the wood burners which react quickly to changes, 15-20 minutes is not enough time to see the effects to changes. Especially with smaller coal, pea and nut, they take longer to heat up and cool down. Stove coal is the quickest and still takes longer than 15-20 minutes when making little adjustments. Patience, and at least 30-45 minutes. I, too, was a wood burner and my adjustments could be seen quickly, with coal, I've learned things over time and asking questions. I've went from direct draft to indirect draft stoves, which is like re-learning stoves again as base burners(indirect draft) behave differently than direct draft stoves. Have fun and enjoy the learning process, you'll find, you spend less time watching tv, and more time hanging around the stove.

BPatrick wrote: Have fun and enjoy the learning process, you'll find, you spend less time watching tv, and more time hanging around the stove.

Unless you have a stoker
Stokers don't need you, much.

BPatrick wrote:Keep in mind, when adjusting or trying new things with your coal stove, forget the wood burners which react quickly to changes, 15-20 minutes is not enough time to see the effects to changes. Especially with smaller coal, pea and nut, they take longer to heat up and cool down. Stove coal is the quickest and still takes longer than 15-20 minutes when making little adjustments. Patience, and at least 30-45 minutes. I, too, was a wood burner and my adjustments could be seen quickly, with coal, I've learned things over time and asking questions. I've went from direct draft to indirect draft stoves, which is like re-learning stoves again as base burners(indirect draft) behave differently than direct draft stoves. Have fun and enjoy the learning process, you'll find, you spend less time watching tv, and more time hanging around the stove.

I was actually surprised how quickly it responded to adjustments (and I was making very small adjustments). Heating up was much quicker than cooling down but, to me, it seemed to have a quicker response than my wood stove when opening the primaries.

Also, it was cool and damp out but far from cold. The real test is later this fall.....and looking at the 10 day forecast we are warming up into the mid 70's so I'm a couple two or three weeks from turning up the wick.

2001Sierra wrote: Unless you have a stoker
Stokers don't need you, much.

HAHA..True story.

2001Sierra wrote:

BPatrick wrote: Have fun and enjoy the learning process, you'll find, you spend less time watching tv, and more time hanging around the stove.

Unless you have a stoker
Stokers don't need you, much.

Probably so.....but 40 plus hrs without needing input from me isn't exactly a relationship builder.
My old woodstove needed me all the time and ALWAYS talked to me. "Hey, I'm warmin' up...hey, I'm cooling off a bit....better empty my ash pan....better feed me at 2:30am if you want me warm in the morning".

This one....the only chatter I get is the rice crispy crackle on initial fire up. After that, nuthin' but constant heat output.

I'll take it.

I'll take the constant heat output. Ran the woodstove last night but easy as just needed the chill off so not much effort to make heat in the house but did drive it up to 600F and went from windowstat to doorstat.