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Re: Coal quality from various sources

PostBy: rrob311 On: Tue Dec 02, 2008 12:48 am

I have been burning Hudson Coal in my Russo. If I stay attentive to the fire it burns well, but when I get it going good (450-500)before I go to bed at like 11pm or so I turn the draft setting to like 1.5 or so and at like 6am when I check it the temp is down to like 250 and the fire is barely lit and with the Hudson coal especially I have a stove full of white/red clumps and barely any ash. The superior coal doesnt seem to do it as much. Does anyone have any suggestions to prevent this problem? I can't seem to get it to burn overnight without attention. I personally think its the coal but I do not know.
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Re: Coal quality from various sources

PostBy: BIG BEAM On: Tue Dec 02, 2008 7:30 pm

That's one of the good attributes of Superior coal.It gives you a lot of time at the end of the burn to reload.From what I've learned about burning hudson coal it acts just like you said and I think that is normal with northern field white ash coal.But I'm sure coal berner will chime in,he's our resident coal expert.Of coarse our mayor knows a lot about Hudson also(he sold it for years).
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Re: Coal quality from various sources

PostBy: hugg On: Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:56 pm

I can get 12 to 18 hours with my Gibraltar stove using hudson coal (longer if i really close down the air supply). I have had no issues with it. I have both superior and hudson coal, both burn fine for me. Hugg
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Re: Coal quality from various sources

PostBy: rrob311 On: Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:00 pm

I am doing something wrong then, mine is not hopper fed, maybe I shouldnt ignite the whole bed before I go to bed and cover the top with new coal, I am just afraid of overfiring it while sleeping. I do not have a way to set my draft regulator and when it gets down to like 14 degrees it pulls a harder draft and wants to overheat even on a low setting. I need to figure out how to set the draft AND how to burn coal overnight.
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Re: Coal quality from various sources

PostBy: cArNaGe On: Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:01 pm

rrob

Do you have a barometric damper?
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Re: Coal quality from various sources

PostBy: BIG BEAM On: Thu Dec 04, 2008 8:10 pm

I'm running stove coal in my furnace for the next few days just to see how it works.My question is to all the breakers sell stove coal?
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Re: Coal quality from various sources

PostBy: coal berner On: Thu Dec 04, 2008 11:26 pm

Don most breakers do but not all . Here is a short list of ones that do and ones that don't .

Superior coal Yes
UAE Harmony mine No
Sherman coal co Yes
Summit Anthracite Yes
Calvin V Lenig Yes
Hegins coal co. Yes And Egg size
Blaschak coal Yes And Egg Size
Reading Anthracite Yes
Kimmel coal Yes
LC&N Yes
South Tamaqua coal Pockets Yes
Tuscarora coal co. Yes
Hudson coal co. Yes I think
Jeddo coal Yes
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Re: Coal quality from various sources

PostBy: BIG BEAM On: Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:20 pm

Thanks J.C.
Well that just sunk my boat.If this stove coal thing worked out I was going to get UAE coal next year.Maybe I'll just "suffer" with Superior coal!
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Re: Coal quality from various sources

PostBy: BIG BEAM On: Sat Dec 06, 2008 12:50 pm

I have another question(no kiddin)
Can you buy a mix of stove coal and nut coal from a breaker as long as the breaker sells stove coal.
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Re: Coal quality from various sources

PostBy: mike On: Sat Dec 06, 2008 3:54 pm

Sure could. All you do is get half of one size and half the other loaded onto your truck. By the time you get it to your stove it will pretty well mixed.
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Re: Coal quality from various sources

PostBy: Wood'nCoal On: Sun Dec 07, 2008 9:48 pm

Fairclough Fuel in Hampton (Sussex cty) is now selling Reading in bags. This was where I bought coal when I first installed the Harman, that would be the coal that wouldn't burn. They are selling Reading for $8.00 per bag. :shock:
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Re: Coal quality from various sources

PostBy: rrob311 On: Sun Dec 07, 2008 11:16 pm

does anyone know quick directions and the address to UAE? I am going there tomorrow and do not know where it is.
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Re: Coal quality from various sources

PostBy: vtec350 On: Sun Dec 07, 2008 11:27 pm

rrob311 wrote:does anyone know quick directions and the address to UAE? I am going there tomorrow and do not know where it is.



Uae Coalcorp Assoc
1 Harmony Rd
Mount Carmel, PA 17851
(570) 339-4090


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Re: Coal quality from various sources

PostBy: jpd989 On: Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:08 am

Hudson coal.
I have been burning the buck I bought from Hudson last week. Burns very good in my Reading utilty stove. Good heat and not much of a difference between the ash compared to the Blaschaks. The best part is I can pick up the Hudson for 150 a ton vs Blaschak 210. Just have to drive 10 more miles to get it. Think I will be buying more Huson .
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PostBy: rrob311 On: Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:00 pm

I just went down and planned on going to UAE but they ran out. So I decided to get coal from Lenig since I heard the name on here. Is this coal OK?
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