Glenwood Is Lit and I'm Stoked

 
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Post by Merc300d » Fri. Oct. 24, 2014 8:14 pm

Pancho wrote:So is your stove settled in right now?. What are the temps at?.
What's wrong or what do you think is wrong with your set up ? I'm not sure what your trying to accomplish


 
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Post by DePippo79 » Fri. Oct. 24, 2014 8:18 pm

A great day for you Kevin. Glad to see it making heat. Enjoy your stove and stay warm. Matt

 
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Post by Pancho » Fri. Oct. 24, 2014 8:26 pm

Merc300d wrote:
Pancho wrote:So is your stove settled in right now?. What are the temps at?.
What's wrong or what do you think is wrong with your set up ? I'm not sure what your trying to accomplish
Nothing wrong.....I am just curious what the settings look like on similar heaters running at similar heat output burning the same coal.

I am running real close to where your heat output is but my primaries are open 1/16th of an inch (ish).

 
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Post by wsherrick » Fri. Oct. 24, 2014 8:28 pm

Thank you gentlemen for the compliments. It makes me happy to see people learning self sufficiency, earning a sense of pride in doing so. It also is satisfying to see the intuition developed and skill sets of our ancestors applied to this plastic, push button world. Not to mention pride of ownership of a beautiful piece of coal burning brilliance.

 
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Post by Merc300d » Fri. Oct. 24, 2014 8:56 pm

DePippo79 wrote:A great day for you Kevin. Glad to see it making heat. Enjoy your stove and stay warm. Matt
Thanks Matt. I am extremely happy with my coal stove. I never wood of thought. I wish you and your the same this winter.

Kevin

 
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Post by Merc300d » Fri. Oct. 24, 2014 9:00 pm

William , A quick question if I may. Every time I open the loading door to view the blue ladies , It ignites a bit. I get a bunch more flames bouncing around. What's happening there. Is it not getting enough air or is it because I'm giving it a bit when I open the door. Not the ash door. ??

 
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Post by grumpy » Fri. Oct. 24, 2014 9:03 pm

Are you using a MPD or Baro?


 
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Post by Merc300d » Fri. Oct. 24, 2014 9:06 pm

Yes. A mpd. I had just reloaded it. It was in direct draft and mpd was straight up and down

 
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Post by grumpy » Fri. Oct. 24, 2014 9:11 pm

I'll let others chime in but I always get the air flowing real good before I open the door, however I am the least experienced coal burner here so as Schultz would say "I know Nothing"...lol but yeah always open the MPD before you open up the stove..

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Post by Pancho » Fri. Oct. 24, 2014 9:14 pm

Merc300d wrote:William , A quick question if I may. Every time I open the loading door to view the blue ladies , It ignites a bit. I get a bunch more flames bouncing around. What's happening there. Is it not getting enough air or is it because I'm giving it a bit when I open the door. Not the ash door. ??
Merc300d wrote:Yes. A mpd. I had just reloaded it. It was in direct draft and mpd was straight up and down
Nothing wrong. Open the secondaries and let it breathe for a few to get going. I don't need to do this with stove coal but with nut I do it to avoid a puff back.

It's a different critter burning nut coal than it is with stove coal.

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Fri. Oct. 24, 2014 9:21 pm

Congrats Kevin. Glad to see it's hooked up and running. Now the fun part begins ! ;)

Paul

 
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Post by Merc300d » Fri. Oct. 24, 2014 9:21 pm

Thanks guys for the responses :)

 
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Post by Merc300d » Fri. Oct. 24, 2014 9:38 pm

Hi Paul. Thanks....your right it's been a blast tinkering with it to this point. I find myself heading to the stove every 10 min to have a looksy. :D

 
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Post by franco b » Fri. Oct. 24, 2014 9:59 pm

Merc300d wrote:Hi Paul. Thanks....your right it's been a blast tinkering with it to this point. I find myself heading to the stove every 10 min to have a looksy. :D
A good lesson in what a soul satisfying thing getting back to basics can be, and what can be more basic than fire?

 
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Post by wsherrick » Sat. Oct. 25, 2014 1:46 am

Merc300d wrote:William , A quick question if I may. Every time I open the loading door to view the blue ladies , It ignites a bit. I get a bunch more flames bouncing around. What's happening there. Is it not getting enough air or is it because I'm giving it a bit when I open the door. Not the ash door. ??
You are opening the door right at the point where air, fuel and gas is getting close to a point I call, "critical ignition." That means that it is about to ignite fully.
Opening the door gives it a burst of air which ignites the gas which is now hot enough to burn. If you leave the door open then the flood of air would cool the gas well below its ignition point and or dilute it so that it doesn't ignite.
I would suggest at this point that you give it some more secondary air through the loading door damper. Having that damper open will also prevent the possibility of puff backs.


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