Orange Flame
It sounds like you have bituminous coal. It will burn with a yellowish orange flame with smoke unless you have enough over the fire air. Anthracite coal will burn with a blue flame.
It sounds like you got bit.
It sounds like you got bit.
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If there is a lot of coal dust and fine pieces on the coal it will burn orange in a brisk fire.dad123456 wrote:Got new coal today shook down stove loaded her up all orange flames no blue what so ever never saw that before ????? Y
Yup...coal dust/fines make a neat orange flame if you throw it on hot flames. Its kinda fun to watch sometimes.franco b wrote:If there is a lot of coal dust and fine pieces on the coal it will burn orange in a brisk fire.dad123456 wrote:Got new coal today shook down stove loaded her up all orange flames no blue what so ever never saw that before ????? Y
This is true...high grade anthracite especially is quite shiny. It isn't always shiny. I have year old bags in my garage that are completely dried out that are not shiny but they are still pure black.dad123456 wrote:I saw some anthracite is shiny and bit is not true
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I always wash my dusty old coal so it's nice and shiny going in the fire!
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How can I know it's bit I want to b shore before I call them it may b a honest mistake but they're charging me for anthracite I'm getting yellow flames black smoke
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Is it Kimmels?
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Kimmels gets a lot of crap but I've had far more trouble with Blaschak the last two seasons than Kimmel. My Kimmel bags have been solid. I got a full 2400 lb pallet of it last year and a bunch from TSC this year and it's all been solid.scalabro wrote:Is it Kimmels?
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If you are getting dark smoke from your chimney, or smoke that smells like oil burning, or it is sooting up your viewing window (anthracite leaves gray fly ash) it is likely bit.
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The bags of Kimmel's I've been getting from Tractor Supply do tend to start out burning with much more yellow flame then Blaschak. It lights more quickly, not snapping and popping for as long, and burns hotter. It's a more reddish-tan ash too.
Speculation by my bulk dealer is that it is not quite as hard a grade of anthracite as some. Would be interesting to see the lab analysis results of it compared to other anthracite.
Paul
Speculation by my bulk dealer is that it is not quite as hard a grade of anthracite as some. Would be interesting to see the lab analysis results of it compared to other anthracite.
Paul