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Post by dad123456 » Mon. Nov. 10, 2014 7:35 pm

Got new coal today shook down stove loaded her up all orange flames no blue what so ever never saw that before ????? Y


 
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Post by blrman07 » Mon. Nov. 10, 2014 9:23 pm

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.

 
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Post by dad123456 » Mon. Nov. 10, 2014 9:35 pm

It was sold as anthracite does the stove have to run hotter To run bit

 
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Post by franco b » Mon. Nov. 10, 2014 9:35 pm

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
If there is a lot of coal dust and fine pieces on the coal it will burn orange in a brisk fire.

 
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Post by Davian » Mon. Nov. 10, 2014 9:41 pm

franco b wrote:
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
If there is a lot of coal dust and fine pieces on the coal it will burn orange in a brisk fire.
Yup...coal dust/fines make a neat orange flame if you throw it on hot flames. Its kinda fun to watch sometimes.

 
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Post by dad123456 » Mon. Nov. 10, 2014 9:42 pm

I saw some anthracite is shiny and bit is not true

 
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Post by Davian » Mon. Nov. 10, 2014 9:58 pm

dad123456 wrote:I saw some anthracite is shiny and bit is not true
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.


 
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Post by coaledsweat » Tue. Nov. 11, 2014 9:14 am

I always wash my dusty old coal so it's nice and shiny going in the fire! :)

 
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Post by dad123456 » Tue. Nov. 11, 2014 9:24 am

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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Post by scalabro » Tue. Nov. 11, 2014 9:27 am

Is it Kimmels?

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Post by dad123456 » Tue. Nov. 11, 2014 9:29 am

Kimmels

 
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Post by Davian » Tue. Nov. 11, 2014 9:38 am

scalabro wrote: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.

 
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Post by dad123456 » Tue. Nov. 11, 2014 9:49 am

does it burn blue or yellow

 
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Post by warminmn » Tue. Nov. 11, 2014 10:05 am

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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Post by Sunny Boy » Tue. Nov. 11, 2014 10:07 am

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.

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