Coal Primary- Oil Secondary Automatic Failover Project
First Time in 4 Years, Running on Backup System
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CoalisCoolxWarm
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- Joined: Wed. Jan. 19, 2011 11:41 am
- Location: Western PA
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Keystoker KA-6
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: old Sears rebuilt, bituminous- offline as of winter 2014
- Coal Size/Type: Anthracite Buckwheat
- Other Heating: Oil Boiler
Here's a link to my current design. Free to use for personal use, if anyone is interested
Coal Primary- Oil Secondary Automatic Failover Project
Coal Primary- Oil Secondary Automatic Failover Project
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Rob R.
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- Joined: Fri. Dec. 28, 2007 4:26 pm
- Location: Chazy, NY
- Stoker Coal Boiler: EFM 520
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Chubby Jr
A simple light switch in the oil burner power makes it easy to disable the burner while the coal boiler comes up to temperature...or you can just turn the low limit all the way down on the oil aquastat.