Idling Along

Post Reply
 
User avatar
joeq
Member
Posts: 5739
Joined: Sat. Feb. 11, 2012 11:53 am
Location: Northern CT
Hand Fed Coal Stove: G111, Southard Robertson

Post by joeq » Wed. Dec. 24, 2014 7:09 pm

Given our current "warm spell", (guess Al Gore was right! :lol: ) in order to keep the house tolerable, turned the thermostat down to almost "0" on my Surdiac. Haven't touched it in about 8 hrs, yet the coals still look healthy. Heat exchanger temps down to less than 200*, draft a piddly -.03. Curious to see how much pea coal goes through the hopper tonite. If nothing more, Santa's reindeers won't have to worry about getting burned on my chimney tonite. Merry Christmas all.

 
User avatar
freetown fred
Member
Posts: 30293
Joined: Thu. Dec. 31, 2009 12:33 pm
Location: Freetown,NY 13803
Hand Fed Coal Stove: HITZER 50-93
Coal Size/Type: BLASCHAK Nut

Post by freetown fred » Wed. Dec. 24, 2014 7:59 pm

HITZER's idling along real nice also. JQ, their callin for 20 mph winds plus 40-50-mph gusts from 1 AM till 7 PM tomorrow here in CNY--reindeer are gonna get a workout & then some ;)

 
User avatar
joeq
Member
Posts: 5739
Joined: Sat. Feb. 11, 2012 11:53 am
Location: Northern CT
Hand Fed Coal Stove: G111, Southard Robertson

Post by joeq » Wed. Dec. 24, 2014 8:56 pm

That's what you get for living on a mountain Fred. Enjoy.

 
User avatar
blrman07
Member
Posts: 2383
Joined: Mon. Sep. 27, 2010 3:39 pm
Location: Tupelo Mississippi

Post by blrman07 » Thu. Dec. 25, 2014 5:53 am

Woke up at 5 AM to the sound of wind wind and more wind. Got up and settled in with some coffee. My VC 2310 is on idle with nut coal and is about as far down as I dare to take it with nut coal. 250 on the griddle and 135 on the pipe. The living room and dining room is 72 with the indoor/outdoor thermometer reading 43 outside. Just right for opening presents in about 4 hours or so when Momma gets up.


 
User avatar
lowfog01
Member
Posts: 3889
Joined: Sat. Dec. 20, 2008 8:33 am
Location: Springfield, VA
Hand Fed Coal Stove: Mark II & Mark I
Coal Size/Type: nut/pea

Post by lowfog01 » Thu. Dec. 25, 2014 6:32 am

Me, too. We have another day in the mid-50s in store. The Marks Brothers are idled so far down it's real chore to make sure I don't lose the fire by the end of the day. Heck, I haven't seen the Blue Ladies dance for a week or so except during my refresh routine. It looks like we will be in the same general weather pattern for another week or two. That's ok, my coal doesn't have an use by date. Lisa

 
top top
Member
Posts: 574
Joined: Sat. Apr. 13, 2013 5:40 am

Post by top top » Thu. Dec. 25, 2014 7:55 am

I'm still pretty new to this black rock thing, but I have finally been able to just "look but don't touch". For the last couple weeks it has been on a "once per day" feeding schedule. We have not needed a lot of heat, I have everything closed. Enough air leaks by to sustain the fire and the stove holds around 250 F, consuming about 30 lbs/day. I was going to let it go out a couple days ago, but with the rain and chilly nighttime temps I figured we would need a little heat and would end up using propane anyway.

Merry Christmas everyone.

It is more sad than happy here, as my son was killed last Christmas.

 
User avatar
davidmcbeth3
Member
Posts: 8505
Joined: Sun. Jun. 14, 2009 2:31 pm
Coal Size/Type: nut/pea/anthra

Post by davidmcbeth3 » Thu. Dec. 25, 2014 8:40 am

I opened mine up all the way .. now we have a Christmas like on a tropical island !

lol

really, just idling ... 177F measured on top ...

still high 70's inside.

 
User avatar
SMITTY
Member
Posts: 12520
Joined: Sun. Dec. 11, 2005 12:43 pm
Location: West-Central Mass
Stoker Coal Boiler: EFM 520 Highboy
Coal Size/Type: Rice / Blaschak anthracite
Other Heating: Oil fired Burnham boiler

Post by SMITTY » Thu. Dec. 25, 2014 8:51 am

That's terrible Top Top - I hope you and your family somehow find peace this season. :( May God be with you.

I can't really relate to the idling thing, as I've joined the girly side with a stoker ... :lol: But I don't miss it ... I can tell ya'll that much!! :D

Supposed to be 60° today. Was 59° at 05:00 ... and now it's 52°. Rain hit hard earlier. Seems to let up for the moment. Hope that warmer air is coming. Today is the first day I got dressed without 3 layers of thermals! :o


 
User avatar
joeq
Member
Posts: 5739
Joined: Sat. Feb. 11, 2012 11:53 am
Location: Northern CT
Hand Fed Coal Stove: G111, Southard Robertson

Post by joeq » Thu. Dec. 25, 2014 11:14 am

Like a lot of you, the temps in the 50s here today also. Even with my stove "almost" in reverse, my house is warming more than I want. And I refuse to do the windowstats, but the wife succumbed to it yesterday, briefly in the upstairs laundry room. I was thinking of putting some dry ice on top of my stove. Think that would help? :)

 
top top
Member
Posts: 574
Joined: Sat. Apr. 13, 2013 5:40 am

Post by top top » Thu. Dec. 25, 2014 4:38 pm

Thanks to everyone for your kind thoughts.

 
User avatar
davidmcbeth3
Member
Posts: 8505
Joined: Sun. Jun. 14, 2009 2:31 pm
Coal Size/Type: nut/pea/anthra

Post by davidmcbeth3 » Thu. Dec. 25, 2014 11:00 pm

joeq wrote:Like a lot of you, the temps in the 50s here today also. Even with my stove "almost" in reverse, my house is warming more than I want. And I refuse to do the windowstats, but the wife succumbed to it yesterday, briefly in the upstairs laundry room. I was thinking of putting some dry ice on top of my stove. Think that would help? :)
Fire up the stove all the way and turn on your air conditioning - let them battle it out

[similar to old Steven Wright joke -- I borrowed it here]

 
User avatar
joeq
Member
Posts: 5739
Joined: Sat. Feb. 11, 2012 11:53 am
Location: Northern CT
Hand Fed Coal Stove: G111, Southard Robertson

Post by joeq » Thu. Dec. 25, 2014 11:25 pm

davidmcbeth3 wrote: Fire up the stove all the way and turn on your air conditioning - let them battle it out
[similar to old Steven Wright joke -- I borrowed it here]
[/quote]
Image
Funny stuff David. cracked me up.

Post Reply

Return to “Hand Fired Coal Stoves & Furnaces Using Anthracite”