New to the Coal Burners!!
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- New Member
- Posts: 11
- Joined: Fri. Dec. 12, 2014 7:57 am
- Stoker Coal Boiler: efm 520
- Coal Size/Type: rice
- Other Heating: oil in emergency
hi to all of you coal burners! just joined the coal burning community this afternoon we fired up my new to me EFM 520 and the blue ladies are dancing and water temp is up to160 degrees and gaining .
going to try pictures soon !! thanks to all for all of the interesting info here
going to try pictures soon !! thanks to all for all of the interesting info here
- Stoker6268
- Member
- Posts: 605
- Joined: Mon. Feb. 09, 2009 4:49 pm
- Location: Grafton NH
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Hitzer 50-93
- Coal Size/Type: Pea
Welcome to the forum!
Dont forget the pix.
Dont forget the pix.
- StokerDon
- Site Moderator
- Posts: 7502
- Joined: Mon. Nov. 11, 2013 11:17 am
- Location: PA, Southern York County!
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Gentleman Janitor GJ-5, Van Wert VA-600, Axeman Anderson130 X3.
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Harman SF3500 reduced down to 3 grates connected to its own plenum
- Coal Size/Type: Rice, Chestnut and whatever will fit through the door on the Harman
- Other Heating: Noth'in but COAL! Well, Maybe a little tiny bit of wood
Welcome to the forum pipeline!
We LOVE pictures! Try to get some good flame shots to.
-Don
We LOVE pictures! Try to get some good flame shots to.
-Don
- tikigeorge
- Member
- Posts: 216
- Joined: Wed. Jun. 11, 2008 12:07 am
- Location: Phillipsburg NJ
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Keystoker KA-6
Welcome aboard!
- Pauliewog
- Member
- Posts: 1824
- Joined: Mon. Dec. 02, 2013 12:15 am
- Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Furnace: Alaska 140 Dual Paddle Feed
- Baseburners & Antiques: Fame Rosemont #20, Home Stove Works #25, Glenwood #6, Happy Thought Oak, Merry Bride #214, Sunnyside, Worlds Argand #114, New Golden Sun , & About 30 others.
- Coal Size/Type: Stove, Chesnut, Pea, Rice / Anthracite
Welcome Pipeline.... There are a lot of proud EFM owners here who will be more than happy to answer any questions and help you fine tune your new pride and joy.
Paulie
Paulie
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- New Member
- Posts: 11
- Joined: Fri. Dec. 12, 2014 7:57 am
- Stoker Coal Boiler: efm 520
- Coal Size/Type: rice
- Other Heating: oil in emergency
WOW !! nights like this its really going to suck not stoking the OWB! just walk in my new outdoor boiler room pull the fines cleanout and look at the fire run to warm house which is now a constant temp
hate to admit but glad the wood monster rotted out !! then it had one more good kick for me the forced air blower quit 5 days before planed day to fire up coal . just ran OWB with door open a crack and burned up my LAST pile of wood !! hooked up with tractor loader and moved out back.see ya!!!
pics some time this weekend gotta get wife to do that gotta have a beer cause I missing loading the wood monster
hate to admit but glad the wood monster rotted out !! then it had one more good kick for me the forced air blower quit 5 days before planed day to fire up coal . just ran OWB with door open a crack and burned up my LAST pile of wood !! hooked up with tractor loader and moved out back.see ya!!!
pics some time this weekend gotta get wife to do that gotta have a beer cause I missing loading the wood monster
- StokerDon
- Site Moderator
- Posts: 7502
- Joined: Mon. Nov. 11, 2013 11:17 am
- Location: PA, Southern York County!
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Gentleman Janitor GJ-5, Van Wert VA-600, Axeman Anderson130 X3.
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Harman SF3500 reduced down to 3 grates connected to its own plenum
- Coal Size/Type: Rice, Chestnut and whatever will fit through the door on the Harman
- Other Heating: Noth'in but COAL! Well, Maybe a little tiny bit of wood
Com'on pipline, we all know that your running an EFM now instead of an OWB. You've got pleanty of time to drink beer, figure out how to post pictures, learn how to rebuild a V-Twin, Write a letter to your Mom, figure out world peace, ect...
Now where's those pictures!
-Don
Now where's those pictures!
-Don
- windyhill4.2
- Member
- Posts: 6072
- Joined: Fri. Nov. 22, 2013 2:17 pm
- Location: Jonestown,Pa.17038
- Stoker Coal Boiler: 1960 EFM520 installed in truck box
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Crane 404 with variable blower
- Coal Size/Type: 404-nut, 520 rice ,anthracite for both
pipeline,you are right this next week when temps are down around zero & the winds @ 40 mph is when I miss our OWB ~~~~~~~~
- plumberman
- Member
- Posts: 264
- Joined: Sun. Apr. 14, 2013 2:45 am
- Location: andes ny
- Stoker Coal Boiler: coal gun 130
- Coal Size/Type: pea
- Other Heating: solar dhw/samsung mini split/oil
the one thing I miss with owb,it was my"heat transfer unit" load with junk mail.cardboard, paper, beer boxes, Christmas tree, anything without a nail would go in and come out as heat. now I come home have a beer in 70 f building and admire my coal gun. wheres the pics?
- StokerDon
- Site Moderator
- Posts: 7502
- Joined: Mon. Nov. 11, 2013 11:17 am
- Location: PA, Southern York County!
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Gentleman Janitor GJ-5, Van Wert VA-600, Axeman Anderson130 X3.
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Harman SF3500 reduced down to 3 grates connected to its own plenum
- Coal Size/Type: Rice, Chestnut and whatever will fit through the door on the Harman
- Other Heating: Noth'in but COAL! Well, Maybe a little tiny bit of wood
SWEET! The gates of HELL!
-Don
-Don