Price and Brand of Your Stoker Boiler

 
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hotblast1357
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Location: Peasleeville NY
Stoker Coal Boiler: 1984 Eshland S260 coal gun
Coal Size/Type: Lehigh anthracite pea
Other Heating: air source heat pump, oil furnace

Post by hotblast1357 » Sun. Mar. 15, 2015 8:57 am

Haha this purchase won't happen tomorrow by any means.

 
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Location: Guilford, Connecticut
Stoker Coal Boiler: Axeman Anderson 260M
Coal Size/Type: Pea

Post by coaledsweat » Sun. Mar. 15, 2015 9:17 am

tsb wrote:Before you get all wet in the drawers for an AA, make sure you go see
one and listen to it run. They don't purr like a kitten.
No, they sound like quarters hitting the piggy bank!


 
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Location: Douglassville, Pa
Stoker Coal Boiler: Binford 2000
Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: LL Pioneer top vent
Hand Fed Coal Stove: Saey Hanover II
Baseburners & Antiques: Grander Golden Oak , Glenwood # 6
Coal Size/Type: All of them

Post by tsb » Sun. Mar. 15, 2015 10:17 am

No, they sound like quarters hitting the piggy bank![/quote]

A tin rolling piggy bank with a small jet engine attached.

 
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McGiever
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Location: Junction of PA-OH-WV
Stoker Coal Boiler: AXEMAN-ANDERSON 130 "1959"
Hand Fed Coal Boiler: BUCKET A DAY water heater
Hand Fed Coal Stove: Warm Morning 414A
Coal Size/Type: PEA,NUT,STOVE /ANTHRACITE
Other Heating: Ground Source Heat Pump and some Solar

Post by McGiever » Sun. Mar. 15, 2015 12:40 pm

Not due to any sound issues with my AA, but being the "tinker'er" that I am, I found that by adding a separate auger/grate motor that then while the fan cycle is generally longer the ashing cycle is very short...having the auger more at rest is nice. :)

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