Light Off 9-21-2015

hotblast1357 · Post by **hotblast1357** » Wed. Sep. 23, 2015 4:25 am

If the newyorker was ready I would b of lit last Saturday. I will be firing it up as soon as possible for dhw and too take the chill off. 55 this morning and 67 in the house, I've been getting comments from the pregnant wife lol

blrman07 · Post by **blrman07** » Wed. Sep. 23, 2015 6:29 am

47 here this morning....72 in the LR and DR with 70 in the bedrooms upstairs. Nice distribution with two windowstats in operation during the afternoon. Momma opened a window in the dining room where the stove is at and the bathroom window upstairs is 1/4 open. We keep the bathroom window cracked all winter. That starts the air in motion bringing the heated air up the stairwell as it heads for any open window upstairs and the cold air rolling down the steps. There is no source of heat upstairs except for the bath that has a small radiator hooked up to the hot water heating oil burner. Want to heat a room upstairs? Open the door and crack a window. The heat will flow into that room in search of the cracked window. No problem.

When I hold burning incense near the ceiling in any room downstairs you can see it head toward the stairwell. When I hold the incense a couple of inches off the steps you can see it go downstairs while near the ceiling it's going upstairs. Pretty neat to watch. For some people it doesn't take much right?

Whoever built this house in 1895 with the chimney placed on the NW corner of the house and the stairwell in the SE corner knew exactly what they were doing. This little 50K rated Vig 2310 heats this house just fine all winter. The oil boiler is rated for 105K.

Admittedly when it gets to below zero

all bets are off. It won't keep up but I'm not putting in an overrating stove just for a couple of days a year. That's one reason why we have oil hot water baseboard as a backup. That and for when I get sick because Momma can't tend the stove.

windyhill4.2 · Post by **windyhill4.2** » Wed. Sep. 23, 2015 8:58 am

Rev Larry , I am surprised that you only had 47* this am,we had 45* here. 64.5* in the bedroom,70 in the living room,haven't turned on any heat...... yet.

Post by **Rob R.** » Wed. Sep. 23, 2015 12:33 pm

windyhill4.2 wrote:Rev Larry , I am surprised that you only had 47* this am,we had 45* here. 64.5* in the bedroom,70 in the living room,haven't turned on any heat...... yet.

Are you circulating hot water through the plate exchangers and coils in the furnace?

windyhill4.2 · Post by **windyhill4.2** » Wed. Sep. 23, 2015 12:39 pm

Rob R. wrote:
windyhill4.2 wrote:Rev Larry , I am surprised that you only had 47* this am,we had 45* here. 64.5* in the bedroom,70 in the living room,haven't turned on any heat...... yet.
Are you circulating hot water through the plate exchangers and coils in the furnace?

Yes, we have no other source for DHW,the EFM520 is faithfully doing that for both houses all yr long. For heat we can just turn the t-stats on,haven't done that yet.Came close to turning the heat on in the shop the last few chilly mornings. We are not circulating thro the furnace coils,yet.

davidmcbeth3 · Post by **davidmcbeth3** » Wed. Sep. 23, 2015 8:35 pm

Blrman is just a softy teddy bear .... I just toss the wifey a sweater and say "not yet" ['cause I'm cheap].

blrman07 · Post by **blrman07** » Wed. Sep. 23, 2015 9:14 pm

davidmcbeth3 wrote:Blrman is just a softy teddy bear .... I just toss the wifey a sweater and say "not yet" ['cause I'm cheap].

Ahh no can do that!!! Our coal is only 170 a ton bulk . That is much cheaper than a trip to the EF because she threw back something considerably harder than a sweater.

ddahlgren · Post by **ddahlgren** » Fri. Sep. 25, 2015 6:06 am

davidmcbeth3 wrote:Blrman is just a softy teddy bear .... I just toss the wifey a sweater and say "not yet" ['cause I'm cheap].

I have been divorced a couple of times. Trust me an extra ton of coal is wildly less money. Single now and no interest in changing that status.

hotblast1357 · Post by **hotblast1357** » Fri. Sep. 25, 2015 6:15 am

65 inside this morning, 51 OAT.. Suppose to get 39 tonight, hopefully I can finish the boiler this afternoon and get it making some heat!

blrman07 · Post by **blrman07** » Fri. Sep. 25, 2015 7:16 am

hotblast1357 wrote:65 inside this morning, 51 OAT.. Suppose to get 39 tonight, hopefully I can finish the boiler this afternoon and get it making some heat!

Turn them wrenches, its a coming!!!

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Fri. Sep. 25, 2015 7:32 am

Talkin mid-upper 70's daytime--mid-upper 50's night till Tues.--I'm OK with that. Kick the kero furnace on (less then a pint) 15 minutes early AM & good for the day. House has not gotten below 68* when I wake up. No wife, just me & the dogs.

coalfan · Post by **coalfan** » Fri. Sep. 25, 2015 7:38 am

aaaaahhhhhh tha good life fred !

blrman07 · Post by **blrman07** » Fri. Sep. 25, 2015 7:52 am

Wife or not I think I would burn early anyway.

I like burning things.....always have.

The US Government paid me to learn how to make BIG controllable fires. I was in the boiler room my entire hitch. We burned lots of dino juice and did it well.

Post by **Rob R.** » Fri. Sep. 25, 2015 11:18 am

freetown fred wrote:Talkin mid-upper 70's daytime--mid-upper 50's night till Tues.--I'm OK with that. Kick the kero furnace on (less then a pint) 15 minutes early AM & good for the day.

That is pretty cheap livin'. What is the minimum amount of coal it takes to run your Hitzer for a day? 10-15 lbs?

jrn8265 · Post by **jrn8265** » Fri. Sep. 25, 2015 11:55 am

Live in SE PA and will be firing my koker up Oct 1st. It will idle mostly but just love to watch those dancing ladies and she's been off for 6 months. Gotta get her back to work! Can't wait!!