Pictures of Your Stove

This is my Channing III been running since about mid Oct. we love the stove and I plan on buying a coal trol to help regulate the temps. Oh yeah thats the cat that can always be found curled up to the stove.

My Franco Belge.

Richard

franco b wrote:My Franco Belge.

Richard

Nice looking setup!
You burning wood or coal in there? (if coal, why the fireplace screen on the stove?)

Devil505 wrote:
Nice looking setup!
You burning wood or coal in there? (if coal, why the fireplace screen on the stove?)

The screen is so you do not touch the hot glass

franco b wrote:My Franco Belge.

Richard

Nice but where is your baro

coal berner wrote:

franco b wrote:My Franco Belge.

Richard

Nice but where is your baro

I knew somebody would ask that. Very observant. I did use a baro in past years but found that the stove is tight enough and the thermostat sensitive enough to control the fire very well. If the draft control were manual it certainly would need one.

The screen was not on my 1980 model 10 475. The picture is of an 1984 model 10 1375. As has been pointed out, I guess that the screen was added as a safety measure. A heat shield on the bottom was also added.

Richard

Hello. I'm new posting to the forum, but used it for some research since last summer and now. Ordered the boiler in August, but due to production delays and the December ice storm here in MA, it just got installed this past week. As of last night, I converted my house from oil to coal by having an efm Stoker Boiler Unit installed, Model DF520. I also have a hot air furnace to convert, which will happen within the next month and at the same time, my DHW will be generated by the boiler instead of natural gas. I'll be monitoring my usage for the rest of this winter - 3700 sq. foot house that would use between 2000 and 2500 gallons of oil a winter, so I estimated that would equal 12 ton of coal and so I've got 15 ton of coal on hand, 3 extra ton "just in case." So far, it looks like I'll have one ashcan per day to empty and possibly be using more coal than anticipated, but it's really cold right now and will be for this coming week. I'm excited about the switch and don't mind the extra labor if it saves me money. If you want to see the transformation in my basement, you can look at the pictures I posted to my Flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/greta325/sets/721576 ... 732468437/. This forum was very helpful to me in making my decision to switch and in estimating usage, finding a coal dealer, etc. So thanks!

Nice Install greta325 I did look at all the pics. I do believe there a few things that you can do improve your coal
consumption and you ashing valume. Try a setting of 4 Teeth and 4 air your setting of 6 teeth & 6.5 Air is alot for what your heating even at 3700 Sq ft. 6 teeth is 15lbs Per hr of coal and 6.5 is way to much air EFM recommends a Air setting of 5 1/4 with a 6 teeth feed rate. If 4 teeth and 4 air does not give you the heat out put you need then go to 5 teeth & 4.5 Air.There is alot of Big houses around my area that have 520 in them that are over 4000 Sq Ft that use the 4 teeth feed rate and 4 air setting. And use half the amount of coal usage 5 to 6 tons all year long heating and making hot water So try these setting for a day or two. And see how it works for you if not you can always go back to your setting

except move your air back to 5 1/4 air. The heat out Put will also depend on what coal your are bruning not all coal is = in BTU's output And ash content Your say your filling a 1 Bushel ash tube in one day well there are two reason why 6 teeth feed rate 15lbs Per hr is one.The other would be the ash content in the coal that you are using . Also what temps to you have your water at High & Low setting . Another thing that I could not see in the pics did you seal the boiler top & base with either boiler putty or a high temp silicon / cement . Very important that everything is sealed around the top of base and all three plates two side and the rear flue plate. Also around the auger tube on both ends Everything must be air
tight . Also did you install a Baro a Field control M model or a RC model on the stack pipe . And ifso was it setup with a draft gauge or a Manomenter. Another thing very important to much draft will consume more coal and heat out your chimney . Try the new setting and let us know how you make out . Take care and keep warm .

Here is a picture of my Key-Stoker install
We are very happy with the results and savings

Here is a picture of one of my stoves , a Margin Gem cook stove from Canada. It heats my 2500 sqft home when the temps in southern Maine are above 10*. When colder I also fire up my Harman Mark III in the basement which has a "jacket" around 80% of it and the captured heat is blown into the 1st/2nd floors.
We also use the cook stove for the majority of cooking needs. I have used my IR gun to measure the surface temps and they run around 650-700* when the stove is cruising.

Ed that's really nice! I like your cabinets too and the countertops. Did you do the rockwork behind the stove? I want to do something similar behind mine.

endinmaine wrote:Margin Gem cook stove from Canada.

Now that is coal *censored*!

I'm drooling, great looking stove in what looks to be an authentic timber frame home.

after seeing that,mine are too ugly to post

If it makes heat and saves you money,, it's a BEAUTY !!! regardless of how 'photogenic' it is or isn't..

Greg L