Newbie to Coal

Waswood · Post by **Waswood** » Sun. Dec. 06, 2015 8:40 pm

Oldsch I like your logic. It seems to me you can have fan forced air chimney but if the stove alows no air into it I don't think the fan will do much. On the other hand if there is to much air coming in with a strong draft then it can over fire or waste fuel. The bimetal damper on the DS certainly controls the fire well in my opinion . I am going to check my stove anyhow and see what my numbers are. If for nothing else to satisfy my mind. One thing I'm worried about is co. Since coal is new to me I wonder how dangerous it is. I think I'm going to add a 2nd co detector in basement just to make me feel better.

SWPaDon · Post by **SWPaDon** » Sun. Dec. 06, 2015 9:29 pm

Waswood wrote:Oldsch I like your logic. It seems to me you can have fan forced air chimney but if the stove alows no air into it I don't think the fan will do much. On the other hand if there is to much air coming in with a strong draft then it can over fire or waste fuel. The bimetal damper on the DS certainly controls the fire well in my opinion . I am going to check my stove anyhow and see what my numbers are. If for nothing else to satisfy my mind. One thing I'm worried about is co. Since coal is new to me I wonder how dangerous it is. I think I'm going to add a 2nd co detector in basement just to make me feel better.

Co is colorless, odorless, tasteless and deadly. You should have co detectors on every level of the home.

A carbon monoxide detector recognizes carbon monoxide, a colorless, odorless, tasteless and highly toxic gas. The correct height for a carbon monoxide detector is knee height on the wall. This offers protection while sleeping, which is when you are most vulnerable to carbon monoxide poisoning. Detectors should also be hung above permanently installed fuel-burning appliances

Read more : http://www.ehow.com/facts_7191402_correct-height- ... ctor_.html

Waswood · Post by **Waswood** » Mon. Dec. 07, 2015 6:27 am

Swpadon thanks. I have a co detector on each floor along with smoke detectors throughly the house. I will install extra co detectors for peace of mind. All mine are currently on the ceiling as co/ smoke combos but after reading the link I will wall mount the new ones.

titleist1 · Post by **titleist1** » Mon. Dec. 07, 2015 7:01 am

I suggest investing in a co monitor with a numeric display rather than just a co alarm. I think it is useful to see the number start to show up before the alarm point is reached. It will also save a peak value in case you miss seeing it on the display at the moment it occurred. I check the peak value on mine daily to make sure it is still 0.

Post by **Lightning** » Mon. Dec. 07, 2015 7:36 am

I use those also.
Very handy!

I have the Kiddie Night Hawk model, two of them. I think they where $35 each at Home De Pot. They use batteries only.

windyhill4.2 · Post by **windyhill4.2** » Mon. Dec. 07, 2015 9:25 am

SWPaDon wrote:

Co is colorless, odorless, tasteless and deadly. You should have co detectors on every level of the home.

A carbon monoxide detector recognizes carbon monoxide, a colorless, odorless, tasteless and highly toxic gas. The correct height for a carbon monoxide detector is knee height on the wall. This offers protection while sleeping, which is when you are most vulnerable to carbon monoxide poisoning. Detectors should also be hung above permanently installed fuel-burning appliances

Read more : http://www.ehow.com/facts_7191402_correct-height- ... ctor_.html[/quote]
This is an issue that has baffled me since getting the CO detectors... the instructions advise putting them high on the wall,i always thought that CO collected from the floor & built it's way upward,time for me to move all my CO detectors as I followed the instructions instead of common sense.SWPaDon,THANKS much for posting that informative link ,i need to learn to goggle more things instead of following some paper print that seems opposite my thinking.

SWPaDon · Post by **SWPaDon** » Mon. Dec. 07, 2015 9:32 am

windyhill4.2 wrote: Read more : http://www.ehow.com/facts_7191402_correct-height- ... ctor_.html

This is an issue that has baffled me since getting the CO detectors... the instructions advise putting them high on the wall,i always thought that CO collected from the floor & built it's way upward,time for me to move all my CO detectors as I followed the instructions instead of common sense.SWPaDon,THANKS much for posting that informative link ,i need to learn to goggle more things instead of following some paper print that seems opposite my thinking.

You are welcome Sir.