December 2015, the Tail of the Tape

lsayre · Post by **lsayre** » Thu. Dec. 31, 2015 7:36 pm

1,122 lbs of coal burned for December 2015 (vs. 1,522 lbs. for December 2014).
(~140 lbs. for DHW, and 982 lbs. for home heating)

1.394 lbs. per HDD for this December (vs. 1.417 lbs. per HDD in December of 2014)

Post by **StokerDon** » Thu. Dec. 31, 2015 10:57 pm

That's a big difference Larry. I will dig up my numbers tomorrow. I already know, it's a lot more than 1,122 pounds!

-Don

hotblast1357 · Post by **hotblast1357** » Fri. Jan. 01, 2016 7:13 am

For December 2014, I burned 990 pounds in the hot blast furnace for the house, and 615 pounds in the base-burner, so 1605 pounds.

For December 2015, I burned 1,225 pounds in the new yorker boiler, and im also heating my hot water, id say I have improved my heating efficiency by a lot! same inside temp settings for both the house and garage, and looking back to last years outside temps, they are pretty similar.

Clousseau · Post by **Clousseau** » Fri. Jan. 01, 2016 10:55 am

1st season burning, started in October. I used 1360 lbs. for the month of December, and 1200 lbs. in November. That is heat & hot water for a 2300 sq. ft. 40 year old log home in the Berkshires. Actually burns more coal than I anticipated considering how warm the fall & early winter has been.

Post by **StokerDon** » Fri. Jan. 01, 2016 10:06 pm

I filled up with 300 pounds 5 times during December, 1500 pounds total. Since the GJ/EFM goes several days between fill ups and I didn't fill up on December 1st or 31st, the 1500 pound could be skewed by 50 pounds or so.

That is still one heck of a lot of coal to plow through in a record breakingly mild December!

-Don