The NEW 2017 DS Stove Stoker Boiler ***UNDER_FED***

lzaharis wrote:The key word may be "experience" and that is why the Electric Fireman and Axeman Anderson and Keystoker units are built the way they are. The VanWert Folks in Peckville were victims of the economy from what I was told when I called an operating machine shop in Peckville, Pennsylvania inquiring of them 7 plus years ago.

With above mentioned units with the exception of the Keystokers you are using single phase low voltage power 110-220 volt AC voltage with a belt drive powering the combustion fan and the parasitic load being the gear drive for the coal auger in the Electric Fireman underfed stoker and open auger in the Axeman Anderson stoker feeding its hopper

EFM stokers are direct drive, there is no belt running the combustion fan.

CapeCoaler wrote:Nice to see ya postin' jc...
Electric fireman, lol...
Shocked him into posting...
It has been a long time...
I had three kids since he last posted...
And it is a nice looking stoker...
does it burn bit...
EFM did some testing with bit...

Time flies by 3 kids you have been busy

To burn bit coal in it there would have to be a few malfunctions would have to be done to it Top air/ over the fire induction ash scrapper / knock off ash off of pot and of course a bigger auger and tube like 3" to 3.5 " auger tube would be 1/2" larger to feed the bigger coal sizes and maybe a larger pot size .

Now for me I would like the unit to have a larger auger and tube for burning buck size anthracite easier and it would still burn rice maybe 2" or 2.5" Because anyone that knows me I like Buckwheat size Anthracite and that's what I burn in the EFM for 9 years now with a thinner wall S.S. auger pipe .

And the only parts that where replaced since I hooked it up was a aquastat control and a motor still has the original shear pin in it

Being there being made in anthracite country and the company makes several hard coal units as well as one of the main designer works in the anthracite industry I would think most of there efforts would stick with anthracite burning units but if the demands are there You
never know what the furture will bring . Who knows what the mad coal guru might have in his head
Maybe Steve will chime in on your question

Wood'nCoal wrote:

lzaharis wrote:The key word may be "experience" and that is why the Electric Fireman and Axeman Anderson and Keystoker units are built the way they are. The VanWert Folks in Peckville were victims of the economy from what I was told when I called an operating machine shop in Peckville, Pennsylvania inquiring of them 7 plus years ago.

With above mentioned units with the exception of the Keystokers you are using single phase low voltage power 110-220 volt AC voltage with a belt drive powering the combustion fan and the parasitic load being the gear drive for the coal auger in the Electric Fireman underfed stoker and open auger in the Axeman Anderson stoker feeding its hopper

EFM stokers are direct drive, there is no belt running the combustion fan.

Good to see someone is paying attention and reading the whole post

717 768 3853 IS D.S. phone number I an not in any position to give specs or prices on this unit. There was close to two years of work involved in introducing this unit and I feel very comfortable with the results. all the work and ideas were a combination of what I learned over the years and what I thought would make a better unit along with the ideas of the owners of D.S. WILL THERE BE SOME BUGS TO WORK OUT,MAYBE IS IT FOOLPROOF, DONT KNOW time will tell as these units are put in use.

This is the result of all you guys telling me not to retire SCRAPPER

scrapper_23jr wrote:This is the result of all you guys telling me not to retire SCRAPPER

Hopefully now that you are not retired,you are not working as hard as b4 you didn't retire & having more fun.

EFM stokers are direct drive, there is no belt running the combustion fan.[/quote]
Good to see someone is paying attention and reading the whole post [/quote]
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I neglected to correct my simple error with regard to the Electric Furnace Man stokers as I forgot that they were direct drive for that I take full responsibility so..........