Still Burning..Since October 1st... Thanks to Low Idleing..
We have long Winters here for sure..I might be looking at May some time before shut down.. still Ice on some lakes.. and snow around.. days can get warm but nights and those damps April showers bring May flower days are raw ...Stokers are so so much nicer then hand fired they are hard or impossible to idle it down like this Super Mag... for those warmer day's.. but cooler nights.. not to mention temps flux here big time during those days.. 25 deg mornings then up to the 60's etc. Stokers are the best hands down...
- freetown fred
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I don't know about all that C. Been burnin since early Sept. & the way things are goin--maybe shuttin down sometime in May.
captcaper wrote:We have long Winters here for sure..I might be looking at May some time before shut down.. still Ice on some lakes.. and snow around.. days can get warm but nights and those damps April showers bring May flower days are raw ...Stokers are so so much nicer then hand fired they are hard or impossible to idle it down like this Super Mag... for those warmer day's.. but cooler nights.. not to mention temps flux here big time during those days.. 25 deg mornings then up to the 60's etc. Stokers are the best hands down...
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Still burnin' up here capt. We got 2 snow showers this past week. If the house gets too warm in the day time we just open a few windows, uses no more electricity too
- Freddy
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That would be called "Actuating the windowstats".michaelanthony wrote:. If the house gets too warm in the day time we just open a few windows, uses no more electricity too
I'm still burnin'. Another week or two?
- Lightning
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It's all about the skillz, effort and passion yer willing to put into it. It's a bit of a stunt to idle a hand fed without too much heat output. It can be done quite successfully with the proper coal sizing and/or shake down and loading technique. Blanketing the fire with fines and small sized coal will keep the fuel bed healthy without much heat output thru a warm day. The issue of poor draft due to a cold exterior chimney can be remedied with excessive secondary air which doesn't contribute to combustion with a blanketed fire but instead aids with extra heated air mass to keep the draft moving. Running a healthy low slow fire on my handicapped appliance is similar to training a rhino to do a back flip lol. It's taken a lot of patience with trial and error, and passion for the fire.
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Still burnin' and cookin' here. Even through the 70's and low 80 degree days we had a week ago. Idle down nicely to a steady .005 on the warm days, yet the cooktop stayed hot enough over the firebox end to fry with.
Glad, I kept it going too. Still getting cold nights and it keeps the chill out of the whole house. Woke up to 38 yesterday and 30F outside this morning, but the house was nice and warm.
Paul
Glad, I kept it going too. Still getting cold nights and it keeps the chill out of the whole house. Woke up to 38 yesterday and 30F outside this morning, but the house was nice and warm.
Paul
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Amen, to that Paul. I had a quarter inch of ice in the dog water dish this morning. I anticipate a couple more weeks to keep her lit, maybe less, maybe more lol.Sunny Boy wrote:Glad, I kept it going too. Still getting cold nights and it keeps the chill out of the whole house. Woke up to 38 yesterday and 30F outside this morning, but the house was nice and warm.
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Rather than having the house get damp and cold I have been
idling along just fine and I can live with burning a forty pound
bag everyday and having plenty of hot water.
I have sixteen bags left and I will be able to go to May 1st at
least and if its still cold at night I can always buy more rice coal.
idling along just fine and I can live with burning a forty pound
bag everyday and having plenty of hot water.
I have sixteen bags left and I will be able to go to May 1st at
least and if its still cold at night I can always buy more rice coal.
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I don't know about that skill, passion & effort--I just set my bi-metallic & ignore the old girl for 24 hrs--no muss, no fuss. Yep, 2 80* days called for window-stats--properly regulated of course!!!
Lightning wrote:It's all about the skillz, effort and passion yer willing to put into it. It's a bit of a stunt to idle a hand fed without too much heat output. It can be done quite successfully with the proper coal sizing and/or shake down and loading technique. Blanketing the fire with fines and small sized coal will keep the fuel bed healthy without much heat output thru a warm day. The issue of poor draft due to a cold exterior chimney can be remedied with excessive secondary air which doesn't contribute to combustion with a blanketed fire but instead aids with extra heated air mass to keep the draft moving. Running a healthy low slow fire on my handicapped appliance is similar to training a rhino to do a back flip lol. It's taken a lot of patience with trial and error, and passion for the fire.
So true Fred... and I did hand feed with a Chubby and Magnum II ...main source of heat winters... for over 25 yrs... No way they can idle down like my Super Mag.. without going out.. or whatever..freetown fred wrote:I don't know about that skill, passion & effort--I just set my bi-metallic & ignore the old girl for 24 hrs--no muss, no fuss. Yep, 2 80* days called for window-stats--properly regulated of course!!!Lightning wrote:It's all about the skillz, effort and passion yer willing to put into it. It's a bit of a stunt to idle a hand fed without too much heat output. It can be done quite successfully with the proper coal sizing and/or shake down and loading technique. Blanketing the fire with fines and small sized coal will keep the fuel bed healthy without much heat output thru a warm day. The issue of poor draft due to a cold exterior chimney can be remedied with excessive secondary air which doesn't contribute to combustion with a blanketed fire but instead aids with extra heated air mass to keep the draft moving. Running a healthy low slow fire on my handicapped appliance is similar to training a rhino to do a back flip lol. It's taken a lot of patience with trial and error, and passion for the fire.
- freetown fred
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Never used either C, but I can put my hand on the top of my HITZER & still bring her back.
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I've recently had the Clayton down to 158 over the load door and 126 on the pipe, convection blowers more off than on (snap switch off at 95, on at 105) for 10+ hours which is ridiculous lol. Yet she'll rev up to 75% of full output in under 15 minutes lol. No shlep is gonna pull that trick wit dis beast.
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I'll back you on that Fred. 30-95, & 50-93. Both Great Stoves.......freetown fred wrote:Never used either C, but I can put my hand on the top of my HITZER & still bring her back.