How Much Did You Burn Last Year?

 
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Post by SMITTY » Sat. May. 12, 2007 6:21 pm

3-3/4 tons for me this year.

Kept house warmer by using the oil heat more. Still only went thru 1 tank, but I upgraded the aquastat on the furnace to a digital one with far more adjustability. Guess it made a difference!

 
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Post by LsFarm » Sat. May. 12, 2007 7:49 pm

Motor Stoker, If you can find a used water heater to use as a storage tank, you can have your cold water supply to your domestic hot water heater first go through the hot water coil, then into the storage tank, and from there to your regular hot water heater.

When you use any hot water, the cold water will be warmed through the water coil, then into the storage tank. The actual domestic hot water heater will have the hot water from the storage tank replace the used hot water. This way if the water heater temp drops below the set temperature, the incoming water will be very warm to hot, not at well or system temperature which usually is about 50* or so. If the water heater only has to raise the water from 90-100* to 120* you will use a lot less gas than raising water from 55* to 120*.

Usually a used electric hot water heater will have a good tank, but a bad heat element, so it is perfect for a storage tank.

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Post by Complete Heat » Sun. May. 13, 2007 11:04 am

From Nov 1 to end of April I burned 5.5 tons heating 3,200 sq. ft with an Alaska Model 140 Auger. It also did all of my hot water. I saved about 60% off what my propane bill would normally be. Propane was going for $2.09 a gallon. Coal (bagged Blaschak) was 215 a ton.

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Post by Duengeon master » Sun. May. 13, 2007 5:22 pm

This year I burned 5860lbs. of nut from one supplier, and about 750lbs of bituminous from four diffrent places, two right off the side of the road. for free! 8) Is a domestic hot water coil a good investment? I used one tank of $2.149 oil making hot water. :(

 
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Post by LsFarm » Sun. May. 13, 2007 6:37 pm

DM, how many gallons of oil was that tankfull?? Will a water coil fit in your stove?? If you are handy and you can run the plumbing from the coal stove to the hot water heater, you can probably get the coil and instalation to pay for itself in a year or two. this really depends on what you need to do the instalation, distance to the hot water heater, cost of plumbing etc.

There are several threads exploring different methods of hooking up a hot water coil, with thermosiphon, circulating pumps, tempering tanks and even using the coil to heat a section of radiant floor.

Do a search for 'water coil' or domestic water coil and see what you can find.

Hope this helps.

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Post by Gary in Pennsylvania » Thu. Aug. 30, 2007 4:47 pm

I burned 4 ton nut from Oct-April. My wife tends to like things on the toasty side. I'm in a 2,300ft split level with a Harman insert downstairs. Downstairs gets hot - easily in the 80's and rest of the house is juuuuust right!

I switched my coal supplier this year. Both suppliers are within 20 miles of each other.
I just ordered 6 TON fr nut from the new Coal Guy for the SAME PRICE as I used to get only 4 ton from my old supplier! That's crazy! :shocked!: And I'm happy!

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