December Coal Usage
1500 sq foot cape circa 1930's, oil furnace zone still on for 2nd floor and hot water. Averaging lowest room temp at 70*. 1500lbs used for December. -2 days away and 4 warm/windy days the stove was down, 25 heating days. 60lbs/day, $165/ton, $4.95/day. 2 oil tanks, on 11/17 I started burning coal and oil level was 3/4, now at 5/8.
I guess I can't complain but 20lbs/day sounds much better. I started with 2 ton, 2 more should do it as I don't want any left over in my temp. bin.
I guess I can't complain but 20lbs/day sounds much better. I started with 2 ton, 2 more should do it as I don't want any left over in my temp. bin.
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Burned 1550 for the month of December. I am heating about 2600 sft from my basement stove primarily through a floor vent with return down the stairs. The upstairs stays at 68 - 73 depending on the temp outside. The house is a 2x4 construction and poorly insulated around the doors and windows, and the ceiling is poorly insulated as well a it has cathedral ceilings. We are placing a new floor vent above the stove to get better air circulation. The rest of the house is seperated and is heated by propane. Burned about 100 gallons of oil since October.
I'm somewhere about 3000 lbs for the month. I keep my house warm. err my wife keeps it warm. She's happy so I'm happy. Even if it cost an extra $50/month.
I like walking around the house in shorts and a T shirt when its in the teens outside. 3200 sq foot being heated right now with no problem. Usually about 120 to 160 lbs per day. I wonder what January and February brings? Check my signature. I try and keep a pretty good log. Sometimes I'm to lazy to walk upstairs and enter it though.
I like walking around the house in shorts and a T shirt when its in the teens outside. 3200 sq foot being heated right now with no problem. Usually about 120 to 160 lbs per day. I wonder what January and February brings? Check my signature. I try and keep a pretty good log. Sometimes I'm to lazy to walk upstairs and enter it though.
3000 sqft log house built in 1790 (218 years old) (5 exterior doors)(31 windows) built by Major James McCalmont using hessian slaves
Upperstrasburg PA (northern franklin county)
Sole heat plant - Axeman Anderson 260m
piping setup - 2 pipe system with valves at rads
radiation type - original cast iron rads size at 150*F water temp from gravity system days
Total Radiation size - 950 SqFt
house temps
zone 1 (72 6am-8am,69 8am-4pm,72 4pm-11pm, 69 11pm-6am)(1st floor, 2 rooms, cast iron rads)
zone 2 (72 6am-8am,69 8am-4pm,72 4pm-11pm, 69 11pm-6am)(1st floor, 4 rooms, cast iron rads)
zone 3 (72 6am-8am,71 8am-4pm,72 4pm-11pm, 71 11pm-6am)(2nd floor, 6 rooms, cast iron rads)
Domestic hot water HAH as needed
Coal type- Superior pea
Coal used- 1.75-2 tones from 11/24-08 to 1/3-09
Upperstrasburg PA (northern franklin county)
Sole heat plant - Axeman Anderson 260m
piping setup - 2 pipe system with valves at rads
radiation type - original cast iron rads size at 150*F water temp from gravity system days
Total Radiation size - 950 SqFt
house temps
zone 1 (72 6am-8am,69 8am-4pm,72 4pm-11pm, 69 11pm-6am)(1st floor, 2 rooms, cast iron rads)
zone 2 (72 6am-8am,69 8am-4pm,72 4pm-11pm, 69 11pm-6am)(1st floor, 4 rooms, cast iron rads)
zone 3 (72 6am-8am,71 8am-4pm,72 4pm-11pm, 71 11pm-6am)(2nd floor, 6 rooms, cast iron rads)
Domestic hot water HAH as needed
Coal type- Superior pea
Coal used- 1.75-2 tones from 11/24-08 to 1/3-09
Last edited by U235a4 on Sat. Jan. 03, 2009 3:17 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Art,ART52 wrote:Happy New Year to all
I burned 1 ton. of rice coal for December 2008
Keystoker K A2 hot water. I am heating about 1800 square foot .
that included domestic hot water. I heat to 76th degrees my cellar- first floor- and half a story bedroom.( bad hart) I cannot stand the cold!
in 2007 for the month of December I paid $686.00 for oil
this year $175 for coal.
art52
Were you using the EFM to heat this same house? If so, do you feel you're using less coal using the smaller KA-2?
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I have used a little less than 1 cord of wood and 1100 lbs of coal this season. House hasn't been below 70
1150 sq feet upstairs
1150 sq feet basement
I have no idea how many square feet my garage is (attached/heated also)
It seems that I may be winning for least fuel used.
1150 sq feet upstairs
1150 sq feet basement
I have no idea how many square feet my garage is (attached/heated also)
It seems that I may be winning for least fuel used.
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dec avg 125 lbs a day........jan avg will be higher since the alaska is up and running for a few weeks now too
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I burned 2400 # including DHW for a 2500 sqf home, 70 degrees downstairs 62 upstairs. I also burned 5 bags (200#) of wood pellets which works well in the very cold weather, sort of "topping off" so the coal boiler doesn't have to be cranked up high plus its fun to sit by the fire.
It is truly amazing how the consumption numbers are all over the map on this forum, starting with as little as 20 pounds a day??? Holy mackerel!!
It is truly amazing how the consumption numbers are all over the map on this forum, starting with as little as 20 pounds a day??? Holy mackerel!!
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553 lbs. per week. heating about 3000 sqft. radiant floor heat in concrete slab, termosat set at 68, floor is nice and toasty, + 100% dhw. its been cold and windy here. used 770lbs more this year over last.
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^550 a week!? Holy jesus. Over a ton a month. Is that the most on the forum?
You burn a week what I burn about a month (25 days).. wow
You burn a week what I burn about a month (25 days).. wow
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Still running 50lbs when temps are normal winter like( same as last year). On schedule to use the same total....2.5 ton @ 275 per. That equates to a total increase of $30 over last year for the entire SEASON....Nice.
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From November 20th to Jan 11th, 3,600 pounds or 1.9 bags (Blaschak) a day. 3,200 sq. ft (13 year old home) @ 70 degs, all of my DHW with marathon showers. I am loving it . I am using less coal than I was when I had an Alaska 140 Auger feed running the house. The basement is not as warm, but it is still comfortable.
Mike
Mike
From Dec 5 through Jan 5 went through about 2200 to 2300 pounds - maybe 70# to 75# per day in the AA130 - 3100 sq feet. Now that all my problems are resolved keeping things at 72F on the first floor, 66 to 69 in the bedrooms. Cellar is about 70F.
One of my zones is a 600 sq ft family room - converted garage - it's got 3 exterior walls, a 10 ft high ceiling and a leaky door. I've mostly shut that room down for January to see how much difference - keeping it at about 45F to 50F.
Ed...
One of my zones is a 600 sq ft family room - converted garage - it's got 3 exterior walls, a 10 ft high ceiling and a leaky door. I've mostly shut that room down for January to see how much difference - keeping it at about 45F to 50F.
Ed...