Whattya Mean You Can't See Smoke?
- Freddy
- Member
- Posts: 7292
- Joined: Fri. Apr. 11, 2008 2:54 pm
- Location: Orrington, Maine
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Axeman Anderson 130 (pea)
- Coal Size/Type: Pea size, Superior, deep mined
Yup, nope, maybe, could be. I think coal berner is right, it's water vapor. The visual vapor isn't just when I load the stove, it goes for hours that way as long as the humidity is low and the temperature is below zero. The sheep poop isn't making the vapor, I make sure that's good'n dry before I burn it.
I know mine is a blue smoke because I have watched it roll back to the ground, my chimney likes to do that (lots of trees around my house) Only with a fresh load of coal with no overdraft. If I open the over draft I will get a blue flame on top of the fire and no smoke, just a little vapor when it's real cold.I have two brands of coal. One is cornwall coal the other is mystery coal, they both do it.