Big Brick House with Van Wert

 
lzaharis
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Coal Size/Type: rice
Other Heating: kerosene for dual fuel Keystoker/unused

Post by lzaharis » Sat. Feb. 02, 2019 1:04 pm

Hello Rufcar,

Did you find sludge in the radiator or a broken knife gate on that radiator valve?

I remember you saying that this radiator had no vent (I think) I am surprised that it heats at all

 
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Rob R.
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Post by Rob R. » Sat. Feb. 02, 2019 1:14 pm

Guys, this thread is for pictures of your coal boilers. It has gotten pretty far off track, and when I have time I will split the last two pages or so into a separate discussion.

 
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Coal Size/Type: Rice, Chestnut and whatever will fit through the door on the Harman
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Post by StokerDon » Sat. Feb. 02, 2019 1:22 pm

lzaharis wrote:
Sat. Feb. 02, 2019 1:04 pm
Hello Rufcar,

Did you find sludge in the radiator or a broken knife gate on that radiator valve?

I remember you saying that this radiator had no vent (I think) I am surprised that it heats at all
I agree with Rob. This thread is for showing others pictures of your boiler and install. You are free to comment on the boilers and installs. If you need to discuss finer points, you are welcome to start another thread with that topic in mind.

Thank you,

-Don

 
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Post by Rufcar » Mon. Feb. 04, 2019 5:19 pm

Feel free to delete all my pics I was asked to post. Im ok with that. jim f


 
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Post by ziggy87 » Thu. Feb. 28, 2019 11:30 pm

Very nice looking place. I always enjoyed looking at that place when we would drive by with my grandparents. The pictures do not the house justice. The architecture is beautiful. They lived in just on the other side of Elizabethville. This is where my family and I now live.

 
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Post by Rufcar » Thu. Feb. 28, 2019 11:35 pm

ziggy87 tkx for the kind words. Glad to know we have coal in common! I love telling all my green friends how much coal I burn! Stop by some time? Stay well. J

 
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Post by Rufcar » Sun. Mar. 03, 2019 2:31 pm

Here is how I fill my 3/4 ton hopper from my 12 ton coal bin. 16ft grain auger!

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Filling 3/4 ton hopper

.MP4 | 22.7MB | coal filler.mp4

 
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lsayre
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Post by lsayre » Sun. Mar. 03, 2019 6:20 pm

Rufcar wrote:
Sun. Mar. 03, 2019 2:31 pm
Here is how I fill my 3/4 ton hopper from my 12 ton coal bin. 16ft grain auger!
Nice!


 
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Post by Olllotj » Sun. Mar. 03, 2019 7:18 pm

Nice setup thanks for the video.

Is that wet coal or do you oil it?

 
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Post by ziggy87 » Mon. Mar. 04, 2019 7:54 pm

Nice set up. I will take you up on that stop by sometime. I will pm you at some point in the near future. I will be changing shifts at work next week. Not sure how it is going to work out yet.

 
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Post by Rufcar » Tue. Mar. 05, 2019 11:21 am

Olllotj,Every time I buy my 6 tons of rice I pay to have 5 gals of oil added in the truck. I also keep a heavy canvas tarp over the hopper and around the feed tube to control the black dust. I have tried many tings to control the fine ash dust even a huge wall vacuum with the double doors closed but I still get fine dust. I just clean up the entire 2000sf basement about once a yr. I vac the floor area around the boiler and main walk way once a month but the ash always seems to win!
Ziggy87, Im long retired and home a lot. Let me know whenever!

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