Nut Coal and Stove Coal Use
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DennisH
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- Joined: Mon. Feb. 21, 2011 8:35 am
- Location: Escanaba, MI
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Yukon-Eagle Klondike IV
- Other Heating: Propane
I burned nut coal last year in my Yukon-Eagle Klondike (my first year using a coal furnace) and I liked it (nut coal) just fine. Do any of you seasoned nut coal burners ever use the larger size stove coal in your hand fired stoves/furnaces, and if so, what advantages or disadvantages did you encounter? Being larger chunks, I can see where the stove coal would burn hotter and/or faster by allowing more oxygen around the chunks. I am curious to see if any steady stove coal users have lessons learned that might be useful. Thank you in advance.
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dlj
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- Posts: 1273
- Joined: Thu. Nov. 27, 2008 6:38 pm
- Location: Monroe, NY
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Vermont Castings Resolute
- Baseburners & Antiques: Glenwood Baseheater #6
- Coal Size/Type: Stove coal
- Other Heating: Oil Furnace, electric space heaters
I think the stove makes a big difference in the size it likes. I've run pea, nut and stove sizes in my stoves. My current stove likes stove size best... I can run nut or stove in it, but I just like the way the stove size works. I can control my air well so I don't have a problem with running it low if I want to. You have to figure out what your particular stove likes...DennisH wrote:I burned nut coal last year in my Yukon-Eagle Klondike (my first year using a coal furnace) and I liked it (nut coal) just fine. Do any of you seasoned nut coal burners ever use the larger size stove coal in your hand fired stoves/furnaces, and if so, what advantages or disadvantages did you encounter? Being larger chunks, I can see where the stove coal would burn hotter and/or faster by allowing more oxygen around the chunks. I am curious to see if any steady stove coal users have lessons learned that might be useful. Thank you in advance.
dj
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wsherrick
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- Posts: 3744
- Joined: Wed. Jun. 18, 2008 6:04 am
- Location: High In The Poconos
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Glenwood Base Heater, Crawford Base Heater
- Baseburners & Antiques: Crawford Base Heater, Glenwood, Stanley Argand
- Coal Size/Type: Chestnut, Stove Size
I have the same stove that dj has and it likes stove coal the best even though it can burn smaller sizes just fine, there is nothing more I can add here except try a small amount of stove coal and see what happens.dlj wrote:I think the stove makes a big difference in the size it likes. I've run pea, nut and stove sizes in my stoves. My current stove likes stove size best... I can run nut or stove in it, but I just like the way the stove size works. I can control my air well so I don't have a problem with running it low if I want to. You have to figure out what your particular stove likes...DennisH wrote:I burned nut coal last year in my Yukon-Eagle Klondike (my first year using a coal furnace) and I liked it (nut coal) just fine. Do any of you seasoned nut coal burners ever use the larger size stove coal in your hand fired stoves/furnaces, and if so, what advantages or disadvantages did you encounter? Being larger chunks, I can see where the stove coal would burn hotter and/or faster by allowing more oxygen around the chunks. I am curious to see if any steady stove coal users have lessons learned that might be useful. Thank you in advance.
dj
