Hello All
- coalkirk
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- Joined: Wed. May. 17, 2006 8:12 pm
- Location: Forest Hill MD
- Stoker Coal Boiler: 1981 EFM DF520 retired
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Jotul 507 on standby
- Coal Size/Type: Lehigh anthracite/rice coal
Yes, it is a stoker. I didn't mean to imply it was not. Just that a stoker is so much easier to maintain.
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- Joined: Tue. Dec. 04, 2012 6:30 am
- Location: central new york (syracuse area)
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Furnace: Keystoker A 150
- Coal Size/Type: anthracite rice
Hi keving...
..welcome to the forum...you will def find answers on this site..as well as some priceless commentary !
Coal burning IS ADDICTIVE......youre not alone
...stokers are the way to go (IMO)....although I do find myself "playing" with my keystoker twice a day...(by choice I will add)
...enjoy the cheap heat!
..welcome to the forum...you will def find answers on this site..as well as some priceless commentary !
Coal burning IS ADDICTIVE......youre not alone
...stokers are the way to go (IMO)....although I do find myself "playing" with my keystoker twice a day...(by choice I will add)
...enjoy the cheap heat!
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- Joined: Sun. Feb. 17, 2008 1:08 pm
- Location: Harrison, Tenn
- Other Heating: Wishing it was cold enough for coal here....not really
Ha! Coal in the lobster trap! whoduthunkit? Yeah, I know all about the wind, I grew up looking out to sea near Cutler. It could make the coal sound like the pea in a whistle! I don't think they are going anywhere. (The MEMCO's) You have done the best you can I would think unless you can make it more air tight. The doors on them were horrible. And mine was better then most.
Kevin
Say hello to the Shamay boys(spelling?) and the guys that come down to JB in the spring and play. I started playing in those tourneys in 1976 and never missed one until a few years ago. Met more people then I can remember in the gym and on the field.
Kevin
Say hello to the Shamay boys(spelling?) and the guys that come down to JB in the spring and play. I started playing in those tourneys in 1976 and never missed one until a few years ago. Met more people then I can remember in the gym and on the field.
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- Location: Deer Isle, Maine
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Axeman Anderson 130
- Coal Size/Type: Kimmel pea coal
- Contact:
Hi Kevin, Well now you got me thinking, maybe I should weld that door shut and just fill her through the chimney pipe hole.
A friend of mine was working with a contractor that got a job renovating the basement of the Stonington gym, I remember him growling about all the coal they had to dig out of there. I have no idea what they used for a boiler. I think the coal ended up being used for backfill, building a driveway or something to that effect. The boiler is probably being used as a boat mooring. This all happened 20 plus years ago.
Yes I know all of the Ciomei boys, they were born with a baseketball in their hands.
A friend of mine was working with a contractor that got a job renovating the basement of the Stonington gym, I remember him growling about all the coal they had to dig out of there. I have no idea what they used for a boiler. I think the coal ended up being used for backfill, building a driveway or something to that effect. The boiler is probably being used as a boat mooring. This all happened 20 plus years ago.
Yes I know all of the Ciomei boys, they were born with a baseketball in their hands.
- michaelanthony
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- Joined: Sat. Nov. 22, 2008 10:42 pm
- Location: millinocket,me.
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Vigilant 2310, gold marc box stove
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Gold Marc Independence
- Baseburners & Antiques: Home Sparkle 12
- Coal Size/Type: 'nut
- Other Heating: Fujitsu mini split, FHA oil furnace
..my coworkers stopped talking about heating their homes in front of me, they know my come back all too well Welcome mainah, freddy's a good guy, maybe we can talk him into a maine coal burner meet and greet, I understand he has about 1000 acres down there we can crash on!Keving wrote:LOL, I drive my coworkers crazy at work jawing about my coal boiler. I am glad to hear I'm not the only one.
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Hi Michael, Are you enjoying the heat wave up there in Millinocket? High 30's here today, riding around in the truck with my arm out the window like it was summertime.
- joeq
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- Location: Northern CT
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: G111, Southard Robertson
Aye Kev, riding in your truck with the window down? Do you have a parlor stove inside it too? welcome to the forums. You say you can't get enuff play time on your stove? I'll trade you my hopper fed Surdiac. It needs grates cleaned every 3-4 hrs or the fire starts to fade. I'ld kill for 12 hr burn times with no fussing. Bye the way, interesting original post pic of your "purple" coal fire. Is that photo shopped or what?
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Hi Joeq, That would be a novel idea to have a stove pipe sticking up through the cab of the truck and a coal stove in place of the passenger seat. No photo shopping on the pic, I used my cell phone to take it and I think the brightness might have fooled it a bit. Geez, I think cleaning grates every 3 hours might take the fun out of coal burning. Any idea whats causing that to happen?
- michaelanthony
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- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Gold Marc Independence
- Baseburners & Antiques: Home Sparkle 12
- Coal Size/Type: 'nut
- Other Heating: Fujitsu mini split, FHA oil furnace
January thaw I guess, don't know much about memco boilers but you seem to have a good grasp of it ( I'm not talking about the other arm )Keving wrote:Hi Michael, Are you enjoying the heat wave up there in Millinocket? High 30's here today, riding around in the truck with my arm out the window like it was summertime.
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I think the timing was right for the coal boiler. Its kind of like having a second wife, only difference being I have to feed her with a shovel.
- joeq
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Geez, I think cleaning grates every 3 hours might take the fun out of coal burning. Any idea whats causing that to happen?[/quote]
For some reason, when the coal burns, it leaves this nasty pile of ash!
For some reason, when the coal burns, it leaves this nasty pile of ash!
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- Location: SE Ohio - Carrolton/Kilgore/Perrysville -- inbetween
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Hitzer 82 FA
- Coal Size/Type: Reading NUT 40lb plastic bags
- Other Heating: Heat Pump
Don't pay attention to some here that claim a stoker is the way to go. They are likely city folk, or worse yet, millennials! What will stoker people do with a zombie outbreak ?!? Or SARS, or a meteor stike that causes a SHTF situation. Damn kids, get off my lawn. No respect. My Grandpa used to say something about more money than sense.
Anyways, a hand fired is where it is at. You tend once or twice a day, very little to break, quick learning curve and cheaper. What more could you want?
Anyways, a hand fired is where it is at. You tend once or twice a day, very little to break, quick learning curve and cheaper. What more could you want?
- freetown fred
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- Coal Size/Type: BLASCHAK Nut
Indeed C. Couldn't of said it better myself!!!
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- Location: Southwest P.A.
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Hitzer 983/ Hitzer 55
- Coal Size/Type: Nut anthracite/pea
- Other Heating: Heat pump/forced air
Well put C!!! Anyone here can read the novel Hoytman has written on how to operate a hand fired stove in “first fire in a few days” it tells every possible senerio that happens, can happen, can’t happen, probably will happen, and will not happen. It’s a novel that leaves no coal unturned! Hoytmans novel is going to end up in a museum! Job well done! It teaches everything I do mean everything about a hand fired stove!
- Lightning
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- Location: Olean, NY
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Modified AA 130
- Coal Size/Type: Pea Size - Anthracite
Baaa.... I ran a hand fed for 8 years. It was a good learning experience. I don't miss the shake and load a whole lot with running the AA 130 this year. There are work arounds to make your own electricity. Small genny? Solar or windmill with battery bank? A close stream for a micro hydro setup? Hamster in a squirrel cage?
Use a hand fed for a back up
Use a hand fed for a back up