Short Burns a Few Cold Days.
- Lightning
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- Location: Olean, NY
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Modified AA 130
- Coal Size/Type: Pea Size - Anthracite
Cold and damp don't go over well at my house lol. I'll keep her burnin till May. Lite her up! Run low and slow thru the day, open a window enjoy some fresh air
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- Location: somewhere high in the catskill mountains
- Hand Fed Coal Boiler: harman sf 160
- Coal Size/Type: Nut
- Other Heating: wood parlor stove
I've seen all the perspectives on conserving coal, with letting ash build up ect. However, I tend as usual just adding a tad less coal. Nothing like the radiant heat of coal. Hell even with a boiler doing radiant, baseboard & domestic I'm down to less than 50 # per day. And never do a cleanout till spring. I say just keep it running.
Jim
Jim
- davidmcbeth3
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- Coal Size/Type: nut/pea/anthra
Was outside doing some sanding on baseboards today (flooring project) for 4 hrs...came inside and noted the difference in temps. 34 F outside .,,,,,
Where's did global warming now?
Where's did global warming now?
- oliver power
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- Location: Near Dansville, NY
- Stoker Coal Boiler: KEYSTOKER Kaa-2
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Hitzer 50-93 & 30-95, Vigilant (pre-2310), D.S. 1600 Circulator, Hitzer 254
Same here Coaldercoalder wrote:I've seen all the perspectives on conserving coal, with letting ash build up ect. However, I tend as usual just adding a tad less coal. Nothing like the radiant heat of coal. Hell even with a boiler doing radiant, baseboard & domestic I'm down to less than 50 # per day. And never do a cleanout till spring. I say just keep it running.
Jim
- kcarr
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- Location: Quakertown, PA
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Van Wert VA-600 Custom & Probably the only guy in America with my Stoker Boiler in my Den.
- Coal Size/Type: Rice
- Other Heating: Oil as back up, mostly used for summer domestic hot water
Yup you guys you're right, nothing like my Van Wert 600 stoker boiler
just sitting there at idle @ 160F, just waiting
for the next heat call. On a cold very rainy windy day like today.
A soon as you shut down weather gets cold again, so now I
never shut down...I stay lit until about the first week in June.
Ken
just sitting there at idle @ 160F, just waiting
for the next heat call. On a cold very rainy windy day like today.
A soon as you shut down weather gets cold again, so now I
never shut down...I stay lit until about the first week in June.
Ken
- 2001Sierra
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- Joined: Wed. May. 20, 2009 8:09 am
- Location: Wynantskill NY, 10 miles from Albany
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: Keystoker 90 Chimney vent
- Coal Size/Type: Rice
- Other Heating: Buderus Oil Boiler 3115-34
Stokers laugh at these days
- Sunny Boy
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- Location: Central NY
- Hand Fed Coal Boiler: Anthracite Industrial, domestic hot water heater
- Baseburners & Antiques: Glenwood range 208, # 6 base heater, 2 Modern Oak 118.
- Coal Size/Type: Nuts !
- Other Heating: Oil &electric plenum furnace
And coal ranges just keep on cookin'.2001Sierra wrote:Stokers laugh at these days
Paul
- 2001Sierra
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- Location: Wynantskill NY, 10 miles from Albany
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: Keystoker 90 Chimney vent
- Coal Size/Type: Rice
- Other Heating: Buderus Oil Boiler 3115-34
Yeah you got me there Not too mention they are way more attractive.Sunny Boy wrote:And coal ranges just keep on cookin'.2001Sierra wrote:Stokers laugh at these days
Paul
- Sunny Boy
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- Location: Central NY
- Hand Fed Coal Boiler: Anthracite Industrial, domestic hot water heater
- Baseburners & Antiques: Glenwood range 208, # 6 base heater, 2 Modern Oak 118.
- Coal Size/Type: Nuts !
- Other Heating: Oil &electric plenum furnace
2001Sierra wrote:Yeah you got me there Not too mention they are way more attractive.Sunny Boy wrote: And coal ranges just keep on cookin'.
Paul
It warmed up to 65 F here yesterday afternoon. Range had no trouble still running - even cooked a pot pie in the oven while I was doing some yard work.
Paul