Ready to strike a match.........
- deepwoods
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- Posts: 616
- Joined: Fri. Aug. 29, 2008 10:21 am
- Location: north central pa.
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Hitzer 50-93 & DS Machine Newstyle Champion
- Coal Size/Type: nut (so far)
- Other Heating: Ruud propane forced air system
Well, this AM was 27 deg. Last night I turned up the bi-metal to halfway, stove @ 500 and kept a bit of thru the door air going. 73 deg. in house this AM. Have now turned bi metal down to almost minimum on the scale and closed my damper to the forced air duct. stove is at 275 deg. and will probably leave it there overnight. Windowstats may be needed down the line but it still beats that damn propane, and it's supposed to be a 95% efficient furnace. Yes, my house is not large and up to standard on insulation & glass. Coal will stay lit for the winter, whenever it arrives.
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- Posts: 4837
- Joined: Wed. Apr. 03, 2013 1:24 pm
- Location: Elkhart county, IN.
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: 1 comforter stove works all iron coal box stove, seventies.
- Baseburners & Antiques: 2014 DTS C17 Base Burner, GW #6, GW 113 formerly Sir Williams, maybe others at Pauliewog’s I’ve forgotten about
- Coal Size/Type: Nut Anth.
- Other Heating: none
i'll be lighting "A" stove a week from today.
this coming Friday i'll be driving to PA to drop off 2 stoves, staying Saturday and coming back Sunday.
here at home the forecast is 46 day time high and 33 for the low next Sunday and my wife will have been here from Colo. over night Saturday.
Sooo i'll have a stove on the hearth ready to go the second i'm in the door.
looks like our weather will break sharply into fall so after i get home there will only be same day return trips the rest of the winter. i'm actually looking forward to it, i've had a very busy and stressful summer.
steve
this coming Friday i'll be driving to PA to drop off 2 stoves, staying Saturday and coming back Sunday.
here at home the forecast is 46 day time high and 33 for the low next Sunday and my wife will have been here from Colo. over night Saturday.
Sooo i'll have a stove on the hearth ready to go the second i'm in the door.
looks like our weather will break sharply into fall so after i get home there will only be same day return trips the rest of the winter. i'm actually looking forward to it, i've had a very busy and stressful summer.
steve
- joeq
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- Posts: 5739
- Joined: Sat. Feb. 11, 2012 11:53 am
- Location: Northern CT
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: G111, Southard Robertson
Good luck with your light offs men. Maybe you guys could tease us "southerners" with some pics of the beginning of the 2017/2018 season. Hoping for a winter to justify black rock burning. last couple winters 'round here have been "marginal" at best.
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- Posts: 4837
- Joined: Wed. Apr. 03, 2013 1:24 pm
- Location: Elkhart county, IN.
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: 1 comforter stove works all iron coal box stove, seventies.
- Baseburners & Antiques: 2014 DTS C17 Base Burner, GW #6, GW 113 formerly Sir Williams, maybe others at Pauliewog’s I’ve forgotten about
- Coal Size/Type: Nut Anth.
- Other Heating: none
our forecast is for milder ( temp ) and wetter ( rain not snow ) so could be a 2.5 T or less winter, which is fine by me, i laugh myself sick having the house warm and adding 10-12 #'s every 24 hrs.
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- Posts: 4837
- Joined: Wed. Apr. 03, 2013 1:24 pm
- Location: Elkhart county, IN.
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: 1 comforter stove works all iron coal box stove, seventies.
- Baseburners & Antiques: 2014 DTS C17 Base Burner, GW #6, GW 113 formerly Sir Williams, maybe others at Pauliewog’s I’ve forgotten about
- Coal Size/Type: Nut Anth.
- Other Heating: none
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- Posts: 338
- Joined: Sat. Apr. 04, 2015 10:36 pm
- 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
Replaced broken firebricks and one of the metal brackets that goes on top of the bricks in my Hitzer 82FA today.
I want to fire it up, maybe I will....
I want to fire it up, maybe I will....
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- Posts: 528
- Joined: Sat. Jul. 06, 2013 6:06 pm
- Location: Northeastern Ct.
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Hitzer 50-93
- Coal Size/Type: Mostly nut, some pea
No coal fires yet. After replacing the rusting black pipe tee & short straight section behind the Hitzer with custom stainless pieces from a guy in Maine I've had a few scrap wood fires to knock off the chill. Trying to get the stainless liner well coated before 1 match time.
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- Posts: 84
- Joined: Mon. Mar. 27, 2017 9:55 pm
- Location: Drums, PA (NEPA)
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: Leisure Line Hyfire
Thinking about lighting up in NEPA on Sunday. Anyone else?
- David...
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- Posts: 243
- Joined: Sun. Nov. 06, 2016 9:48 am
- Location: RI
- Hand Fed Coal Boiler: Franks 80k output
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Jotul 507B
- Coal Size/Type: Nut
The 10 day forecast is still showing some days in the 60"s for me. I would love to light up, but probably won't. I have a new to me Jotul 507b. Can't wait to burn coal in it.
David
David